Alice (Carla Bissi, born September 26, 1954 in Forli) debuted in Sanremo 1972 with Il mio cuore se ne va , but didn't reach the final. Before that she already had success in Venice and Gondola d'Argento with La festa mia and other talent contests winning also legendary Castrocaro in 1971. Soon she took her artist name Alice Visconti, and later simply Alice. Meeting with Franco Battiato lead her to her real artistic path, scoring first a hit with Il vento caldo dell'estate in 1980 and then winning Sanremo 1981 with Per Elisa . When Battito was asked to do Eurovision in 1984 he took Alice along with I treni di Tozeur . Alice returned to Sanremo 2000 with Il giorno dell'indipendenza against her will but gaining this way a release of her God is my DJ concept album, that her record label didn't want to release. In the mid 1980's she took a decision to make music she wants to, not what the labels want her to do. This ment also staying away from festivals ...