Andrea Bocelli Gets Star on Hollywood Blvd
Italian singer Andrea Bocelli is now the 2,402nd Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Tuscan singer Andrea Bocelli has been awarded a star on Hollywood Boulevard. Bocelli is best known for his 1996 single "Con Te Partiro'," which he sang with British singer Sarah Brightman. Since then, he has sold more than 65 million records.
I remember exactly where I was when I heard his song for the first time. I was traveling in Italy that summer, and one hot day I was boarding a bus in Sicily on my way to the Aeolian Islands. This song came on and it stopped me in my tracks. I asked an Italian man sitting on the bus if he knew who sang it, and he said "Certo, the blind one, Aleandro Baldi." Sure enough I went right out and bought the guy's CD only to find out it wasn't him! Aleandro Baldi happens to be another blind Italian singer with a similar name. With a little more research I found my way to Andrea Bocelli, and it was the start of my Italian love affair with the voice of this amazing tenor who many have compared to the late Italian opera great Luciano Pavarotti.
Here is a performance of Bocelli and Brightman singing Con Te Partiro' (Time to say goodbye).
Still gives me the goosebumps. But does anyone else find it annoying the way she gropes him all the time?
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Bettine, lets hope not....After all, Pavarotti, while my favorite opera singer ever, was quite the dirty old man. Leaving his beautiful wife for a 20 year old???? Iguess everyone has their reasons, but shame on him!
While Bocelli has a pleasant enough voice. He will never compare to Pavarotti, in voice and personality.