Effective period / Period of releases: 1956 - 1976

Italian musician, actor, singer, conductor, TV presenter, showman (Trieste 27-Apr-1923, 8-Jul-2010). Begins to play piano by ear, divided between jazz & pop music. During his university plays in bars & in seaside resorts. His first song Il Giovanotto Matto gets a great success. Moves to Rome, attends jazz environment with Armando Trovaioli, Piero Piccioni, Gianni Ferrio. Writes many songs, most famous Una Zebra a Pois by Mina (3). In 1967 leeds Hit Parade, Top-Ten selling records in Italy. Debut as actor, is permanent presence in TV, composes soundtracks & theater music, moves away from showbiz for a legal matter from where comes out innocent, but not free inside. Returns many years later.