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Mogol (lyricist)

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In 1966, Mogol, overcoming resistance from his record label, convinced Battisti to perform his own songs. The lyricist's intuition would have one of the most rewarding outcomes of the history of Italian music, as Battisti, after a halting start, would explode as a singer, becoming one of the most
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In addition to writing new lyrics in Italian for a great many singers, Mogol also took it upon himself, in years in which familiarity with the English language in Italy was still sparse, to translate many hits from overseas, especially film soundtracks, but also works of
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successful artists in the panorama of Italian music. In the same year, Mogol left the Ricordi label to create his own with Battisti, called Numero Uno, which brought together many celebrated Italian singer-songwriters. The pair wrote songs as well for
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record label, and had been in his own time a successful lyricist of the 1950s. Young Giulio, who was likewise employed by Ricordi as a public relations expert, began his own career as a lyricist against his father's wishes.
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In 1980, Mogol broke the artistic relationship with Battisti, and successfully continued his independent career as a lyricist with the noted singer-songwriter
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In 1967, in a reversal of Mogol translating English hits to Italian, his 1966 song "Piangi con Me" ("Cry with Me"), co-written with David "Shel" Shapiro of
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region of central Italy. Mogol's lyrics contributed to Battisti's initial success as an author, in megahits such as "
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in 1964. Another famous song from 1961 was "Uno dei tanti" (English: "One among many") which was rewritten by
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His first successes were "Il cielo in una stanza", set to music by
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[moˈɡɔl]
lyricist
Lucio Battisti
Gianni Bella
Marcella Bella
Adriano Celentano
Mango
Milan
Ricordi
Gino Paoli
Mina
Al di là
Sanremo Festival
Betty Curtis
Bobby Solo
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Ben E. King
I (Who Have Nothing)
Bob Dylan
David Bowie

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