Camaleonti

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I Camaleonti are an Italian musical group born in the sixties. in 1965 he was noticed by Miki Del Prete, collaborator and lyricist Adriano Celentano,


that offers musicians the band a contract with the record company Kansas, gravitating around the Clan Celentano and was founded by Del priest and Domenico Serengay. The success comes almost immediately, riding the beat phenomenon with Ask and Ask Sha la la la la that sells 40,000 copies in 1966, soon repeated by the success of Take me many roses, remake of the famous song of the fascist era, which comes in 11th place hit parade.

After the defection of Riki Maiocchi, dedicated to the solo career, the golden year is 1968, when it reaches the top of the charts with a time of love (Italian version of Homburg Procol Harum) released at the end of 1967 and that gets the first position on December 16. This song became an anthem of the youth of that time and remains on the 1st place in the rankings of the discs for 10 weeks by selling 1,600,000 copies, repeated his success from Io to her that comes in 9th place and Applause, again first place with 900,000 copies sold, that remained in the charts for twelve weeks, peaking (and staying) in first place for three weeks from 29 November to 13 December and ritornandoci for two 3 to 10 January

With Mamma mia (written by Mogol and Lucio Battisti), with angel Face (written by Peace and Panzeri) and then with Eternity, presented at the Sanremo (presented in couples Festival with Ornella Vanoni, that in the Milanese version of the band comes up in second place in the hit parade and stays on the chart for thirteen weeks ), the resort faces the seventies at the height of its popularity: these were also the years of the gold records, Masks of the Silver and other claims various.

Training officially returns a quintet with the addition of Dave Sumner, formerly part of the Mal and the Primitives Cyan Three of Patty Pravo, because unofficially had participated in some recordings of previous years, bringing a breath of "internationality" the band.
In 1972 he participated in a disc for the summer, but is excluded from the final for a title perhaps out of season (the song is called In fact, the winter time). Participate in the Sanremo Festival with How fair in 1973 and the summer of that year they won "a disc for the summer" with the song Because I love you, another one in the charts for weeks. Follow new successes Canzonissima with Friendship and love, to a disc for the 1975 summer with Little Venus and two participations in the Sanremo Festival with Heart of Glass (1976) and That moment more (1979) with which arrive third .

Dave Sumner decided to leave the band in 1981, replaced by Vincenzo Mancuso, even Jerry soon decided to abandon the old comrades and Chameleons continue their way into four; realize neroazzurro Heart (1984) that becomes Inter's official anthem. In 1985, Vincenzo Mancuso separates from the group, having undertaken a challenging collaboration (as a musician and later as a producer) with Francesco De Gregori, and allows entry to young (twenty-seven at the time) Valerio Veronese, a talented and well-trained guitarist , still in formation.

In 1990, the Chameleons return to be 5 to the input of keyboardist Massimo Brunetti. In 1993 he returned to the Sanremo Festival singing (along with the Dik Dik and Maurizio Vandelli) the nostalgic song How to pass the time, even if it is deleted, was extremely successful.

In 2004 affected 40 years of music and cheers and in conjunction with this record fails the historical drummer of the group Paolo de Ceglie. Following the disappearance of the old drummer, in 2006 publishing the "History" collection, a review of their greatest hits, only available online or at the concerts of the group.

In 2009 Chameleons part in the transmission of Rai Uno "The Best Years" conducted by Carlo Conti and embark on a winter tour in Canada, with great success. In 2010 the band returned to perform abroad at the world tour that sees them protagonists in the US, and in the same year participate in the transmission of Rai Uno "Ciak you sing." Despite the passage of time, the group continues to make music, proposing their greatest hits and new songs.

In 2010 he released a CD that contains many of the executions since 2009 alive; the summer tour is sold out.

The September 25, 2013 participating in the concert to celebrate the fifty-year career of Gian Pieretti, held at the Auditorium of Mortara (where the singer resides) a concert attended by many musicians including Viola Valentino, Ivan Cattaneo, Marco Bonino Mario fabric, Paky Canzi, Donatello, Ricky Gianco and Elisabetta Viviani, over the same Pieretti

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L'ora dell'amore - I Camaleonti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIHifVzj9zs

After the defection of Riki Maiocchi, dedicated to the solo career, the golden year is 1968, when it reaches the top of the charts with a time of love (Italian version of Homburg Procol Harum) released at the end of 1967 and that gets the first position on December 16. This song became an anthem of the youth of that time and remains on the 1st place in the rankings of the discs for 10 weeks by selling 1,600,000 copies.

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Versione  Procol Harum - Homburg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlZT8vBC7dg

Homburg was the second single after Procol Harum A Whiter Shade of Pale. Written by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid, he reached the fifth place in the UK charts.

The B-side of the single is Good Captain Clack, also from the album Procol Harum extract.

Of this single were realized different versions cover: The time of love, made by the Italian group The Chameleons in December 1967 by another punk rock band Pekinška Patka Serbia within their debut album of Plitka Poezija the 1980s and now the love of the Fund Noises group in 2010 from which the self-titled album.

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Viso d'angelo -I Camaleonti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoB_rC2d28w

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Io per lei - I Camaleonti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bofmz2Wj-mw

After the success of the first 45 laps, the Camaleonti left the old record company, Kansas, to switch to CBS (the Italian section of the US mother-house, which was distributed by Ladislao Sugar's CGD in Italy), which guaranteed greater distribution, Therefore, greater visibility.

As usual, the first releases were some 45 laps, all of a great success, which began to mix the beat of the origins with a more traditional melodic vein: the first, "There is nothing new" came out on May 10 1967 ("Easy Life"), the second, "The Hour of Love" (cover of "Homburg" by Procol Harum) came out on October 18, 1967 (back: "We and Others"), third , "I For Her", in March 1968 (back: Anna Frank's Diary) and the fourth, "Applause" (back: Anna Frank's Diary) published in May, three weeks earlier Of the third 33 laps, which came out on May 30 and which contains all these eight songs.

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Eternità - I Camaleonti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lBJE0YILag

Eternity / Bella that dancing is a 45 recorded by all the Chameleons, published by the record company CBS in February 1970.
Eternity was written by Claudio Cavallaro for music and Giancarlo Bigazzi for text.
The song was presented at the 20th Sanremo Festival in the interpretations of the complex and Ornella Vanoni, finishing in fourth place.

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Un Angelo in più -  Camaleonti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5frheTkHkg4

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Piccola Venere - Camaleonti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STLysNLa97I

A record for summer 1975 with Little Venus

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Come sei bella - Camaleonti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAvVEEdLzKk

Participate in the Sanremo Festival with Come sei bella in 1973

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