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Mario’s exceptionally beautiful voice is accompanied by the exquisite figure skating of World Champions, Yekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, performing on Stars on Ice, 1995. The song, Parlami D’Amore, Mariù!, was composed by Cesare Andrea Bixio (11 October 1896 – 5 March 1978). He was an Italian composer and one of the most popular Italian songwriters of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. Bixio was born in Naples, Italy. His hits included Vivere, Mamma, Parlami d'amore, Mariù, La mia canzone al vento, and many others. The lyricist for many of his hits was Bixio Cherubini. He died in Rome in 1978, aged 81. (The above information is from: ). “Gordeeva and Grinkov won the 1985 World Junior Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The following year they won the first of their four World Championships. They are one of the few pair teams to win back-to-back junior and senior World Championship titles. They successfully defended their World title in 1987 and then won gold at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, despite a nasty accident…. They remain the youngest pairs team ever to win Olympic gold. After a fall in their long program, they took silver at the World Championships in 1988, but reclaimed the title in 1989 and 1990. They turned professional in the fall 1990, winning their first World Professional Championship in 1991. They also won that title in 1992 and 1994…. Gordeeva and Grinkov won almost every competition they entered. In the 31 competitions whose results are known at the senior and professional levels, they finished first 24 times, and never lower than second from the time they won their first senior world title. They are one of the few pair teams in history to successfully complete a quadruple twist lift in international competition.….From November 1991 through April 1992, they toured with Stars on Ice for the first time…. In 1994, the couple won their second Olympic gold medal in Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway. Arguably the most influential, celebrated, and highly decorated pair team in the history of the sport, many consider them to be the greatest pair team ever to take the ice. They are often referred to simply as ‘G&G’.”… During the 1994–95 season, they toured with Stars on Ice, this time as headliners…. That summer, Gordeeva and Grinkov were chosen for induction into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame and the pair planned to return to Stars on Ice for their fourth season with the tour. On November 20, 1995, Sergei Grinkov collapsed on the ice during a practice session and died at age 28 from a massive heart attack. (The above quotation is from: #Pairs_career). Yekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov were originally skating to the song “The Man I Love“. The video was copied from uploader meluvsmusicAZ. To watch that video. Please go to
