Claudio Villa
Italian singer and actor (1926–1987)
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- Claudio Villa (born Claudio Pica ; 1 January 1926 – 7 February 1987) was an Italian singer and actor.
- Biography Claudio Villa was born Claudio Pica in the Trastevere quarter of Rome in 1926.
- Many songs made famous by Villa, like " 'A tazza 'e cafè ", were recorded for the Fonit Cetra label.
- In 1963, he won the Festival di Napoli with the song " Jamme ja ".
- He won Canzonissima in 1964 with " 'O sole mio " and in 1966 with "Granada".
Claudio Villa (born Claudio Pica; 1 January 1926 – 7 February 1987) was an Italian singer and actor. He recorded over 3000 songs, sold 45 million records, and appeared in 25 musicals during his career.
Biography
Claudio Villa was born Claudio Pica in the Trastevere quarter of Rome in 1926. His parents named him after Claudio Serio. Many songs made famous by Villa, like "'A tazza 'e cafè", were recorded for the Fonit Cetra label.
Together with Domenico Modugno Villa holds the record for the most wins at the Sanremo Music Festival, where he won the competition in 1955, 1957, 1962 and 1967. In 1963, he won the Festival di Napoli with the song "Jamme ja". He also sang at another Italian music competition, Canzonissima, a television event shown on RAI from 1956 to 1974. He won Canzonissima in 1964 with "'O sole mio" and in 1966 with "Granada". He competed in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 with "Addio, addio" and came in ninth; in 1967, he was again at Eurovision with "Non andare più lontano", finishing eleventh. His compositions "Stornelli amorosi" and "Addio sogni di gloria" featured on the soundtrack of Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese's 1973 film, Mean Streets, thus gaining him a broader appreciative international audience.
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