O’ Sole Mio

Luciano Pavarotti & Bryan Adams

 

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Our beloved Luciano Pavarotti needs no introduction. In our memories He remains the King of High C’s and a one of the most revered personalities of all time. This concert performance features a Priceless duet with Canadian Superstar Bryan Adams. 

 

 

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Bryan Guy Adams is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist and activist.

 

 

Bryan Adams rose to fame in Canada and the United States with his 1983 album Cuts Like a Knife. He turned into a global star with his 1984 album Reckless, which produced some of his best known songs. They include “Run to You” and “Summer of ’69“. 

 

In 1991, he released “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” from the album Waking Up the Neighbours. The song was written for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and became a worldwide hit,. It reached number 1 in many countries, including 16 consecutive weeks in the United Kingdom, a new record as well as 72 weeks in the top 20. Adams also had the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles “Heaven“, “All for Love” and “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?“

 

 

For his contributions to music, Adams has garnered many awards and nominations. They include 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations, 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1992. He has also won MTV, ASCAP, American Music awards, three Ivor Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated five times for Golden Globe Awards. Bryan was also nominated three times for Academy Awards for his songwriting for films.

 

Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world.

 

Adams was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in March 2011 and Canada’s Walk of Fame, Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1998, and in April 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at Canada’s Juno Awards. In 2008, Adams was ranked 38th on the list of all-time top artists in the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts. On 13 January 2010, he received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career, and on 1 May 2010 was given the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts. Has sold estimated 100 million records all over the world, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists.

 

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