Nunzio Gallo
Nunzio Gallo (25 March 1928 – 22 February 2008) was an Italian singer and actor from Naples. After winning the Sanremo Music Festival 1957 alongside Claudio Villa, he was chosen to represent his country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 with their winning entry "Corde della mia chitarra", ultimately coming 6th. At 5:09, the song is known for being the longest song ever performed at Eurovision, before the new rules imposing the 3-minute length limit came into place.
Nunzio Gallo
- Name
- Nunzio Gallo
- Born
- 25 March 1928
- Birthplace
- Naples, Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 22 February 2008
- Place of death
- Telese Terme, Italy
- Occupation
- singer
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Fields
- pop
- Honours
- Sanremo Music Festival
- Languages
- Italian
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Gallo died on 22 February 2008 in Telese Terme, following a severe brain haemorrhage he had suffered in September 2007. He was the father of actor and singer Massimiliano Gallo.
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• Name — Nunzio Gallo • Born — 25 March 1928 • Birthplace — Naples, Kingdom of Italy • Died — 22 February 2008 • Place of death — Telese Terme, Italy • Occupation — singer
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Nunzio Gallo died at Telese Terme.
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- 1.Gianni Lucini. Nunzio Gallo, il cantante che voleva diventare un[a] stella del melodramma.
- 2.Massimo Emanuelli. Nunzio Gallo.
- 3.Eurovision 1957 Italy: Nunzio Gallo - "Corde della mia chitarra".
- 4.Eurovision Song Contest 1957.
- 5.Musica e dischi n° 136, novembre 1957, pag. 2
- 6.Pasquale Ferro. Ristratti napoletani Nunzio Gallo, quella voce potente e gentile sotto il Vesuvio. 23 Marzo 2015.
- 7.Nunzio Gallo – Inno Del Napoli.
- 8.Inno del Napoli di Nunzio Gallo - 1972.
- 9.'O Festivàl. I 20 anni del Festival della Canzone Napoletana.
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Nunzio Gallo is recorded as having received Sanremo Music Festival.
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