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Fausto Cigliano (Napoli, birth 15 february 1937) is Italian singer and actor. 1957,He debut as actor in Italian movie "Ragazzi della marina". In Japan, he is known as "チリアーノ", singer of Japanese TV drama soundtrack. .

Haystacks Balboa were a hard-rock band from Queens in New York City, whose sole eponymous album was released on Polydor in 1970 & featured two songwriting contributions from Larry West, brother of Mountain's Leslie West. This album has also been issued on CD by Audio Archives under the alternate title 'Detoxified'. The hard rock tunes are typical of the time, like Sabbath or Mountain, with backbreaking heavy fuzzy guitars and satanic lyrics. The progressive moments are quite nice, long tracks relying on Hammond organ and guitar interplay with extended instrumental stretches. .

Fausto Leali (born 29 October 1944, Nuvolento, Italy) is an Italian singer, famous for his rough and aggressive voice, in sharp contrast with Italian melody conventions. Due to his voice, he is nicknamed "The black white" ("Negro bianco"). Leali began his musical career as a singer in several bands in his native Brescia. He released his first single in 1960 as 'Fausto Denis', for the magazine Nuova Enigmistica Tascabile. Then he joined a group from Alessandria, the Novelty, which had already released an EP in 1961. With the group he managed to obtain a recording contract with the record label,...