Franco Califano
Francesco "Franco" Califano (14 September 1938 – 30 March 2013) was an Italian singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. His songs sold about 20 million records during his career.
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Franco Califano
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- Name
- Franco Califano
- Birth Name
- Francesco Califano
- Born
- 14 September 1938
- Birthplace
- Tripoli, Italian Libya
- Died
- 30 March 2013
- Place of death
- Acilia, Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- * Singer
- Full name
- Francesco Califano.
- Nationality
- Italy and Kingdom of Italy.
- Fields
- pop music and easy listening.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Francesco "Franco" Califano (14 September 1938 – 30 March 2013) was an Italian singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. His songs sold about 20 million records during his career.
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• Name — Franco Califano • Birth Name — Francesco Califano • Born — 14 September 1938 • Birthplace — Tripoli, Italian Libya • Died — 30 March 2013 • Place of death — Acilia, Rome, Italy • Origin — Rome, Italy • Genre — * Easy • pop • Occupation — * Singer • songwriter • record producer • actor • Years Active — 1960–2013 • Website — francocalifano.it
Early life
Early life
Born in an airplane above Tripoli, Libya, Califano lived most of his life in Rome (in whose dialect he usually sang) and Milan.
Music career
Music career
In the 1960s, he began his career in music as a lyricist and a record producer; among his first successes as author "La musica è finita", "E la chiamano estate", "Una ragione di più". He was arrested in 1970 and again 1984 for possession of drugs; in both cases, Califano was acquitted with the formula "because the fact does not exist". In 1976, Califano got his first and main success as a singer with the song "Tutto il resto è noia", included in his eponymous fourth album, for which the critics paired him to the traditional French chansonniers. During these years he continued his activity as lyricist signing, among others, the Sanremo Music Festival 1973 winner "Un grande amore e niente più" (performed by Peppino di Capri) and the Mia Martini's classic "Minuetto"; he also composed a whole album for Mina, Amanti di valore. In 1978, he released his best-sold album, Tac. In 1988, he entered the Sanremo Music Festival with the autobiographical song "Io per le strade di quartiere"; he came back to Sanremo two more times, in 1994 with "Napoli" and in 2005 with "Non escludo il ritorno".
Death
Death
He died of a heart attack in his house in Acilia.
Life and career
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1938
Franco Califano born at Tripoli.
2013
Franco Califano died at Rome.
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Tripoli.
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Rome.
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Books
He was author of several books, including the autobiographical Senza manette and Il cuore nel sesso. He also starred in several genre films, and had the leading roles in the poliziottesco Gardenia and in the comedy film Due strani papà.
Film
• Title — Year — Role(s) — Director — Notes • Appuntamento a Ischia — 1960 — Mimmo's Double Bass Player — Mario Mattoli • Appuntamento in riviera — 1962 — Himself — Mario Mattoli — Cameo • Notti nude — 1963 — Himself — Ettore Fecchi — Documentary • Cherchez l'idole — 1964 — The Director — Michel Boisrond • Gardenia — 1979 — Gardenia — Domenico Paolella • Due strani papà — 1983 — Franco — Mariano Laurenti • Viola Kisses Everybody — 1998 — Samuele's Father — Giovanni Veronesi • This Night Is Still Ours — 2008 — Franco Cicchillitti — Paolo Genovese • Roma nuda — 2012 — Romo Sebastiani — Giuseppe Ferrara — Final film role
Discography
• 'N bastardo venuto dar sud (1972) • Ma che piagni a ffa' (1973) • L'evidenza dell'autunno (1973) • Io me 'mbriaco (1975) • Secondo me, l'amore... (1975) • 24-7-75 dalla Bussola, live at La Bussola in Viareggio (1975) • Tutto il resto è noia (1976) • Tac...! (1977) • Bastardo l'autunno e l'amore (1977, collection) • Ti perdo (1979) • Tuo Califano (1980) • La mia libertà (1981) • Ritratto di Franco Califano (1981, collection) • Buio e luna piena (1982) • In concerto dal Blue Moon di Ogliastro Marina (1982, live) • Io per amarti (1983) • Super Califfo (1983, collection) • Impronte digitali (1984) • Ma cambierà (1985) • Il bello della vita (1987) • Io (1988) • Coppia dove vai (1989) • Califano (1990) • Se il teatro è pieno (1991) • In concerto dal Blue Moon di Ogliastro Marina 2 (1992, live) • Ma io vivo (1994) • Giovani uomini (1995) • Tu nell'intimità (1999) • Stasera canto io (2001, live) • Vive chi vive (2001, EP) • Luci della notte (2003) • Non escludo il ritorno (2005, collection) • C'è bisogno d'amore (2009)
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Paolo Gallori. È morto Franco Califano, poeta e cantore di donne e borgate. La Repubblica.
- 2.Ezio Guaitamacchi. Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita. Rizzoli, 2009. 2009. 978-8817033923.
- 3.Felice Liperi. Storia della canzone italiana. RAI-ERI, 1999.
- 4.Melania Rizzoli, Detenuti, Sperling & Kupfer, 2012.
- 5.Enrico Deregibus. Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. 8 October 2010. 978-8809756250.
- 6.Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. 1989. 8876054391.
- 7.Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999. 1999. 88-200-2919-7.
- 8.Laura Bogliolo. Califano tradito dal cuore, il medico: "Non è morto di stenti". Il Messaggero. 2 April 2013.
- 9.Addio a Franco Califano. Rai News. 1 April 2013.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Pierfranco Bruni. Franco Califano: Sulla punta della matita non sono passati secoli. Editrice il coscile, 2013. 2013. 978-8896276297.
- Salvatore Coccoluto. Franco Califano. Non escludo il ritorno: Storia canzoni leggenda. Imprimatur editore, 2014. 27 August 2014. 978-8868302153.
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Franco Califano is recorded as singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and composer. Recorded at birth as Francesco Califano.
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