Roberto Danova

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Not to be confused with Roberto Danova (Pan Pipe Moods).
Roberto Danova
Birth nameGiacinto Bettoni
Born27 August 1937 (1937-08-27) (age 86)
choral, reggae, soul, instrumental
Occupation(s)Composer, arranger, producer
Years active1959–present
LabelsPlaza Records London
Websitewww.plazarecords.net

Roberto Danova (born Giacinto Bettoni; 27 August 1937) is best known as a music

UK, Europe, South Africa and Australasia
.

Producing, arranging and composing

During the 1970s 1980s and 1990s Danova produced, arranged, or had compositions covered by many popular performers, including Joe Dolan (with whom he made a key contribution in the mid-1970s),[1][2] Johnny Logan (whose career was overseen in the late 1970s by Danova and Louis Walsh),[3] Mungo Jerry,[4] Tom Jones,[5] Demis Roussos,[6] Engelbert Humperdinck,[7] and Showaddywaddy,[8]

Since the mid-1980s Danova has developed an instrumental project General Lafayette, a series of albums and singles featuring some of his own compositions through the sound of the trumpet.[9][10][11] From 1977 to 1980, Danova released an album and singles as Roberto Montecristo.[12]

The premiere of his musical The Phantom of the Opera on Ice, featuring a cast of

CD/DVD with some modifications was released in 2006 by Plaza Records London.[13][14][15][16]

In 1998 he produced Credo, a musical celebration of the birth of

Jesus Christ. The concept album was featured on BBC Radio 3 in April 2001.[17]
Also the same year he guested on the Don Maclean BBC Radio 2 show.[18]

Danova was honoured in 2012 by the Irish Country Music Association at a ceremony in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland for his outstanding contribution to Irish Popular Music.[19]

Record labels

  • Ritz Records London: 1977–1981 - Established his first production company and label in 1977.[20][21]
  • Plaza Records London: 1981–present - Runs independently alongside his publishing firm Quatermass Music [22]
  • Also associated with EMI,[23] Pye Records and Red Bus Music (International) Ltd.[24]

Selected discography credits

Film

Television

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