Iacopo Jacomelli

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Iacopo Jacomelli (born 12 July 1921) is an Italian singer mostly active in the 1940s and the 1950s. He was born in Bordeaux, France.

In 1940, he founded a vocal quartet named Quartetto Egie together with Tata Giacobetti, Enrico Gentile and Enrico De Angelis. [1] They made their debut on 27 May 1940, at the Valle Theatre in Rome. They performed the song Bambina dall'abito blu ("little girl in a blue dress").

After a few months he left the group, which replaced him with Virgilio Savona and changed name to Quartetto Ritmo.

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References

  1. Caselli, Roberto (23 May 2018). Storia della canzone italiana (in Italian). HOEPLI EDITORE. ISBN   978-88-203-8491-3.