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The Zecchino d'Oro International Festival of Children's Song has been held every year since 1959, first as a national (Italian) event, and after 1976 as an international one. The 1964 songs were recorded for an LP titled The Little Dancing Chicken, (an English translation of "Il Pulcino Ballerino", the award-winning song that year). The LP was released in the United States.
Colours: Notable / Zecchino d'Oro winner
Francesco Guccini is an Italian singer-songwriter (cantautore). During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live albums. He is also a writer, having published autobiographic and noir novels, and a comics writer. Guccini also worked as actor, soundtrack composer, lexicographer and dialectologist.
Marco Masini is an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and pianist.
On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at the Circus Maximus, Rome, Italy.
Peppino De Filippo was an Italian actor.
Gino Paoli is an Italian singer-songwriter. He is a seminal figure who has written a number of songs widely regarded as classics in Italian popular music, including: "Il cielo in una stanza", "Che cosa c'è", "Senza fine", "Quattro amici al bar" and "Sapore di sale".
Franco Califano was an Italian lyricist, composer, singer-songwriter, author and actor. During his career he sold about 20 million records.
Iva Zanicchi is an Italian pop singer and politician. She has a mezzo-soprano voice and is nick-named by the press as "Eagle of Ligonchio".
Nico Fidenco was an Italian singer and film soundtrack composer who gained considerable popularity in 1960 with the release of the song "What a Sky", taken from the film Silver Spoon Set by Francesco Maselli.
Umberto Bindi was an Italian singer-songwriter. He is especially known for the popular song he co-wrote with Gino Paoli, Il Mio Mondo, which he recorded in Italian in 1963, and ''La musica è finita'' It was later performed by singers in English and other languages.
Riccardo Fogli is an Italian singer-songwriter.
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The Platinum Collection is a 2003 album by Nomadi. The songs, recorded between 1965–1976, are collected in strict chronological order. The album includes a few hard to find tracks. The album was certified double platinum.
Marina Fiordaliso, best known as Fiordaliso, is an Italian pop rock singer. During her career she has sold over 6 million records.
Massimo Dapporto is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Paola Musiani was an Italian singer.
Diego Mancino is an Italian musician and singer-songwriter.
Italian singer Mina has released 158 official singles and 63 promotional singles.