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Mirna Doris

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Mirna Doris
Doris in 2009
Born(1940-09-28)28 September 1940
Died27 March 2020(2020-03-27) (aged 79)
Naples, Italy
OccupationSinger

Mirna Doris (28 September 1940 – 27 March 2020) was an Italian canzone napoletana singer, mainly successful in the second half of the 1960s.

Life and career

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Born Annunziata Chiarelli, in Naples, after studying singing Doris started performing in street festivals and private parties in her hometown, and in 1962 she was a finalist at the Castrocaro Music Festival.[1]

Between 1963 and 1970 Doris entered the main competition at the Festival di Napoli, winning the competition in 1968 and in 1969 with the songs "Core spezzato" and "Preghiera a 'na mamma".[1] During her career Doris also participated in several editions of Un disco per l'estate, Canzonissima and Festival delle rose [it].[1]

In 2020, at age 79, she died of cancer.

Discography

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Album
  • 1971: Mandulinata tragica (Fonorex, CS 1302)
  • 1974: Tre volti di Mirna Doris (Fonorex, VM 1301)
  • 1974: Hit parade (Fonorex, VM 1302)
  • 1978: Mirna Doris (Vis Radio, LAEDDD 96904)
  • 1980: Int’a ’n’ora Dio lavora (Hello, ZSEL 55468)
  • 1981: Era de maggio (Hello, ZSEL 55473)
  • 1983: Napulitanamente (Storm, ZSLTM 55483)
  • 1983: Core spezzato (Start-Durium, LPS 40174)
  • 1983: Che bella città (Sirio, K 00220)
  • 1984: Ammore...ammore (Sirio, BK 75916)
  • 1989: Napoli...una donna (Phonotype, AZQ 40117)
  • 1989: Napoli...una donna vol. 2 (Phonotype, AZQ 40125)
  • 1991: Napoli...una donna vol. 3 (Phonotype, AZQ 40137)
  • 1992: Napoli...una donna vol. 4 (Phonotype, AZQ 40157)

Further reading

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  • Pietro Gargano, Gioconda Marinelli (2002). Mirna Doris. Regina e reginella. Una grande voce a difesa della canzone napoletana. Adriano Gallina Editore, 2002. ISBN 8887350272.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Stefano Mannucci. "Doris, Mirna". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp.583-4.
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