Piero Focaccia

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Piero Focaccia
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Born (1944-10-16) 16 October 1944 (age 81)
Cervia, Ravenna
OccupationsSinger, actor

Piero Focaccia (born 16 October 1944) is an Italian pop singer and film actor.

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Career

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 Naughty Nun and Luigi Comencini's Le bambole .

References

  1. 1 2 Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN   978-8809756250.
  2. 1 2 Dario Salvatori (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN   8876054391.
  3. ↑ Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN   978-8863462296.


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