Over the course of a career spanning seven decades so far, Marcella Bella has been upending convention since the very beginning. Winning a prestigious singing competition in 1965 at the age of just 13—two years younger than the official age of entry—set the tone for a journey in music that has kept her in the Italian public eye ever since. Bella’s breakthrough hit singles “Montagne verdi” and “Nessuno mai” in the ’70s, in which she laid impassioned, handsomely melodic vocals over sumptuous instrumentals, epitomised her enduring appeal early on in her long career.