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  • Italian singer and composer, born 9 December 1950 in Naples, Italy.Brother of [a1690648]Of Welsh origin, he spent most of his childhood in Aberystwyth. His musical debut dates back to 1972, when Alan released on Harvest the prog-rock album %22Aria%22, a brilliant experimental effort, also featuring such famed artists as jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty - whose consistent contribution is fully enjoyable especially in the A-sidelong title-track suite.Alan's second full-length album %22Come un vecchio incensiere all'alba di un villaggio deserto%22 - which followed in 1973 - was more or less along the same lines as the former, but it lacked its freshness and originality.The third, self-titled LP - including a new version of the Neapolitan classic %22Dicitencello vuje%22, previously released as a single - was the most controversial of Alan's early production: While leaving somehow disappointed his traditional fans, nevertheless gave him a new popularity among a larger - and maybe, but not necessarily, less demanding - public.In 1976, Alan came back with the disco-oriented album %22Sienteme, It's Time to Land%22, including seven out of nine tracks sung in English, but hit it really big two years later, with the greatly successful release of %22Figli delle stelle%22 (1978), a positively disco-oriented album which resulted in one of that year's best-selling LPs.The following releases of %22L.A. & N.Y.%22 (1979) and %22Di notte%22 (1980) - including the hit singles %22Tu sei l'unica donna per me%22 and %22Non so che darei%22 respectively - were equally successful, and helped Alan establish himself as a legitimate mainstream music star.In 1981, Alan once again astonished his fans with the gritty rock single %22La strada brucia%22, a solid but rather overlooked attempt to break new ground in his personal musical evolution.Unfortunately, the two following albums %22Angeli della strada%22 (1983) and, above all, the Buddhist-inspired %22Bonno Soku Bodai%22 (1987) weren't up to both artistic and commercial expectations, marking a kind of impasse in Alan's career.%22Radici%22 - a compilation of hits including two new tracks, among which the outstanding %22Vola%22 - was released in 1992, while a new collection of old hits, %22Miami%22, came out in 1997, this time including three new tracks: The catchy dance tune %22Kyoko Mon Amour%22, the romantic %22Una come te%22, and %22Torna a Surriento%22.In 2003, Alan finally released a whole new album, %22Sottacqua%22, launched by the hit single %22Paradiso Beach%22, which was performed in duet with vocalist Jenny B..
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