Festival di Sanremo: Marcella Bella
The Italian singer Marcella Bella (born on the 18th of June 1952 in Catania) began her career in 1969 and has been active ever since.
As of 2023, she has participated 8 times at the Sanremo Music Festival. Her debut at it was in 1972 and her latest entry to date is from 2007. Although she hasn't won any editions yet, she was placed third in 1986 which remains her best placement so far. Her most active period was in the 1980s with four participations in total. She was a guest outside of the competition at the 1977 edition of the festival where she presented her song Abbracciati ("Embraced").
Her elder brother Gianni Bella is a singer-songwriter who has written almost all of the songs in her repertoire throughout the years – the music to all of her Sanremo songs is authored by him – and both of them have been collaborating ever since her debut and have recorded many duets. They also participated as a duo at the event twice: in 1990 and in 2007.
As the title suggests, the purpose of this collection is to gather all her Sanremo songs in one place. The description box will include a translation of the title, how the song was placed in that edition and which album it got included in. Whenever possible, a video of her live performance for the corresponding year will be present as well (some of them may get deleted over time due to copyright; feel free to let me know by writing a comment whenever that happens so I can replace the link).
See also: Partecipanti al Festival di Sanremo | Sanremo Music Festival Participants
I include her artist page here so that the collection can appear in it.
Country: Italy
Genres: Disco, Pop, R&B/Soul, Singer-songwriter
Languages: Italian, Spanish, English, Sicilian
Green Mountains
Sanremo 1972 (24–26 February).
Placed 7th out of 14 (28 in total with the non-finalists).
Lyrics and music: Giancarlo Bigazzi, Gianni Bella
Arrangement: Franco Monaldi
Included in her debut studio album Tu non hai la più pallida idea dell'amore ("You Don't Have the Faintest Idea of Love") from the same year.
Mind Your Business
Sanremo 1981 (5–7 February).
Placed 9th out of 10 (28 in total with the 10 finalists and the 8 non-finalists).
Lyrics and music: Giancarlo Bigazzi, Gianni Bella
Arrangement: Tony Mimms
Included in her self-titled studio album Marcella Bella from the same year.
Song language: Italian
As If I've Lost My Mind Completely
Sanremo 1986 (13–15 February).
Placed 3rd out of 22 in the Campioni ("Champions") section.
Lyrics: Mogol
Music: Gianni Bella
Arrangement: Geoff Westley
Included in her eponymous studio album Senza un briciolo di testa from the same year.
Song language: Italian
Congratulations
Sanremo 1987 (4–7 February).
Placed 6th out of 24 in the Campioni ("Champions") section.
Lyrics: Gianni Bella, Gino Paoli
Music: Gianni Bella
Arrangement: Geoff Westley
Included in her eponymous album Tanti auguri from the same year.
After the Storm
Sanremo 1988 (24–27 February).
Placed 4th out of 26 in the Campioni ("Champions") section.
Lyrics: Alberto Salerno
Music: Gianni Bella
Arrangement: Phil Palmer
Included in her studio album '88 from the same year.
Into the Unknown
(Duet with her brother Gianni Bella.)
Sanremo 1990 (28 February–3 March).
Placed 5th out of 20 in the Campioni ("Champions") section.
Lyrics: Daniele Di Gregorio
Music: Gianni Bella, Rosario Bella
Arrangement: Geoff Westley
Included in her eponymous studio album Verso l'ignoto… from the same year.
(Duet with her brother Gianni Bella.)
Sanremo 2007 (27 February–3 March).
Placed 12th out of 20 in the Campioni ("Champions") section.
Lyrics: Mogol
Music: Gianni Bella
Arrangement: Gianni Bella, Adriano Pennino
Included in their eponymous studio album Forever per sempre from the same year.
Song language: Italian
