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Marino Marini (1924-1997) was an Italian popular musician who achieved international success in the 1950s and 1960s.

He was born into a family of musicians on 11th May 1924 in Seggiano in the Grosetto region of Italy. After briefly studying electronics, he studied piano, violin and composition at the Conservatorio Rossini at Bologna, teaching music on his graduation. In 1947, after military service, he was appointed artistic director of the Metropolitan music hall in Naples, where he developed a liking for Neapolitan music.
Marino Marini's music was rooted in the tradition of Italian song, or, to be more precise, Neapolitan song, as he sometimes performed in the Neapolitan language (e.g. Maruzzela). Many of his numbers are in 4/4 or 4/8 time, but he sometimes used the 6/8 tarantella rhythm with an off-beat tempo accentuated by the piano on the second and fourth beat. He performed in several styles and genres, reinterpreting American standards or current pop songs (e.g. Just Young) and using dance rhythms such as cha-cha-cha, the twist, the letkiss and the samba. He often combined genres (e.g. Neapolitan song and samba in Ciccio 'o piscatore).

He made innovative use of the echo chamber (using one made to his own design) and is said to have been the first European performer to use sound mixing on stage, anticipating the techniques used by rock musicians in the 1960s.

Among the performers he influenced were the French singer Dalida and the French-Italian Caterina Valente.

He retired from performing in 1966 but continued to compose. He died on 20th March 1997.

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Music

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• Italian popular musician
• Neapolitan song
• Marino
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• Aummo Aummo