Ricchi e Poveri in Sanremo "The first thing is friendship"

(ANSA) - SANREMO, FEBRUARY 05 - 'The first beautiful thing' today is only one: "friendship". The Rich and Poor say it in unison, to Sanremo to celebrate 50 years of the hit brought to the success with Nicola Di Bari. The enthusiasm for the unexpected ReuniON of the quartet is tangible since their arrival in the press room. AngelaBrambati, Marina Occhiena, Angelo Sotgiu and Franco Gatti have always remained in the collective imagination the brunette, labionda, the blonde and the mustache of the Rich and Poor. At 39 years from Marina's exit from the group, here they are again at the festival, where they also present the new single, 'L'ultimoamore', cover of 'Everlasting love (year 1968)', in a new unpublished version.
To orchestrate the ReuniON operation, which includes a double album and a large live project, was the manager DaniloMancuso with the complicity of Gessica Giglio who managed the confidentiality of the news until the day of the official announcement. "I spoke to each of them - Mancuso says - and, not many months ago, we met one afternoon at Angelo's house. It was incredible how, after a while, they found themselves singing on the sofa as if time had never passed ". Sanremo represents a lot for each of the rich and poor, in good and in bad. It was 1981 when Marina left the group. Igiornali wrote that she had "stolen her husband" from the brunette and gossip took over everything. Always while they were in Sanremo, in 2013, to collect a Lifetime Achievement Award, Francofu reached by the terrible news of the discovery of the life body of his son Alessio, a pain that convinced him to retire from the scenes.
Remembering Fabrizio De Andrè, Franco Califano and EdoardoVianello, who first took them under their wing (Califfoideò the name Ricchi e Poveri), the four friends found made space with their past .. (ANSA).