Savage, also known as Robyx, pseudonym
of Roberto Zanetti, was born in Massa Carrara on 28 November 1956.
"Savage" is an Italian singer, composer and record producer. He began
his musical career as a singer/keyboardist in various groups such as
"Fathima e i Pronipoti", "Sangrià", "Santarosa"
and "Taxi". With "Santarosa" he achieved success with the
songs "Souvenir" and "Piano Piano", becoming part of the
Italian charts. In the "Taxi" band he met Adelmo Fornaciari, aka
Zucchero, and together they created the single "To Miami". After this
first publication, he will undertake several collaborations with Fornaciari. In
the 1980s, it was fashionable to use international names. Roberto Zanetti was
passionate about a comic called "Doc Savage" and decided to use the
pseudonym "Savage" with the French pronunciation. He achieved his
first success as a soloist in 1983 with the song "Don't Cry Tonight",
repeated the following year with "Only You", a song with which he
became very famous in all European countries. The song "Don't Cry
Tonight", Roberto wrote in a quarter of an hour with an old typewriter.
Since Roberto Zanetti didn't know how to dance, he had to invent something
special before going on stage. In his first appearances, he had the idea of
using his arms and placing his hands in front of his eyes. In the meantime he
dedicated himself to the production of other singers: Rose with "Magic
Carillon", G.A.N.G. with the medley "Incantations/Foreign
Affair", Kamillo with "Buenas Noches", Claudio Mingardi with
"Starman". In the following years he founded his personal recording
studio, Casablanca, and his record label, "Dance World Attack",
riding the wave of the new musical phenomenon born in the second half of the
eighties, house music. Among the numerous productions, mention should be made
of the Italian version of a Kraze hit entitled "The Party", sung by
Rubix and Pianonegro in the song of the same name. In 1989 he recorded "I
Just Died in Your Arms", a Hi-NRG remake of the "Cutting Crew"
song. In the early 1990s he produced Double You's song "Please Don't
Go", which reached number one in many countries except the United Kingdom
and the United States. In 1994 he released the album "Strangelove",
which contained various remixes of his old songs and four remixes of the song
Strangelove (by Depeche Mode). Also in the nineties he published under the
"DWA (Dance World Attack)" label, the first album by Corona, an
artist produced by Checco Bontempi who composed "The Rhythm Of The
Night" and all her other hits for her. He then wrote and produced a new
Ice Mc album which contained the hits “Think About The Way” and “It's A Rainy
Day”. Thanks to this last collaboration he met Alessia Aquilani, aka Alexia,
and from that moment, believing in the artist's great potential, he dedicated
himself almost exclusively to producing and writing songs for her, launching
her throughout Europe, including England. At the beginning of 2000 he wrote and
produced “www.mipiacitu” by Gazosa, then returned to collaborate with Zucchero.
Together with the bluesman from Reggio Emilia he signed some great hits such as
"Baila", "Ahum" and "Bacco Perbacco". In 2002 he
had a daughter called Matilde and in 2017 he returned to collaborate with
Zucchero for the recording of the single "Un'altra storia", contained
in Wanted (The Best Collection). At the beginning of 2019 he began recording a
new album entitled "Love And Rain". The album, which included 16 new
songs, was released in early 2020. It was released on various European record
labels, including the Russian label "Warner Music Russia". In that
period he lived in Poland for a few months to promote his collection
"Hits", published on the Polish label "Magic Records". Discography:
Album
1983 – Capsicum1984 - Tonight 1989 - Goodbye
1994 - Strangelove
1994 - Don't Cry (Greatest Hits)
2001 – Discomania
Singles
1983 – Don't Cry Tonight1984 – Only You1984 – Radio/A Love Again1985 – A love Again (Special Remix) / Fugitive1985 – Time1986 – Love Is Death1986 – Celebrate1988 – I'm Loosing You1988 – So close1989 – Good-Bye1989 – I just died in your arms1990 – Don't Leave Me1993 – Something and Strangelove1994 – Don't you want me2009 – Twothousandnine2013 – Save me2016 – And you are
Other titles under different pseudonyms
1983 – TAXI - To Miami (Robyx)
1983 - JOEY MOON - Angelica
1984 - TANGO - Computerized Love
1984 - CLAUDIO MINGARDI - Star
1984 - STARGO - Capsicum
1985 - STARGO - Life Is Life
1985 - STARGO - Capsicum (Remix)
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