Mango, Acchiappanuvole Tour in Udine (2009)Ĭredo (1997) contains the single 'Luce' which was performed by Mango along with Zenîma at the 1998 Sanremo Music Festival an English version of the song called 'Light' was included in the 1998 reissue. Mango participated at the 1995 Sanremo Music Festival with the song 'Dove vai', accompanied by world musician Ayub Ogada. On 30 April 1988 the single 'Flor de Verano', Spanish version of 'Bella d'estate' from Ahora, peaked at number No.

Around this time, Mango also recorded three albums in Spanish: Ahora (1987), Hierro y Fuego (1988) and a Spanish version of Sirtaki (1991). The album featured the involvement of musicians like drummer Manu Katché and bassist Pino Palladino. Other notable records are Sirtaki (1990), from which famous singles such as the title-track, 'Nella mia città' and 'Come Monna Lisa' were extracted, and Come l'acqua (1992), known for the song 'Mediterraneo'. 1987's Adesso includes the successful single 'Bella d'estate', co-written with Lucio Dalla. The album saw the collaboration of Brian Auger on the keyboards. In 1986 he released Odissea, which was a turning point in his career and contains some of his most famous songs, ' Lei verrà' and 'Oro'. His breakthrough came in 1985 with the album Australia, from which the single 'Il viaggio' was performed by Mango at the Sanremo Music Festival of the same year. His first three works did not receive attention by the media, pushing Mango to abandon the music career but the meeting with lyricist Mogol changed his mind. He released other records like Arlecchino (1979) and È pericoloso sporgersi (1982). Mia Martini also liked Mango's music and covered the song 'Se mi sfiori' on the album Che vuoi che sia. Two songs from the album, 'Per te che mi apri l'universo' and 'Tu pioggia io mattino', attracted the attention of Patty Pravo, who put them on her album Tanto (1976), though, the title of the second song was changed in 'Per amarti d'amore'. In 1976 Mango recorded his first album, La mia ragazza è un gran caldo. He started to study sociology at the University of Salerno but he left after deciding to move to Rome trying to enter the music business. Mango was not into Italian music at the time, stating he only performed some Lucio Battisti's songs. He began his musical activity as a teen, playing in a cover band with his older brother Michele. He grew up listening mainly to soul and hard rock music, his favourite musicians included Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Peter Gabriel. Mango was born in Lagonegro, province of Potenza.

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