Annarita Spinaci was born in Castelplanio, Anconia, Marche Italy on June 22, 1944. Gifted with a warm and deep timbre of voice and an innate sense of swing, she won the Castrocaro Festival in 1966, singing “E di Mina”, together with Roberta Amadei and thus won the right to participate in the following Sanremo Festival in 1967. She presented herself with a song by Tony Renis, “When I Say I Love You”, paired with the Malagasy group Les Surfs, unexpectedly coming second, a few points from the winning song. The song was a great commercial success, so much so that it triggered the creation of the musical of the same name, released in the same year, which saw Spinaci sing alongside Tony Renis, Lola Falana, Alida Chelli, Enzo Jannacci, Lucio Dalla, Caterina Caselli and others.
She was invited to perform in Japan and South America. In the meantime, she made her debut as a presenter for Radio RAI: she was entrusted with the advertising radio time column Musica espresso. In 1974 she was the first Italian singer to win the Festival of Viña del Mar, Chile, with “Immagina”, a song she had composed a few years earlier with Giancarlo De Bellis. She returned to the same festival in 1976 singing “Días de rosas”, a song by Giorgio Bracardi never released in Italy.
A series of changes of record label and personal choices in private life meant that Annarita began to move away from the world of music and devoted herself exclusively to work as a kindergarten teacher. Her last 45 rpm dates back to 1980 (“Per una volta”).
Spinaci sang the song “Chi non e’ con te” for the soundtrack for 1967’s “Django Kills Silently” starring George Eastman and Liana Orfei
SPINACI, Annarita [6/22/1944, Castelplanio, Anconia,
Marche Italy - ] – actress, singer.
Django Kills Silently – 1967 [sings: “Chi non e’ con te”]
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