Sabrina Salerno

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Sabrina Salerno (born 15 March 1968 in Genoa, Italy) is an Italian singer, showgirl, model, actress and record producer.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 3 Filmography 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Biography

After winning a beauty contest in her native region, Liguria, she did some modeling and in 1985 made her TV debut in the prime time show Premiatissima on Canale 5. The same year her debut single was released: Sexy girl produced by Claudio Cecchetto, was the summer hit of the year not just in Italy, but in several European countries too.

In 1987 she recorded her first album, Sabrina - that soon became her stage name in the '80s -, and it included the smash hit singles "Boys (Summertime Love)", "Hot Girl", and "All of me (Boy Oh Boy)" (produced by Stock Aitken & Waterman).

The following year the second album Super Sabrina was released and she established herself as an European sex symbol thanks to the sexy videos that accompanied catchy hits such as My chico and Like a yo yo (produced by Giorgio Moroder). The latter became the TV theme of Odiens, a very popular Italian Saturday prime time TV show, where Sabrina starred too.

The success of the albums and her sexy image brought her to perform in several European TV shows and concert such as the Montreux Pop Festival in 1988. Another famous performance was in 1989 at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, where fifty thousand people gathered over three days to enjoy Sabrina's shows & music.

In 1989 she starred in the Italian movie Fratelli d'Italia and released a remix album called Super Sabrina Remix and a new single Gringo. In 1990 Sabrina co-hosted the daily morning TV show Ricomincio da 2 with Raffaella Carrà on Rai Due and attended to the popular music show Festivalbar with a new single called Yeah - yeah.

1991 signs a turning point in Sabrina's career: she duetted with Italian singer Jo Squillo on the song Siamo donne, her first release in Italian language. They attended to 1991's Sanremo Music Festival, to much acclaim. Sabrina's third studio album, Over the pop, was released the same year and for the first time she's allowed to co-write and produce some of the songs. It was clear that Sabrina's willings to grow up as an artist and a singer were emerging and this sought of independence and detachment from her sexy image created some conflicts with her management. As a result the album promotion was interrupted and the new single, Cover model, was released only in France. Sabrina parted with her label and management, a decision that took to a four-years hiatus in her career and just in 1995 she was able to come back to the show biz, co-hosting some Italian TV shows and releasing with an indie label two new singles, Rockawillie and Angel boy, which were minor successes in Italy and Scandinavian countries.

The following year she established her own recording studio in Treviso with her then-husband Enrico Monti and released her first Italian language album, Maschio dove sei? in which she collaborated with the late Massimo Riva (Vasco Rossi's guitarist and longtime friend), who gave a more mature pop/rock influence to Sabrina's music. The album was surprisingly acclaimed by the critics, but was a commercial failure because of a lack of promotion and distribution.

Disillusioned by the flop of the album, Sabrina focused her attention on other projects.

1996 saw her theater debut with the comedy I cavalieri della Tavola Rotonda playing the role of Morgan le Fay and after a two year's tour she hosted the game show Il mercante in fiera on TMC.

In 1998 after the success of her stage debut, she was casted in a new comedy called Uomini sull'orlo di una crisi di nervi that was also very successful but during the tour she broked her knee and was unable to continue the show's schedule. She was reestablished for the summer and could host the show Cocco di mamma on Rai Uno. In that show she had the chance to sing some Italian and international summer hits of the past and these perfomaces made her looking for a musical comeback. The same year she was in the cast of Italian music band 883's debut movie, Jolly Blu, and of the sit-com Tutti gli uomini sono uaguali aired on Italia 1.

In 1999 she released a new album, Flower's broken, in Italy and Spain but, although an early curiosity was evoked by the new single - I love you - video, both album and sinlge were unsuccessful.

2001 saw Sabrina's comeback to theatre with the musical Emozioni that allowed her to gain very good reviews from the critics. The following year she hosted another TV show on Italia 1 called Matricole&Meteore, in which she travelled the world in order to find out where are and what are doing former star such as Gary Coleman, Jimmy Sommerville, Charlene Tilton and others.

In April 2004 she gave birth to her first child, a son called Luca.

In 2005 she has starred in the independent film Colori that was premiered at the Salerno´s Independent Cinema Festival, where she won the The Critics' Choice Awards as best actress.

In 2006 she released just through her official web site a new song called I feel love (Good sensation).

Now 2007 Sabrina is touring on RMF Party 80 in France together with Bananarama, Jimmy Somerville, Ryan Paris, Desireless... She could be seen on 4th March on France 2 in Vivement Dimanche (rebroadcasted 10th March on TV5 MONDE) where she sang brand new version of Boys (Summertime Love).

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• 1987 Sabrina (as "Sabrina") - also known as Boys in some territories and when re-released. Finland #4, Switzerland #11, Gold Award from Spain, Top30 in France, lots of other chart data unavailable still.

• 1988 Something Special (as "Sabrina") A remix album released on the Danish Mega label for the Scandinavian market only. Finland #15, Sweden #31.

• 1988 Super Sabrina (as "Sabrina") Finland #9, Switzerland #28, Sweden #39, lots of other chart data unavailable still. Originally released in late 1988 in Italy, but in most territories during spring 1989.

• 1991 Over The Pop (as "Sabrina")

• 1996 Numeri / Maschio dove sei (as "Sabrina Salerno") (produced by Massimo Riva, Enrico Monti and Sabrina Salerno)

• 1999 Flower's Broken (as "Sabrina Salerno")

[edit] Singles

• 1986 Sexy Girl (produced by Claudio Cecchetto) - Italy #20, Australia #36 (remixed version in 1988), Finland #11 (remixed version in 1988).
• 1987 Boys (Summertime Love) - France #1, Switzerland #1, Germany #2, Spain #2, Finland #2, UK #3, Ireland #3, Norway #3, Austria #5, Italy #5, Holland #5, Australia #11, South Africa #14. (Written by M.Bonsanto, R.Rossi, C.Cecchetto, M.Charlton. Produced by Claudio Cecchetto. Mixed by M. Bonsanto and R. Rossi)
• 1987 Hot Girl - Spain #2, Finland #6, Germany #19, Switzerland #13, Netherlands #10, France #12, Italy #21.
• 1988 All Of Me - Finland #2, UK #25, Germany #16, Switzerland #12, Italy #12, France #15 (written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman)
• 1988 My Chico (produced Elvio Moratto) - Italy #2, Germany #56,Finland #3.
• 1987 Lady Marmalade (produced by Claudio Cecchetto) Released in France and Holland only France #41
• 1989 Like A Yo-Yo - #72UK (Written by Giorgio Moroder, arranged by R.Boldi and C.La Bionda),Finland #1, Italy #18 (Hit Parade chart, not official singles chart)
• 1989 Gringo - UK #91,Italy #12 (produced by Menzione)
• 1990 Yeah, Yeah Italy #24 (produced by Severo Lombardoni)
• 1991 Siamo Donne Italy #21
• 1991 Dirty Boy Look Italy promo only in Italy.
• 1991 Cover Model Released in France and Italy only.
• 1994 Rockawillie
• 1994/1995 Angel Boy - Finland #15 (produced by Enrico Monti, Sergio Portaluri and F. Zafret)
• 1996 Fatta E Rifatta
• 1999 I Love You promo only
• 2004 Boys (2004 Remix) - also shown as: Boys Boys Boys 2004
• 2006 I Feel Love (Good Sensation) ltd.edition released only via website

[edit] Filmography

• 2006 Film D
• 2005 Colori
• 1998 Tutti gli uomini sono ugauli (TV sit-com)
• 1998 Jolly Blu
• 1989 Fratelli d'Italia
• 1988 Festa di Capodanno (mini series)
• 1986 Grandi magazzini
• 1986 Professione vacanze (TV series)
• 1986 Ferragosto O.K. (TV movie)

[edit] See also

• Euro disco

[edit] External links

• Official web site of Sabrina Salerno
• Sabrina Salerno at Last.fm
• Discography at discogs.com
• Sabrina Salerno at the Internet Movie Database
• Sabrina Salerno fan site