Not to be confused with Roberto Danova (Pan Pipe Moods).
Roberto Danova
Birth name Giacinto Bettoni Born 27 August 1937 (1937-08-27 ) (age 86)
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (near
Lake Maggiore ),
Northern Italy Origin
Lake Maggiore ,
Northern Italy Genres
Pop ,
dance ,
rock ,
electronic ,
funk ,
blues ,
choral ,
reggae ,
soul ,
instrumental Occupation(s)
Composer ,
arranger ,
producer Years active 1959–present Labels Plaza Records
London Website
www .plazarecords .net
Musical artist
Roberto Danova (born Giacinto Bettoni ; 27 August 1937) is best known as a music
composer ,
arranger and
producer , achieving
record chart success - particularly in
Ireland , the
UK ,
Europe ,
South Africa and
Australasia .
Producing, arranging and composing
During the 1970s 1980s and 1990s Danova produced, arranged, or had compositions covered by many popular performers, including
Joe Dolan (with whom he made a key contribution in the mid-1970s),
[1]
[2]
Johnny Logan (whose career was overseen in the late 1970s by Danova and
Louis Walsh ),
[3]
Mungo Jerry ,
[4]
Tom Jones ,
[5]
Demis Roussos ,
[6]
Engelbert Humperdinck ,
[7] and
Showaddywaddy ,
[8]
Since the mid-1980s Danova has developed an instrumental project General Lafayette , a series of albums and singles featuring some of his own compositions through the sound of the trumpet.
[9]
[10]
[11] From 1977 to 1980, Danova released an album and singles as Roberto Montecristo.
[12]
The premiere of his musical The Phantom of the Opera on Ice , featuring a cast of
Russian
ice skating stars and live singers, played at various locations in the
UK between 1995 and 1996. A VHS video was issued in 1999, and a
CD /
DVD with some modifications was released in 2006 by Plaza Records
London .
[13]
[14]
[15]
[16]
In 1998 he produced Credo , a musical celebration of the birth of
Jesus Christ . The concept album was featured on
BBC Radio 3 in April 2001.
[17]
Also the same year he guested on the
Don Maclean
BBC Radio 2 show.
[18]
Danova was honoured in 2012 by the Irish Country Music Association at a ceremony in
Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland for his outstanding contribution to Irish Popular Music.
[19]
Ritz Records
London : 1977–1981 - Established his first production company and label in 1977.
[20]
[21]
Plaza Records
London : 1981–present - Runs independently alongside his publishing firm Quatermass Music
[22]
Also associated with
EMI ,
[23]
Pye Records and Red Bus Music (International) Ltd.
[24]
Selected discography credits
1972: Hideaway -
Pop Tops - peaked 22 German
charts
[25] - (co-music/lyrics)
1973:
All Because of You -
Geordie featuring
Brian Johnson - peaked 6 UK charts
[26] - (co-producer)
1973: Signorina Concertina -
Shuki & Aviva - peaked 3 Swiss charts
[27] - (co-writer/producer)
1974: Sweet Little Rock'n Roller -
Jerry Williams (singer)
[28] - (co-writer)
1974: Lady Laura -
Roberto Blanco
[29] - (co-writer)
1975: Lady in Blue -
Joe Dolan - reported million seller
[30]
[31]
[32]
[33]
[34] - (co-writer/producer)
1975: Crazy Woman
Joe Dolan - annual French charts 1975
[35] - (co-writer/producer)
1975: Träume Weiter Lady Blue - Bata Illic
[36] - (co-writer and producer)
1976: Who's That Lady With My Man -
Kelly Marie - peaked 4 French charts - (co-writer/producer)
[37]
[38]
1976:
When -
Red Hurley - peaked 4 Irish charts
[39] - (producer)
1976: Tennessee Special -
Red Hurley - peaked 3 Irish charts
[39] and 11 Netherlands charts
[40] - (producer)
1976: Doktor Bernhard -
Bonnie St. Claire - peaked 11
Belgian charts
[41] - (co-writer)
1977: Who's That Lady With My Man -
Patricia Paay - peaked 2 Netherlands charts
[42] - (co-writer)
1977: Hush Hush Maria -
Joe Dolan - peaked 1 South African charts
[43] - (co-writer)
1978: Où En Est Ma Vie -
Michel Louvain
[44] - (co-writer)
1979: Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller -
Showaddywaddy - peaked 15 UK charts
[8] - (co-writer)
1979:
(Gonna Get Along) Without You Now (disco mix version) -
Viola Wills
[45] - (mixer)
1979: In London -
Johnny Logan - peaked 29 Belgian charts
[46] - (co-writer/co-producer)
1981: More and More -
Joe Dolan - peaked 1 Irish charts
[39] - (producer)
1981:
Sister Mary -
Joe Dolan - peaked 2 Irish charts
[39] - (co-writer/producer)
1981: Fire Queen
Brian Johnson and
Geordie
[47] - (producer)
1981: The Force -
Nancy Nova
[48] - (co composed/produced)
1983: You Are No Angel -
Tom Jones ,
[5] also covered by
Barbara Mandrell .
[49] - (co-writer)
1986: Loneliness -
Brendan Shine
[50] - (writer/producer)
1986: You Are Temptation -
Miami Showband
[51] - (composed/produced/arranged)
1989: I'll Never Stop Wanting You -
Dickie Rock - peaked 10 Irish charts
[39] - (producer)
1989: Impossible To Do -
Linda Martin & General Lafayette
[52] - (arranger/producer)
1990: D-Day 50th Anniversary -
BBC Concert Orchestra &
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
[53]
[54] - (co-producer)
1990: Voices Of The Highlands -
Karl Denver
[55] - (composed/co-produced/arranged)
1993: General Lafayette – Angel in Blue , trumpet instrumental
[56] - arranged and produced by Danova
1994: Nostradamus -
Engelbert Humperdinck
[57] (re-mixed 2012),
[58] - (co-composer/producer)
1995: Sister Mary -
Demis Roussos
[6] - (co-writer)
2006: Mr Midnight -
Mungo Jerry .
[4] - (writer/producer/arranger)
2009: Tu Per Me - La Voce Del Nord, by Angelo Camassa - over 20 million
YouTube views - (producer)
2010: It's Wonderful - Rock Mystery, composed by Angelo Camassa - over 25 million
YouTube views - (co-writer / producer)
2014 'Pop Songs of the 70s, 80s, 90s, Vol. 3 Various Artists' It's Raining
Richard Cocciante
[59]
Further credits; Irish charts
[39]
Discogs ,
[60]
All Music ,
[61] 45cat
[62] French charts
[63]
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"Tour archive for Phantom of the Opera on Ice (Ice dance show)" . uktw.co.uk . Retrieved 12 December 2017 .
^ Veneria, Elena di.
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OCLC
878671926 . Retrieved 11 December 2017 .
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"Review: N-ice one, this Phantom" . Daily Echo . 8 February 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .
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"Late Junction" . The Radio Times . No. 4022. 29 March 2001. p. 132.
ISSN
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"Don Maclean" . The Radio Times . No. 4035. 28 June 2001. p. 116.
ISSN
0033-8060 . Retrieved 11 December 2017 .
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"JOE DOLAN SONGWRITER ROBERTO DANOVA RECEIVES IRISH COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD" .
YouTube . 2 February 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .
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ISSN
0261-3077 . Retrieved 15 December 2017 .
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"Springbok Radio | SA Top 20 Charts" . sacharts.wordpress.com . Retrieved 22 December 2017 .
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"Michel Louvain - Où En Est Ma Vie" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 December 2017 .
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"Viola Wills - (Gonna Get Along) Without You Now" . Discogs (in Italian). 1979. Retrieved 22 December 2017 .
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"ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS" . ultratop.be . Retrieved 11 December 2017 .
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"Brian Johnson And Geordie - Rockin' With The Boys" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 11 December 2017 .
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"Nancy Nova - The Force" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 December 2017 .
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"Barbara Mandrell - Spun Gold" . Discogs . 1983. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .
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"Brendan Shine - Loneliness" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 December 2017 .
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"Miami - You Are Temptation" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 December 2017 .
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"Linda Martin & General Lafayette - Impossible To Do" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 December 2017 .
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"The BBC Concert Orchestra & The Central Band Of The Royal Air Force - Speedbird Salutes The Few" . Discogs . 1990. Retrieved 11 December 2017 .
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"Speedbird Salutes the Few (With Effects)" .
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"Karl Denver - Voices Of The Highlands" . 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 December 2017 .
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"General Lafayette - Angel in Blue" . Discogs . 1993. Retrieved 20 December 2017 .
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"CD Single: Advent And Engelbert Humperdinck - Nostradamus 1999 (Radio Warning) (1994)" . 45worldsscom . Retrieved 2018-02-06 .
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