Albano Carrisi was born on 20 May 1943.Better known as Al Bano.He is an Italian singer, actor and winemaker.He was born in the town of Cellino San Marco (province of Brindisi, Puglia in Southern Italy) where he still lives.
Background
Ethnicity:
father Carmelo Carrisi (Italian), mother Yolanda Carrisi (Italian)
His mother named him Albano because when he was born his father Carmelo Carrisi was fighting in Albania for the Royal Italian Army during World War II. His mother was Iolanda Ottino. He has one brother, Franco Carrisi.
Although Al Bano and Romina divorced in 1999 they have a son Yari Marco (1973) and three daughters Ylenia Maria (1970) (who went missing in New Orleans in 1994), Cristel Chiara (1985) (starred in the Reality TV show La Fattoria an Italian version of The Farm) and Romina Iolanda (1987). He has one daughter and one son from ex-girlfriend and showgirl Loredana Lecciso, Jasmine Caterina (2001) and Albano Giovanni
Education
At age of seventeen years he abandoned his studies masterful emigrating to Milan
Career
He made his debut in 1966 both as a singer at the Festival delle Rose and on television. He won the Disco per l'Estate, an Italian song contest with "Pensando a te" in 1968. He recorded some major hits such as "La siepe" and "Nel sole" at that time. "Nel sole" sold 600,000 copies in Italy within three months of release and eventually over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc in July 1968.
On 26 July 1970 Al Bano married Romina Power (daughter of the American actor Tyrone Power) who had already started to share her musical career with him and remained his stage partner for about 30 years.
Views
Quotations:
"To be a problem for the problems that confront me."