Piero Focaccia | |
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Born | Cervia, Ravenna | 16 October 1944
Occupation(s) | Singer, actor |
Piero Focaccia (born 16 October 1944) is an Italian pop singer and film actor.
Born in Cervia, Ravenna, a former lifeguard, Focaccia began his career in 1962, with the single Il pappagallo. [1] He got his main success one year later with the song Stessa spiaggia stesso mare which won the Disco per l'estate competition [1] and reached the third place at the Italian hit parade. [2] After a less successful period, in 1970 his song Permette signora peaked number nine at the hit parade. [2]
Focaccia entered the Sanremo Music Festival competition three times between 1964 and 1974. [3]
He was also actor in two comedy films, Mariano Laurenti's La bella Antonia, prima Monica e poi Dimonia and Luigi Comencini's Le bambole .
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