Tony Cucchiara

Tony Cucchiara

Cucchiara in 1970
Born Salvatore Cucchiara
30 October 1937 (1937-10-30) (age 79)
Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Occupation Singer-songwriter, playwright, composer

Tony Cucchiara, stage name of Salvatore Cucchiara (born 30 October 1937) is an Italian folk singer-songwriter, playwright and composer.

Life and career

Born in Agrigento, Cucchiara debuted in the late 1950s, mainly recording cover versions of American hits, before starting in 1962 his activity as singer-songwriter.[1] His first hit was the song " Annalisa", named after the Cucchiara's first daughter, which was chosen as closing theme of the RAI variety show Alta pressione.[2] In the following years he embraced folk music, first recording some classics of the Sicilian tradition, then starting with his wife Nelly Fioramonti the musical duo Tony e Nelly, enterely devoted to a folk repertoire.[1][2] Not entirely abandoning the pop music, in 1971 Cucchiara got his major commercial success with the song "Vola cuore mio", which peaked at the eleventh place on the Italian hit parade.[1][3]

After having debuted as a playwright in 1970 with the musical Cassandra 2000, in 1972 Cucchiara got a large national and even international audience and critical success with the musical comedy Caino e Abele ("Cain and Abel").[1][2] In 1973 he remained widow as his wife died for the consequences of a difficult birth, in which his second son was born.[2] In later years Cucchiara focused his activity on stage, as author of other successful plays such as Pipino il Breve (1978) and La baronessa di Carini (1980), and also worked as television writer.[1][2]

Discography

Album

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Enrico Deregibus. Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 8809756258.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  3. ↑ Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
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