Beans (band)
Beans are an Italian pop band, mainly successful in the seventies.
Career
The group formed in 1969 in Catania, Sicily. Under the production of singer-songwriter Gianni Bella, they got a large success with their cover of the 1918 Armando Gill's classic "Come Pioveva", which peaked at the fourth place on the Italian hit parade.Following a number of minor hits, in 1978 the group entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Soli". The song named a RAI variety show, hosted by Patrizia Lazzari and Laura Trotter and with the participation of the same group.
Personnel
- Armando Simola – lead vocalist
- Pier Paolo Cristaldi – drums
- Tony Ranno – bass guitar, voice
- Salvatore Trovato – lead vocalist
- Gino Finocchiaro – keyboards, voice
- Giuseppe Russo – guitar
- Pippo Panascì – guitar, voice
- Giuseppe Grillo – guitar, voice
- Franco Morgia – lead vocalist, guitar
- Carmelo Morgia – lead vocalist, guitar
- Gaetano Coco – keyboards, voice
- Alex Magrì – keyboards, voicei
Discography
;Albums- 1975: Come pioveva
- 1976: Sto piangendo
- 1978: Soli
- 1983: Beans
- 1990: Ancora una volta si può
- 1991: Melo Morgia canta i Beans
- 1998: Stelle
- 2001: I Beans cantano Battisti
- 2005: I Beans per sempre
- 2006: ''Le più belle canzoni dei Beans''