The Snobs were an Italian pop music girl group on the Durium record label that were active for a short time during the 1960s. In the midst of the wave of the British invasion and beat and rhythm and blues music, the Snobs constituted, with their melodic repertoire, and albeit briefly, the Italian answer to similar groups from the United States of America such as Supremes, Ikettes, The Ronettes, Crystals or Marvelettes.
They originally called themselves Sonia and Her Sisters then Le Amiche and finally Le Snobs.
The members of the quartet were three sisters and a friend from Desenzano del Garda, Brescia, Italy: Renata Giusti [1942- ], Ornella Giusti [1945- ], Annamaria Giusti [1950- ] and Gianna Raffa [1947- ]. All were minors (except one) at the time of their debut.
Le Snobs while they were performing during an evening at the Teatro Nuovo in Salsomaggiore, were discovered by Marcello Minerbi, one of the musicians of Marcellos Ferial, Minerbi was responsible for signing a contract with Durium Records. Their album (which had the western song ‘The Ballad of Johnny McRae’ as a B-side) sold fifty thousand copies. The song was also brought to the 1965 Cantagiro Festival.
After about three years of activity the group, after recording an LP entitled ‘Piper Style’, inspired by the fashion dictated by the famous Roman club Piper Club, was offered to undertake a theatrical performance in Macario's company but their father-advisor preferred to give up the opportunity by withdrawing his daughters from the world of entertainment.
The SNOBS [GIUSTI,
Renata [1942, Desenzano del Garda, Brescia, Italy - ], GIUSTI, Ornella [1945 Desenzano
del Garda, Brescia, - ], GIUSTI,
Annamaria [1950, Desenzano del Garda, Brescia, Italy - ], RAFFA, Gianna [1947, Desenzano
del Garda, Brescia, Italy- ] –
musicians singers, rock band.
A Fistful of Songs –
1966 [sings: “Il silenzio”]
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