Albano Carrisi better known as Al Bano, is an Italian

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 singer

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, actor

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 and winemaker

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He was born in the town of Cellino San Marco

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 (province of Brindisi

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, Puglia

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 in Southern Italy

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), where he still lives.

His mother named him Albano because, when he was born, his father Carmelo Carrisi was fighting in Albania

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 for the Royal Italian Army

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 during World War II. His mother was Iolanda Ottino. He has one brother, Franco Carrisi (Kocis).

He made his debut in 1966 both as a singer, at the Festival delle Rose, and on television.
He won the Disco per l'Estate, an Italian song contest, with "Pensando a te" in 1968.