title: Beans (band)
text: # Beans (band)
  
  Beans (also spelled as I Beans) are an Italian pop music group, mainly successful in the seventies.
  
  ## Career
  
  The group formed in 1969 in Catania, Sicily. Under the production of singer-songwriter Gianni Bella, they got a large success with their cover of the 1918 Armando Gill's classic "Come Pioveva", which peaked at the fourth place on the Italian hit parade.
  
  Following a number of minor hits, in 1978 the group entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Soli". The song named a RAI variety show, hosted by Patrizia Lazzari and Laura Trotter and with the participation of the same group.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Armando Simola - lead vocalist (1967 - 1969)
  * Pier Paolo Cristaldi - drums (1967 - present)
  * Tony Ranno - bass guitar, voice (1967 - present)
  * Salvatore Trovato - lead vocalist (1969 - 1972)
  * Gino Finocchiaro - keyboards, voice (1969 - 1979)
  * Giuseppe Russo - guitar (1969 - 1972)
  * Pippo Panascì - guitar, voice (1972 - present)
  * Giuseppe Grillo - guitar, voice (1972 - present)
  * Franco Morgia - lead vocalist, guitar (1972 - 1979)
  * Carmelo Morgia - lead vocalist, guitar (1979 - present)
  * Gaetano Coco - keyboards, voice (1979 - 1989)
  * Alex Magrì - keyboards, voicei (1989 - 2003)
  
  ## Discography
  
  ### Albums
  
  * 1975: Come pioveva (CGD, 81176)
  * 1976: Sto piangendo (CGD, 81732)
  * 1978: Soli (CGD, 20037)
  * 1983: Beans (La Ciminiera, CMR 79003)
  * 1990: Ancora una volta si può (Sea Musica, ISO 0032)
  * 1991: Melo Morgia canta i Beans (DV More Record, DV 1018)
  * 1998: Stelle (DiscoBoom, CD 10041)
  * 2001: I Beans cantano Battisti (DiscoBoom, CD 10076)
  * 2005: I Beans per sempre (DiscoBoom)
  * 2006: Le più belle canzoni dei Beans (Warner, 5051011-2926-2-0)
  