Romantic balladeer Drupi born Giam Piero Anelli became one of the few Italian artists to have a hit a hit in the United Kingdom when his song Vado Via reached the seventeenth slot on the British pop charts in 1974 The winner of the San Remo Festival …

Singing in his native Italian or in Spanish which he considers his second language Nicola Di Bari born Michele Scommegna has been melting hearts with his romantic balladry for more than four decades Since scoring a hit with his debut single Amore Rit…

Though he was born in Monfalcone in Gorizia near modern-day Slovenia and Croatia as a young child Gino Paoli moved across Italy to Genoa and it was that city with which he was associated and that he called his home In the 1950s he worked as a porter …

Born September 22 1934 to a Milanese family Italian singer Ornella Vanoni spent most of her twenties alternating between theater her debut was in 1957 with Federico Zardis I Giacobini and music She started by singing ile canzoni della malai or songs …

French-Italian singersongwriter Ricardo Cocciante began playing music in Rome Italy after assembling a band called the Nations His debut as a solo artist came in 1972 with the release of his first full-length record Poesia followed in 1973 Neverthele…

Renato Carosone is regarded as the father of Neapolitan singing bringing elements of jazz and swing into traditional Italian songbook Carsone was born on January 3 1920 and started his singing career at the age of 17 after studying piano at a conserv…

Italian singersongwriter Lucio Battisti was born on March 5 1943 in the small town of Poggio Bustone in Rieti Italy His family relocated to Rome in 1950 and by the mid-60s Battisti was performing in local bands one of which was named Campioni Interes…

Italian rock singer Vasco Rossi got involved in music while working as a DJ for a local radio station called Punto In 1978 the artist recorded Ma Cosa Vuoi Che Sia Una Canzone followed by 1979s Non Siamo Mica Gli Americani It was 1980s Colpa dAlfredo…

Welsh soprano Charlotte Church emerged in the late 1990s as a teenage phenomenon with her multi-platinum debut VOICE OF AN ANGEL. Church gamely rides the line between the pop and classical worlds, crossing freely back and forth over musical dividing …