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Lucio Dalla
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Film & TV
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Dalla was born in Bologna, Italy. He began to play the clarinet at an early age, in a jazz band in Bologna, and became a member of a local jazz band called Rheno Dixieland Band, together with future film director Pupi Avati. Avati said that he decided to leave the band after feeling overwhelmed by Dalla's talent. He also acknowledged that his film, Ma quando arrivano le ragazze? (2005), was…
Known for
- Quale Allegria — (video di repertorio)2025
- Fabi Silvestri Gazzè - Un passo alla volta — (materiale d'archivio)2025
- DallAmeriCaruso - Il concerto perduto — Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)2023
- For Lucio — Self (archive footage)2021
- Caro Lucio ti scrivo2017
- Motori Ruggenti — Self (archive footage)2017
- Senza Lucio — Self (archive footage)2015
- Pinocchio — Il pescatore verde (voice)2012
- Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra2010
- You are never enough for me - Lucio Dalla Live in Tindari2009
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lucio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Bologna
- Place of death
- Montreux
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Employer
- University of Urbino
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- Sanremo Music Festival 2012
- Eye colour
- green
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Official website
- www.luciodalla.it
- Image
- Lucio Dalla 03.jpg
- Work location
- Urbino
- Voice type
- tenor
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- supported sports team
- Bologna F.C. 1909
- Commons category
- Lucio Dalla
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1943-03-04
- place of burial
- Certosa di Bologna
- date of death
- 2012-03-01
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Lucio Dalla
- name in native language
- Lucio Dalla
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- writing language
- Italian
- copyright representative
- SIAE
- partner in business or sport
- Francesco De Gregori
- social media followers
- 393000
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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.