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Mario Biondi (born Mario Ranno on 28 January 1971) is an Italian singer.




Early life


Mario Biondi was born in Catania, Italy, to local Sicilian parents. He is the son of popular song singer Giuseppe Ranno, known by the pseudonym Stefano Biondi, and he chose his stage name accordingly. He sang in various small choirs during his youth. Biondi was passionate about soul and trained by listening to the records of Lou Rawls, Al Jarreau and Isaac Hayes among others, while important for his artistic growth, he declared, was the friendship with fellow citizen Gianni Bella. By 1988, he was a big supporter of Ray Charles.
Years after he accompanied Franco Califano, Peppino Di Capri, Fred Bongusto, Rosario Fiorello and others on their Concert tours.




Career


After a long series of collaborations with Italian and international artists, as well a small production of disco music, he achieved success in 2006 with the Schema Records album Handful of Soul. His deep and warm voice recalls the great interpreters of soul and rhythm and blues music. In 2007, he released a double disc containing live material, entitled I Love You More LIVE. In 2010 he released a live album Yes You (Live) and followed that in 2011 with a double CD album Due. In 2013, Biondi released a new album SUN and Mario Christmas. On 5 May 2015 Mario has published a brand new record: Beyond, featuring songs such as "Love is a temple".




Discography



2006: Handful of Soul
2007: I Love You More (Live)
2010: If
2010: Yes You (Live)
2011: Due
2013: Sun
2013: Mario Christmas
2015: Beyond
2016: Best of Soul
2018: Brasil
2021: Dare
2022: Romantic
2023: Crooning Undercover




References






External links



Official Site
Schema Records
Mario Biondi's Facebook
Mario Biondi's MySpace
'This Is What You Are': video and lyrics
L'Huffington Post 'Musica: Mario Biondi presenta Sun, "un disco per celebrare la vita" (VIDEO)' dated 29 January 2013
"Sun", e Mario Biondi vola nel mondo sulle ali del soul dated 5 February 2013
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