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Toto Cutugno
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Italian recording artist; musician, songwriter, record producer (1943–2023)
Toto Cutugno was an Italian musician, songwriter, and record producer who had a long career in the music industry from 1943 until his death in 2023. He is notable as a significant figure in Italian popular music, though specific details about his most famous works or achievements would require additional context to describe accurately.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Salvatore
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Milan
- Place of death
- Milan
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Italian
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1990
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Toto cutugno.png
- Number of children
- 1
- Voice type
- baritone
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- date of birth
- 1943-07-07
- birth name
- Salvatore Cutugno
- Commons category
- Toto Cutugno
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- name in native language
- Toto Cutugno
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
- social media followers
- 254000
- member of
- Albatros
- copyright representative
- SIAE
- date of death
- 2023-08-22
- competition won
- Eurovision Song Contest 1990
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- supported sports team
- AC Milan
- writing language
- Italian
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Encyclopedic overview
Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno ( Italian: [ˈtɔːto kuˈtuɲɲo]; 7 July 1943 – 22 August 2023) was an Italian pop singer-songwriter, musician, and television presenter. He was best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano", released on his 1983 album of the same title. Cutugno also won the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, with the song "Insieme: 1992", for which he wrote both the lyrics and music. He has been described as "one of the most popular singers in Italy and a symbol of Italian melody abroad", as well as "one of the most popular Italian performers on a global scale" and "one of the most successful Italian songwriters of all time", selling over 100 million records worldwide.
Early life
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