Dodi Battaglia

Dodi Battaglia
Battaglia performing in 2004
Background information
Birth name	Donato Battaglia
Born	(1951-06-01) 1 June 1951 (age 72) Bologna, Italy
Genres	Pop, Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1966–present
Member of	Pooh

Donato "Dodi" Battaglia (born 1 June 1951) is an Italian guitarist, singer and songwriter known as a member of the pop group Pooh.^[1]

Born at Bologna, Battaglia joined Pooh as lead guitarist in 1968. Together with Roby Facchinetti, he was the main songwriter starting from the LP Alessandra of 1972. Battaglia was part of the Pooh until they split up in 2016. He also published several solo albums and singles and occasionally collaborated as session musician for other famous italian artists.

Discography

Solo albums

• 1985 – Più in alto che c'è
• 1986 – Più in alto che c'è/Ciao amore buon appetito
• 2003 - D' Assolo
• 2015 – Dov'è andata la musica (with Tommy Emmanuel)
• 2017 - E la storia continua
• 2018 - Dodi Day
• 2019 – Perle

With Pooh

• 1968 – Contrasto
• 1969 – Memorie
• 1971 – Opera prima
• 1972 – Alessandra
• 1973 – Parsifal
• 1975 – Un po' del nostro tempo migliore
• 1975 – Forse ancora poesia
• 1976 – Poohlover
• 1977 – Rotolando respirando
• 1978 – Boomerang
• 1979 – Viva
• 1980 – ...Stop
• 1981 – Buona fortuna
• 1983 – Tropico del nord
• 1984 – Aloha
• 1985 – Asia non-Asia
• 1986 – Giorni infiniti
• 1987 – Il colore dei pensieri
• 1988 – Oasi
• 1990 – Uomini soli
• 1992 – Il cielo è blu sopra le nuvole
• 1994 – Musicadentro
• 1996 – Amici per sempre
• 1999 – Un posto felice
• 2000 – Cento di queste vite
• 2002 – Pinocchio
• 2004 – Ascolta
• 2008 – Beat ReGeneration
• 2010 – Dove comincia il sole

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