Walter Valdi (stage name of Walter Pinnetti; 20 August 1930 – 13 October 2003) was an Italian singer, songwriter, author and actor of several songs and theatrical pieces in Milanese Dialect.
He was born in Cavenago Brianza and died in Milan.
Achille Togliani (Italian pronunciation: [aˈkille toʎˈʎaːni]; 16 January 1924 in Pomponesco, Mantua – 12 August 1995) was an Italian singer and actor. He was a participant in the first Sanremo Music Festival in 1951.
Togliani's version of the song "Parlami d'amore Mariù" was used in the commercial of the perfume Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana.
Odoardo Eugenio Giano Spadaro (16 January 1893 - 26 June 1965) was an Italian singer-songwriter and actor.
Beniamino "Mino" Reitano (December 7, 1944 – January 27, 2009) was an Italian singer, songwriter and actor.
Reitano was born in Fiumara, a small village in Calabria. His father, an employee at the local railway station, was very passionate about music, and encouraged all his sons to learn to play an instrument. After a spell in the local brass band, Reitano moved to Reggio Calabria, where he studied at the Francesco Cilea Conservatory for eight years, learning piano, trumpet, and violin. In the late 1950s, Reitano moved with his brothers to Hamburg, where they formed a rock'n'roll band, Benjamin & His Brothers. They often played at the Star-Club, sharing the bill with Rory Storm, Tony Sheridan and The Beatles. After a couple of years, Reitano returned to Italy, where he recorded his first single, Twist Time. After a successful performance at the Castrocaro Music Festival, he was offered a contract with the Italian label Dischi Ricordi, and in 1967 he participated for the first time at the Sanremo Festival. His first commercial hit was Avevo un cuore (che ti amava tanto) (1968).
Reitano was an actor and starred in such films as Povero Cristo, I'm Crazy About Iris Blond and Long Lasting Days.Reitano died in Agrate Brianza, aged 64, of intestinal cancer, after a long period of illness.
Pietro "Piero" Pelù (born 10 February 1962) is an Italian singer and songwriter, best known for his work with the Italian band Litfiba. He was born in Florence.
In July 1999, Pelù quit Litfiba. In 2000, he released his first solo album Né buoni né cattivi. In 2002, his duet with an Indonesian popstar, Anggun, entitled "L'amore immaginato" reached No.1 in the National Italian Airplay Charts for over two months. In 2009, Back in Litfiba with historical founder Ghigo Renzulli. In 2013, he appeared as one of the four judges on The Voice of Italy.He participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2020 with the song "Gigante".
Dora Moroni (born December 14, 1956) is an Italian singer.
Dora Moroni was born in Ravenna. She demonstrated star potential very early in her life: at age 8, in 1964, after having participated in many music and singing contests, she won her first competition, in her home town.
In 1974, Moroni participated in a televised music contest, where she met famous Italian personalities, to include TV and radio host Corrado Mantoni, simply known as "Corrado" by his followers. Corrado became an active participant in Dora's career few years later in her life.
In 1975, Moroni posed for a variety magazine in Spain, where she had moved months earlier to start her acting career, however, Corrado offered Moroni the opportunity to conduct her very own show from 1976 to 1977. The show was Domenica in, and it became an instantaneous success, hitting the ratings at 18 million viewers in its first months in the air. Furthermore, while still hosting her show, Moroni started singing again, recording two songs written for her by the same Corrado. Both became top hits in the charts in 1977.
Moroni also shot many photo-romance novels, very popular in Italy at the time, and participated in various TV shows all over Italy between 1976 and 1978.
In July 1978, Corrado and Moroni were in a serious car accident, and Moroni was in a coma for two months.She considers herself Roman Catholic.
Anna Melato (born 18 May 1952) is an Italian actress, singer and voice actor. She is best known for singing and acting in Lina Wertmüller's Love and Anarchy (1973), where she sang Nino Rota's "Canzone arrabbiata" and "El Tunin".
In the 1970s, Melato performed as a singer at popular music variety shows and festivals, including Canzonissima (1973), Sanremo Music Festival 1974 and Festivalbar (1975). She released two LPs of pop music, Domenica mattina (Dischi Ricordi, 1974) and Ritratto (RCA Italiana, 1977) and played in Sergio Citti's Beach House (1977) and Happy Hobos (1979).
In the 1980s and 1990s Melato played a role in other Italian films, including Pupi Avati's Help Me Dream (1981), Carlo Vanzina's Eccezzziunale... veramente (1982) and Wilma Labate's My Generation (1996). From 1985 onwards, she began to work more frequently in the television field and had roles in TV series such as Mai per amore (2012), A Good Season (2014), La dama velata (2015) and La porta rossa (2nd season, 2019). In 2001 she acted in Mimmo Raimondi's film Without Filter.
Melato is the sister of Mariangela Melato. She currently resides in Rome, Italy.
Anna Identici (born 30 July 1947) is an Italian pop/folk singer and television personality.
Wilma Goich (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvilma ˈɡɔitʃ]; born 16 October 1945) is an Italian pop singer and television personality.
Piero Focaccia (born 16 October 1944) is an Italian pop singer and film actor.