Mirna Doris

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

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

Life and career

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.[1]

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

Discography
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
  • Pietro Gargano, Gioconda Marinelli. Mirna Doris. Regina e reginella. Una grande voce a difesa della canzone napoletana. Adriano Gallina Editore, 2002. ISBN 8887350272.
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References
  1. Stefano Mannucci. "Doris, Mirna". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp.583-4.



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