Romina Power - a tale of eternal love

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Romina Power was born in Los Angeles to American idol Tyrone Power and his second wife, Mexican actress Linda Christian. The first five years of a cloudless childhood in a star family passed under the flashes of television cameras, but in 1956 the parents divorced. Romina and her younger sister Taryn lived with their mother and moved frequently. She spent most of her childhood in Mexico and Italy.

Romina's interest in music began at an early age, influenced by 1950s American musicals, Mexican Mariachi bands and 1960s Italian music. As a teenager, she discovered the Beatles and Bob Dylan, who inspired her to write music herself. Having received a guitar as a birthday present, she learned the chords, and so the first songs of Romina Power appeared. In 1966 she signed her first recording contract, and in 1969 she won the Festivalbar competition for young performers. However, Romina became world famous after meeting her husband.

Albano and Romina Power

This is one of the most famous duets in Italian music. They are known not only for giving the worldmany great songs, but also one that for decades has embodied the idea of great love. When the couple met in 1967, Al Bano was a talented young Italian singer who had just won Un Disco per l'Estate with Nel Sole. The meeting took place on the set of a film based on the song of the same name by Al Bano. At the time, it was not uncommon to make films based on hits starring the performer in order to ensure the success of the film.

Romina's mother opposed this relationship, as Al Bano was just a young singer from a poor family, while Romina was the daughter of two American stars born in Los Angeles and accustomed to life on Olympus. However, the young lovers were able to defend their love, and in 1970, when Romina was already expecting her first child, they got married, becoming one of the most successful duets on the Italian music scene, which soon became known in Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, France, Greece, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the USSR, releasing several albums in different languages and taking 7th place in Eurovision. However, the couple felt the taste of real glory after 8 years, taking first place at the San Remo festival.

Their brand of light-hearted, catchy romantic music has been repeatedly criticized in Italy, but it has always been a different story abroad. Al Bano and Romina were symbols of Italian popular culture around the world even after their success waned in their home country. For nearly threeFor decades, they have represented Italian traditional music to the world, just as they embodied the symbol of true, eternal love. Songs such as Felicità, Ci sarà, Nostalgia Canaglia, Cara Terra Mia are still popular today.

The collapse of the famous duet

The life of the world-famous couple changed in 1994 after the tragedy of the disappearance of their daughter Ilenia, missing in New Orleans. Several years of appeals and searches followed, which, unfortunately, did not lead to anything. Huge tension and pain of loss separated the couple, and in the late 1990s their family broke up, and at the same time their professional musical project ended. Al Bano, who has a powerful, well-trained voice, continued his musical career as a solo artist.

This breakup was shocking to the world as for decades Al Bano and Romina have been something of a symbol of marital stability and it was strange to see the two going their separate ways.

Romina's life after the duet

Being a versatile and talented person, she continued her self-realization as an artist and writer. Power was a judge on the Italian TV show Ballando con le Stelle (Dancing with the Stars) in 2005 and organized exhibitions of her paintings between 2006 and 2007.

In the spring of 2007, Power bought a house in Sedona, Arizona and decided to leave Italy for good. According to Romina, in Italy she was perceived simply as a performer and for her it wasIt is difficult to prove yourself as an artist and writer. Moreover, she was alarmed by the intrusive attention of the local press, which showed excessive interest in her personal life.

Her mother Linda Christine was diagnosed with cancer in 2008 and Romina moved in with her in Palm Springs, where she remained for three years until her mother's death in 2011.

Search for the Father, Tyrone Power

When talking about Romina, it's impossible not to touch on her book, which she wrote in memory of her father, Tyrone Power. Tyrone was a worldwide movie star, but for many decades Hollywood has forgotten him, because many years have passed since the death of a famous actor in 1958, and many people of that era have already passed.

He lived only 44 years, and Romina was only seven years old when his father died. The book represents Romina's decade-long search for information through the people who knew him best. She created this book as a stunning mosaic of many items, each with its own value and an important integral part of the larger picture.

Very touching moment where Romina writes about the first time she heard her father's voice as she grew up in Italy and saw his films dubbed by other actors. She bought an album in which he recited Lord Byron's poems, and one of them was dedicated to Byron's daughter, Allegra. Romina was struck not only by the sound of her father's voice, it seemed to her that in this work, through the space of time, her father addresses her with the words of the great poet. Romina immediately shared this entry with her younger sister, and this was the first ofmany discoveries and revelations for them.

The Great Reunion

2014 marked a big moment for fans of Al Bano and Romina Power as they decided to start performing as a duo again. They performed concerts in Russia, Eastern Europe and the United States, where they were enthusiastically greeted by fans as if so much time had not passed.

In February 2015, they appeared as special guests at the Di Sanremo festival, where their performance was simply fantastic. As for the personal, they strongly refute the rumors that they are a couple again, although fans do not lose hope that this fairy tale of eternal love will come true.

After all, the whole world remembers the words of their famous song "Felicita", which was sung by millions of listeners who do not know Italian, but feel these words with every part of their soul: “Happiness is holding hands, happiness is being near … ". But, no matter what happens, I would like to wish this delightful woman that "Felicita" and Romina Power always go hand in hand.