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Gazebo whose real name is Paul Mazzolini was born in Beyrouth. He was brought up traveling around the world with his parents, gathering from different cultures. His father, Francesco, was an Italian diplomatic and taught Paul five of the eight languages he knew. His mother, Sonia, was a singer and gave him her inner talent for music. Paul settled down in Italy in 1975, got his graduation three years later and went off to London where he put up various bands and decided to make music for a living. Back in Rome in 1981 he released his first single "Masterpiece", the 12" version rapidly became a big hit in the European and Asian dance scenes. In 1983 Paul signs with Baby Records and releases his first album called "Gazebo". Included is a song that is going to be a smash hit worldwide selling more than ten million singles : the song, "I like Chopin", reaches n°1 in the charts of many countries including : Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Portugal, Hong-Kong, Korea, Singapore, Turkey and tops ten in many other countries including U.K. The second album "Telephone Mama" is released in 1984 and though the style of the songs is dramatically different from the first album it is a best seller in most of the territories were it is released. 1985 is quite an unlucky year as Paul has to join the army and this pause forces him to rebuild his career on a different and stronger basis willing to develop and improve his musical skills in song writing, arranging and producing. He puts up Lunatic S.r.l - his own production company. The same year he releases "Univision" the first album of the new era completely owned by Lunatic. 1988 "Rainbow Tales" the first album recorded at the Lunatic complex is also the first step in Paul's new musical direction, a link towards his musical origins in the progressive pop scene of the seventies. 1989 "Sweet Life" is the first album entirely written, produced and engineered by Paul himself, this album includes a special version of a song Paul had co-wrote for Ryan Paris and that became at the time a smash hit worldwide: "Dolce Vita" In 1992 Lunatic Records releases "Scenes from the news Broadcast". Which is up to now his last official album. 1994 "Portrait" - a compilation album with all his hits. 1997 From the merging of Lunatic S.r.l and Cresus Enterprises S.n.c (publishing) Paul puts up Softworks Snc, a new company with a big catalog and a great structure. First release "Viewpoint" the sequel to "Portrait". 2000 Softworks' SWR releases "Portrait & Viewpoint" a double CD with all the essentials. 2006 Release of EP "Tears For Galileo" introducing his new album. Included is "The Man at The Window" a song dedicated to Pope John Paul II of whom Paul has always admired the charisma. 2008 Paul introduced "The Syndrone" his new album . You can book Gazebo from now on via Rainbow Entertainment.
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