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Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985 in Waikiki, Hawaii), better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is a Filipino-Puerto Rican American singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist signed to Atlantic Records. He is most well known for his hit Just The Way You Are, which went #1 in 9 countries in 2010. He is also known for singing/co-writing the hooks for the #1 hit Nothin' On You by B.o.B, and Billionaire by Travie McCoy; he also co-wrote the international hits Right Round by Flo Rida and Wavin' Flag by K'naan. After the success of the songs he featured on, Mars...

Nato sul suolo africano dell'Eritrea, ma cresciuto a Genova, è considerato - insieme con Fabrizio De André, Umberto Bindi, Luigi Tenco e Gino Paoli - tra i fondatori e maggiori esponenti della cosiddetta scuola genovese dei cantautori (alla quale sarebbe poi stato assimilato anche Piero Ciampi). L'inclinazione artistica di Lauzi si manifesta piuttosto precocemente. Sono gli anni cinquanta quando, insieme all'amico Luigi Tenco, compagno di banco al ginnasio con il quale condivide la passione per le pellicole musicali e per il jazz, forma un gruppo musicale e inizia a scrivere i primi brani. Il debutto discografico avviene nel 1962: con...

Bruno Martino was born 11th November 1925. His musical career started in 1944, when the young pianist entered the radio symphony orchestra of the roman broadcasting station RAI. At the same time he already performed with local jazz bands. After he had left Italy in 1947, he worked in several european night clubs, above all in Denmark. His orchestra played a mixture of jazz, neapolitan folk-songs and his own compositions, ranking among the most distinguished ball-room orchestras of that time. After he had returned to Italy, he wrote songs for prominent singers like Caterina Valente, Renato Rascel and Wilma de...