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Italian singer-songwriter (1943-2012)

Person · Open Library

Works
8

Top works

  • E ricomincia il canto
  • E forse fu per gioco, o forse per amore
  • Lucio Dalla
  • Canzoni
  • Attenti al lupo

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1943-03-04
Active to
2012-03-01
beatbluesitalianjazzpoprock

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Listeners
220,017
Total plays
3,715,171

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Lucio Dalla (born March 4, 1943 in Bologna, Italy; died 1 March 2012 in Montreux, Switzerland) was a popular Italian singer-songwriter and musician. He also played clarinet and keyboards. He was the composer of Caruso (1986), which has been covered by numerous international artists. A version of Caruso sung by Luciano Pavarotti sold over 9 million copies and the song was a track on Andrea Bocelli's first international album Romanza which has sold <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lucio+Dalla">

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Quotes

  • He Says he was a handsome man and came, | he came from the sea, | he spoke another language, | but he knew how to love | and that day he took my mother | on a beautiful meadow, | the sweetest hour before being killed. (from 4/3/1943, side B, n. 3)
  • She was turning sixteen | that day my mother, | the tavern verses | she sang her the lullaby. | And holding me to her chest that she knew, | she smelled of the sea, | she played at being a woman | with the baby to be swaddled. (from 4/3/1943, side B, n. 3)
  • He will be born and will not be afraid of our son | and who knows what he will be like tomorrow, | on which roads he will walk, | what will he have in his hands, his hands, | he will move and be able to fly, | he will swim on a star, | how beautiful you are | and if she is a female she will be called | Future. || Her name said this night | it's already scary, | she will be different, beautiful as a star | it will be you in miniature. (from Futura, side B, n. 4)

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Key facts

Born
( 1943-03-04 ) 4 March 1943, Bologna , Kingdom of Italy
Died
1 March 2012 (2012-03-01) (aged 68), Montreux , Switzerland
Resting place
Certosa di Bologna , Italy
Occupations
Singer-songwriter musician
Years active
1966–2012
Style
Jazz blues opera pop
Website
luciodalla .it

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Encyclopedic overview

Lucio Dalla OMRI ( Italian: [ˈluːtʃo ˈdalla]; 4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards.

Dalla was the composer of "Caruso" (1986), a song dedicated to Italian opera tenor Enrico Caruso, and "L'anno che verrà" (1979).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lucio Dalla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.