Enzo Gragnaniello

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Enzo Gragnaniello
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Born (1954-10-20) 20 October 1954 (age 70)
Naples, Italy
Occupationsinger-songwriter

Enzo Gragnaniello (born 20 October 1954) is an Italian singer-songwriter and composer.

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Life and career

Born in Quartieri Spagnoli, Naples, Gragnaniello began playing the guitar at the age of 12 and began composing his first songs at 18 years old. [1] [2] In 1977 he formed the group "Banchi nuovi", named after the Committee of unemployed people to which he belonged. [1] [3]

Gragnaniello made his solo debut in 1983, with the eponymous album Enzo Gragnaniello. [1] [3] In 1986 he received his first Targa Tenco, an award he won again in 1990, 1999 and 2020. [3] [4] In 1991 his song "Cu'mmè", recorded by Roberto Murolo and Mia Martini, obtained a great commercial success and became instant classics in Italy; in 1997 with the same song Gragnaniello won the music festival "Viva Napoli". [3] In 1999 he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival in a duet with Ornella Vanoni, ranking fourth with the song "Alberi". [1] [3]

As a vocalist his husky voice has been compared to Tom Waits. [5] Gragnaniello composed songs for Andrea Bocelli, Adriano Celentano, Gerardina Trovato among others. He is also active as a composer of musical scores for stage plays and films. [3]

Discography

Album

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN   978-8863462296.
  2. ↑ Salvatore Palomba (2003). La poesia napoletana dal Novecento a oggi. L'Ancora del Mediterraneo, 2003. ISBN   8883251040.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN   978-8809756250.
  4. 1 2 "Enzo Gragnaniello ha pubblicato il nuovo album "Rint' 'o posto sbagliato"". All Music Italia (in Italian). 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  5. ↑ Wiser, Danny (2020). "ITALY: L'erba Cattiva - Enzo Gragnaniello". 200worldalbums.com.
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