A summer by the sea...

Giuni Russo, real name Giuseppa Romeo, was an Italian singer-songwriter who truly began her artistic career at the age of 15 by reaching the semi-final of the Castrocaro Festival. Festival which she won unanimously a year later! We are then in 1967.

In 1968, she even tried the Sanremo Festival under the pseudo of Giusy Romeo but this time the attempt was not unsuccessful, partly at her too young age. A year 1968 which saw her all the same release two titles which are "No amore" and "L’Onda", two titles which will unfortunately go somewhat unnoticed ...

In the early 1970s we find her as a backing vocalist for several artists and it is only in 1974 that things will finally accelerate concerning her. It was by signing with the German label BASF that she would finally be able to produce her first album a year later in 1975 under the pseudo Junie Russo. An album called "Love is a woman" which will know a nice esteem success with titles like "Everything is gonna be alright" and "Milk of paradise".

It was the end of the 1970s that saw her finally take off when she obtained her first notorious success in 1978 with the title "Soli noi", a Single which was released under her final pseudonym, Giuni Russo.

But it is above all the meeting with the Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato in 1979 that will really change the situation. An association that will allow her to release a new album “Energy” two years later in 1981.

The real consecration came the following year with the release in 1982 of the Single "Un’estate al mare". Single which will make a real hit and propel it in a shattering way on the front of the stage.

A short-lived consecration unfortunately because the result will be much less favorable with the release of several albums which will experience only a fairly limited level of success.

Artist who died on September 14, 2004 at the age of 53 after having fought for years against cancer.

Discography (among others ...) :

60s Decade :

Amerai (Giusy Romeo) 1968
L'onda 1968 (Giusy Romeo) 1968

70s Decade :

Milk of paradise 1975 (Junie Russo)
I've drunk in my dream 1975 (Junie Russo)
Everything is gonna be alright 1975 (Junie Russo)
Love is a woman 1975 (Junie Russo)
Carol 1975 (Junie Russo)
Mai 1976
Soli noi 1978

80s Decade :

L'addio 1981
Atmosfera 1981
Una vipera saro 1982
Good goodbye 1982
Un’estate al mare 1982
Abbronzate dai mirragi 1983
Oltre il muro 1983
Sere d'agosto 1983
Mediterranea 1984
Una sera molto strana 1984
Le contrade di Madrid 1984
Alghero 1986
Con te 1986
Piove piove 1986
Adrenalina 1987
Ragazzi al Luna Park 1987
Mango papaja 1987
I giardini di Eros 1987
Malinconia, ninfa gentile 1988
Fenesta che lucive 1988

90s Decade :

Se fossi più simpatica sarei meno antipatica 1994
Niente senza di te 1994
Il vento folle 1994
Gabbiano 1997
Fonti mobili 1997

2000s Decade :

Moriro d'amore 2003
Una rosa è una rosa 2003
Moro perche' non moro 2003
Amore intenso 2003
O vos omnes 2003
La donna è mobile 2003
Mezzanotte al sole 2003
L'abisso del sesso 2003
La sua figura 2003
Torna a surriento 2004
Serenatella a mare 2004
A cchiu bella 2004
Cercati in me 2008
Invocazione 2008

2010s Decade :

Il nostro concerto 2012
Io che amo solo te 2012
Non fare come me 2017
Se volessi amarti 2017
Te lo sei chiesto mai 2017

2020s Decade :

Song of Naples (O sentiero d'o mare) 2021
Para siempre 2021
Non voglio andare via 2021
La forma dell'amore 2021

Tracks :

1968 ... a career start under the name Giusy Romeo. At this stage, it's hard to imagine the long career looming on the horizon for this very young girl ...

1968...in any case, a promising start that shows right away that she has potential. Now it remains to be seen what she will do with this potential...

1975 ... big air gap of 7 years then here she is back under a new name. The will to do well is essential, but it is clear that she still has work to do before she can hope to fight on an equal footing with the gratin ...

1975...she thought that singing in English could perhaps allow her to move from the shadows to the light in a significant way. A daring bet...

1975 ... a much more structured track which finally allows her to show what she is capable of. Rather a good omen for the rest of the events ...

1975... singing in English wasn't such a bad idea in the end, even if we can't talk about a big take-off at this stage...

1975...she still managed to get people talking anout her in a significant way, which is no small thing. The rise in power is certain in any case...

1975...here she is back in Italian after this interlude in English. A successful interlude in the end...

1976 ... where the art of going from one extreme to another. While she played her rather in vocal demonstration since her debut, here she shows us a very different side of her. And what a facet !

1978 ... then THIS title comes ! The title of the real takeoff, all on a new Intimist title in addition absolutely sumptuous. In 2 titles, she has just shown that in this area, we will have to rely on her. MA-GIC !

1981...will the 80s be a decade of consecration or on the contrary a decade of stagnation ? Only time will tell...

1981...for now we will rather speak of a consolidation phase. She has not yet fully become aware of the musical developments of the moment but let's give time time...

1982 ... finished the parenthesis 'Take out the handkerchiefs', here she is back in a very different musical universe. Not sure that this option is the best for the rest of her career ...

1982 ... this title there on the other hand already corresponds a little more to the latest trends of the moment at least those which work with the general public. We were afraid ...

1982 ... THE title of recognition, the real one. This time will be the good one and she finally reaches a semblance of consecration, consecration after which she had been chasing since her beginnings. All good !

1983...a start to the 80s that she has now mastered perfectly and which allows her to clearly show that she will still have to be counted on in the years to come...

1983...because the adventure is far from over, that's for sure. Now that she's at cruising speed, it would be a shame not to take full advantage of the suction effect...

1983...the 70s saw her blossom and then gain momentum, but it was especially the 80s that allowed her to explode to the highest level...

1984 ... she is never as effective as when she calms the game. We love to find her in this register all in finesse and lightness. We want more !

1984...a hyper versatile artist who has shown time and time again that she is good in all registers. A truly most effective talent !

1984... everything is going perfectly at this stage, it must be said. Not a cloud on the horizon, the sky is perfectly clear for the singer...

1986...a mid-decade that sees her perfectly in tune with her time. Nothing exceptional but good work in any case and that's the main thing !

1986...new title full of finesse and lightness on a tempo that will forever remain one of the main markers of this blessed decade...

1986...an excellent year 1986 which saw her skim over her subject brilliantly, to say the least. We definitely want more...

1987 ... hunt the natural, it comes back at a gallop. We find her here in high-voltage mode and in bellow mode. Totally counterproductive unfortunately ...

1987 ... frankly a shame because the talent was real and the potential more than obvious. But she will never have succeeded in producing the title of planetary recognition, the real one ...

1987 ... there, we almost border on caricature. With her, we will have gone without stopping from one extreme to another. With to finish a real feeling of dizzy ...

1987...this did not prevent her from having a very successful career in her native land. Isn't that the main thing ?

1988...she is never as effective as when she keeps it simple. We lose her as soon as she goes off into her lyrical delirium but we always find her again with happiness as soon as she produces this kind of title...

1988...an end of decade that rhymed with finesse and lightness in any case and who would complain about it frankly. Not us in any case !

1994...the metamorphosis ! 6 years will have passed between this title and the previous one and here she is delivering to us what will surely remain as one of her most emblematic titles...

1994...she is already in her 4th decade of career which is not nothing. A career mastered from start to finish, it must be said...

1994...on many occasions she will have shown that she had her place within the Elite. Too bad she did not know - or could not - break through at the International level more than that...

1997 ... yet another title of which she has the secret and which shows once again that she will never do anything like the others. We won't change her ...

1997...a 90s decade that won't go any further than this title. A 90s decade with fewer titles but not without interest, that's for sure...

2003 ... she will even attempt the transition to the 2000s and what a transition with this absolutely sumptuous title ! Unfortunately, fate awaits her around the corner and the end is fast approaching. Both literally and figuratively ... Tchao Bella !

2003...a title which will not be released as a Single but which frankly deserved to be. Talking about it at least has the merit of putting it back in the light...

2003...just like the other titles that will follow and which will therefore be posthumous titles. And there will be a certain number of them like that...

2003...because there was still material in the boxes before her tragic disappearance. So we might as well bring back into the light all these hitherto unknown titles...

2003...it would have been a shame not to bring them out again because they once again show the full extent of her talent...

2003...and she had talent to spare ! A one-of-a-kind singer who unfortunately didn't have the time to see her adventure through to the end as she should have...

2003...she will have left behind a more than substantial body of work, which is not nothing in any case. History will remember her in any case...

2003...in any case we will enjoy all these unknown titles until the end, which it would have been a shame to leave buried in boxes...

2003...apart from a few rare exceptions, all the titles produced during her career will have been of certain quality. A great feat all the same...

2004...even in the more classical register what she produced was most interesting. A truly complete artist...

2004...we are far, very far from what she could have offered us in the past but it is interesting all the same to see her in this register which is at the very least astonishing...

2004...she surprised us until the end but originality has always been her stock in trade as they say. That's also why we loved her...

2008...the number of posthumous titles is impressive to say the least and shows once again that she certainly did not intend to stop there when fate decided otherwise...

2008...it is only fair to bring all these titles back to light because it is the best tribute we can pay her...

2012...even in 2010 she is still here even if she left us several years ago. But we know well in music nothing is ever finished, even for people who have passed away...

2012...it's the magic of music to make artists eternal. Many years after they have left us they are still here thanks to their work...

2017...music is eternal and crosses the years, the decades but also the centuries. Who knows if we will not still be talking about her in hundreds of years...

2017...all gifted artists leave a mark on history, so there is no reason why she will not be remembered in the future...

2017...and frankly she did everything necessary to ensure that her work stands the test of time in the best possible way, that's clear...

2021...her memory lives on through the decades at least at this point. Because it's 2020 and she's still here thanks to her music...

2021...the magic of music is that an artist sometimes becomes more famous when he is gone than when he was alive. That's all we can wish for her even if she was still a great artist of her time...

2021...and we imagine that the adventure is far from over even if she left us more than 15 years ago. There are still titles to be released at first glance...

2021...and it's certainly not her long-time fans who will complain about it in any case. The more unknown titles come out, the more delighted they are...