Romina Power, 70 years from Los Angeles to Al Bano between ‘stop & go’

There are 70 candles on the cake of Romina Power, born on 2 October 1951 in Los Angeles but naturalized Italian. Romina Power is written but Al Bano & Romina is read, although strong and lasting, with several breaks, stop & go, it was the artistic and family bond with Albano Carrisi, forming one of the most appreciated couples by the Italian public, both of music lovers than the gossip enthusiast. Moreover, his relationship with the Apulian singer is linked to both the musical successes, some of which are sensational, and the birth of four children: Ylenia (of whom nothing has been known for certain and whose alleged death is dated December 31st. 1993, the day of his mysterious disappearance), Yari, Cristel and Romina jr Jolanda. Instead, she is the daughter of the famous American actor Tyrone Power and Mexican actress Linda Christian. It was her father, in love with Rome, who gave her the name Romina, which then spread to Italy where Romina Francesca Power – this is her full name at the registry office – arrives when she is 9 years old, brought by her mother and stepfather, two years after his father’s death, before moving to England. The personal and musical s odalizio with Al Bano dates back to 1967, the year in which he joined the cast in the musicarello film based on the song ‘Nel sole’ at the top of the hits with over one and a half million records sold. and from their marriage four children will be born. The ‘solo’ success came in 1981 with ‘Il ballo del qua qua’, while as a couple in 1984 Al Bano & Romina conquered the Sanremo Festival singing ‘There will be’, after the second place in 1982 with ‘Felicità’ and before third place in 1987 with ‘Nostalgia rogue’ and in 1989 with ‘Cara terra mia’. In 1999 the separation and in 2012 the divorce from Al Bano, with a parallel withdrawal from the scene, interrupted in 2013 by a concert in pairs in Moscow and in 2015 with performances always in pairs at the Arena of Verona and the Ariston of Sanremo , where he returns in 2020 with Al Bano as guests of honor of the Italian Song Festival. (by Enzo Bonaiuto)