Edoardo Vianello | |
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 Vianello in the 1970s | |
| Born | 24 June 1938 Rome, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, actor |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
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| Children | 2 |
Edoardo Vianello (born 24 June 1938) is an Italian singer, composer and actor, considered one of the most popular Italian singers of the 1960s. [1]
Born in Rome, Vianello started his career in 1956. [2] His first successes came in 1961, with "Il capello" ("The Hair") and "Pinne fucile ed occhiali" ("Fins, rifle, and glasses"), [2] which both charted up to the 2nd position in the Italian Hit Parade. [3]
Vianello had several successes in the 1960s, such as "Guarda come dondolo" ("Watch How I swing"), "Abbronzatissima" ("Very Tanned"), "O mio signore" ("Oh My Lord") which topped the charts, and "I Watussi" which went up to 3rd. [3] [2] After a less successful period, he re-launched his career in the 1970s, founding the duo Vianella with his wife Wilma Goich. [2] Their main hit of the period was "Semo gente de borgata" ("We Are People from a Small Town") that reached #7. [3] In the late 1970s, he reprised his solo career.
As of 2006, songs of Vianello were included in the soundtracks of 64 films [4] while the Italian rights-collecting agency SIAE estimates sales of over 65 million Vianello records worldwide. [5]
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