page_title: Pino Presti
section_title: Singles
hierarchical_section_title: Pino Presti / Discography (selected) / Singles
caption_attribution_description: You Know the Way (12" Label)
context_page_description: Pino Presti pseudonym of Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta, is an Italian bass player, arranger, composer, conductor, record producer, born 23 August 1943, in Milan. He is a 5th-dan black belt in Shotokan Karate.
  Presti, son of an accomplished violinist, Arturo Prestipino Giarritta, has been studying music since the age of 6. He was seventeen years old when he first entered the music business. Presti started as a bass guitar player, than gradually began as an arranger, a composer, an orchestra conductor and a producer. Among his collaborations in different genres of music like jazz, pop, funk, soul, we can find great names such as Mina (the most famous Italian pop singer), Gerry Mulligan, Ástor Piazzolla (the bassline in the famous composition "Libertango" belongs to him), Quincy Jones, Wilson Pickett, Shirley Bassey, Maynard Ferguson, Franco Cerri, Stéphane Grappelli, Aldemaro Romero and many others. He is considered one of the most important Italian arrangers/conductors.
context_section_description: "Rimani ancora/Oh! Jenny" - Durium (1964)
  "In un posto fuori dal mondo/Messaggio d'amore" - Belldisc (1969)
  "Karin/No sabe" - Dischi Ricordi (1970)
  "Smile/L'estate di Laura" - Atlantic Records (1975)
  "Funky Bump/C.so Buenos Ayres" - Atlantic Records (1976)
  "Shitân Disco Shitân" - Barclay (1977)
  "Sundown" - Durium (1978)
  "You Know The Way part I/You Know The Way part II" - Baby Records (1979)
  "You Know The Way" - Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM - Emergency Records (1980)
  "Money (That What I Want)" - Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM - Baby Records (1980)
  "To Miami/Mama's Away" - Cetra Records (1980)
  "Dancing Nights/And I Love Her" - Polydor Records (1983)
  "Ya No Puedo Vivir (The Bush Remixes)" - Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM - Blow Up Disco (1991)
  "Once Again Now" - Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM - Soul Xpression (1992)
  "Divine" - Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM - Level One (2001)
  "Feel Like a Woman" - CD Single - Self (2005)
  "Jazz Carnival" - CD Single - Map (2015)
  "Funky Bump" (Unreleased Original Extended Version)/"Funky Bump" (Original 7" Version) – Best Record Italy (2015)
  "You Know The Way" (Disco Version by Tee Scott) - Best Record Italy (2016)
  "To Africa / Soul Makossa" (EP) - Best Record Italy (2017)
  "Pino Presti Featuring Roxy Robinson: You know Why" (EP) – Best Record Italy (2018)
caption: You Know The Way (label)
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