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Flo Sandon's
Sandon's in 1960
Background information
Birth name	Mammola Sandon
Born	(1924-06-29)29 June 1924 Vicenza, Italy
Died	17 November 2006(2006-11-17) (aged 82) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Singer

Mammola Sandon, known by the stage name of Flo Sandon's (29 June 1924 – 17 November 2006), was an Italian singer who was popular in the post-World War II years. She won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1953 with the song "Viale d'autunno".

Career

Sandon was born in Vicenza, in Veneto. Her musical career began in 1944 when she made her stage début in a Red Cross charity show. Her stage name Sandon's came by chance - it was an oversight by the illustrator who prepared her first record cover. Her first big break as a professional vocalist came in 1947, when she sang in The Hot Club of France with two jazz legends: guitarist Django Reinhardt, and violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Celebrity came in 1952 thanks to the movie Anna directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman and Raf Vallone. Flo Sandon's did not appear in the movie itself, but she performed two songs on the movie soundtrack, "T'ho voluto ben" and "El Negro Zumbón". Both were great hits. Nat King Cole liked "T'ho voluto ben" so much that a few years later he recorded it with the new title "Non Dimenticar".^[2]

In 1953 Flo Sandon's took part in the Sanremo Music Festival for the first time, and won. The song was "Viale d'autunno" and it was also performed by another singer, Carla Boni. Both winners were at their first appearance at the popular song contest, and succeeded ahead of the great favorite Nilla Pizzi. The press speculated about a possible plot against Pizzi: allegedly she had been originally chosen to perform "Viale d'autunno" but was then dismissed, possibly out of spite or jealousy, and the song offered to Sandon's and Boni.^[2]

In 1955 Flo Sandon's married Natalino Otto, also an Italian singer.^[1] They had a daughter, Silvia, who was born in 1956. They later toured together in Italy and abroad for several years.^[2]

They are credited with the discovery of one of Italy's greatest singers of all times - Mina. On the night of 24 September 1958, the Happy Boys, a band of teen-age students was playing in the Rivarolo del Re dance hall, Cremona. Otto and his wife were present, and were greatly impressed by the singer of that group. They went to meet her at the end of the concert and proposed her a trial recording session. One month later, Mina's first single was out.^[2]

Flo Sandon's competed five more times at the Sanremo Music Festival, but never won again. She however won another song contest, the Festival of Naples in 1960 with "Serenata a Mergellina".^[2]

Other hits from her repertoire include "Vorrei volare", "Kiss Me", "I Love Paris", "Passa il tempo", "Concerto d'autunno", "Verde luna", "Domani", "Que sera sera" and "Bevi con me".^[2]

Flo Sandon's died in Rome at the age of 82.^[2]

References

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^ ^a ^b Natalino Otto And Flo Sandon'S On The Day Of Their Wedding. gettyimages.co.uk
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Massimo Emanuelli. FLO SANDON'S. storiaradiotv.it

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Discography
1950s	Nilla Pizzi ("Grazie dei fiori") Nilla Pizzi ("Vola colomba") Carla Boni / Flo Sandon's ("Viale d'autunno") Giorgio Consolini / Gino Latilla ("Tutte le mamme") Claudio Villa / Tullio Pane ("Buongiorno tristezza") Franca Raimondi ("Aprite le finestre") Claudio Villa / Nunzio Gallo ("Corde della mia chitarra") Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Nel blu, dipinto di blu") Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)")
1960s	Tony Dallara / Renato Rascel ("Romantica") Betty Curtis / Luciano Tajoli ("Al di là") Domenico Modugno / Claudio Villa ("Addio, addio") Tony Renis / Emilio Pericoli ("Uno per tutte") Gigliola Cinquetti / Patricia Carli ("Non ho l'età") Bobby Solo / The New Christy Minstrels ("Se piangi, se ridi") Domenico Modugno / Gigliola Cinquetti ("Dio, come ti amo") Claudio Villa / Iva Zanicchi ("Non pensare a me") Sergio Endrigo / Roberto Carlos ("Canzone per te") Bobby Solo / Iva Zanicchi ("Zingara")
1970s	Adriano Celentano / Claudia Mori ("Chi non lavora non fa l'amore") Nada / Nicola Di Bari ("Il cuore è uno zingaro") Nicola Di Bari ("I giorni dell'arcobaleno") Peppino di Capri ("Un grande amore e niente più") Iva Zanicchi ("Ciao cara come stai?") Gilda ("Ragazza del sud") Peppino di Capri ("Non lo faccio più") Homo Sapiens ("Bella da morire") Matia Bazar ("...e dirsi ciao") Mino Vergnaghi ("Amare")
1980s	Toto Cutugno ("Solo noi") Alice ("Per Elisa") Riccardo Fogli ("Storie di tutti i giorni") Tiziana Rivale ("Sarà quel che sarà") Al Bano and Romina Power ("Ci sarà") Ricchi e Poveri ("Se m'innamoro") Eros Ramazzotti ("Adesso tu") Gianni Morandi, Umberto Tozzi and Enrico Ruggeri ("Si può dare di più") Massimo Ranieri ("Perdere l'amore") Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali ("Ti lascerò")
1990s	Pooh ("Uomini soli") Riccardo Cocciante ("Se stiamo insieme") Luca Barbarossa ("Portami a ballare") Enrico Ruggeri ("Mistero") Aleandro Baldi ("Passerà") Giorgia ("Come saprei") Ron and Tosca ("Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni") Jalisse ("Fiumi di parole") Annalisa Minetti ("Senza te o con te") Anna Oxa ("Senza pietà")
2000s	Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel ("Sentimento") Elisa ("Luce (Tramonti a nord est)") Matia Bazar ("Messaggio d'amore") Alexia ("Per dire di no") Marco Masini ("L'uomo volante") Francesco Renga ("Angelo") Povia ("Vorrei avere il becco") Simone Cristicchi ("Ti regalerò una rosa") Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce ("Colpo di fulmine") Marco Carta ("La forza mia")
2010s	Valerio Scanu ("Per tutte le volte che...") Roberto Vecchioni ("Chiamami ancora amore") Emma Marrone ("Non è l'inferno") Marco Mengoni ("L'essenziale") Arisa ("Controvento") Il Volo ("Grande amore") Stadio ("Un giorno mi dirai") Francesco Gabbani ("Occidentali's Karma") Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro ("Non mi avete fatto niente") Mahmood ("Soldi")
2020s	Diodato ("Fai rumore") Måneskin ("Zitti e buoni") Mahmood and Blanco ("Brividi") Marco Mengoni ("Due vite") Angelina Mango ("La noia")

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