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Umberto Tozzi
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Umberto Tozzi
Homepage
http://www.umbertotozzi.com/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1952-03-04,Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Gender
Male
Biography
Umberto Tozzi (born 4 March 1952) is an Italian pop and rock singer and composer. Over the course of his career, he has sold over 70 million records in different languages internationally, and his biggest international hits are: "Stella Stai", "Gloria", "Tu" and "Ti Amo". Tozzi was born on 4 March 1952 in Turin, Italy. In 1968, at the age of 16, Umberto Tozzi joined 'Off Sound', one of the many groups that performed in small venues around Turin. In Milan, he met Adriano Pappalardo, with whom he formed a 13-piece band and began a large-scale Italian tour. In 1974 Tozzi had his first success as a songwriter, with the song "Un Corpo, un'anima" ("One Body, One Soul"), co-written with Damiano Dattoli and performed by Wess and Dori Ghezzi. It appeared on Canzonissima, an Italian music programme running from 1956 to 1974. In 1976, he released his first album, Donna Amante Mia ("Woman, My Lover"), which contained the single "Io Camminerò" ("I Will Walk"), which was sung with great success by Fausto Leali. In 1977, "Ti Amo", one of Tozzi's most famous songs, was released. It stayed at number one on the Italian song charts for seven months, and went on to become an international success throughout continental Europe. It also achieved decent success in the Americas and Australia, primarily in nightclubs. The single was awarded a gold record award in Australia, despite the fact that it only made number 25 on the charts there in late 1979. In 1978 he released Tu, another hit in Italy, and held an Australian tour, which was organized by the Italo-Australian promoter Duane Zigliotto and concluded at the Sydney Opera House with two full house concerts. The following year Tozzi recorded one of his most famous songs, "Gloria", which became a major hit in Italy in 1979 and 1980. Jonathan King wrote English lyrics for the song, which became popular in the UK as well in 1979, and was sung and recorded by the English singer Elkie Brooks in 1980. A cover version of the song by the American singer Laura Branigan in 1982 caused the song to grow in popularity in the US as well. Branigan worked with the arranger and keyboardist of Tozzi's own version, Greg Mathieson, to give the song what she called "an American kick." The song reached the top of the charts, reached gold and platinum status in several countries, and stayed on the US pop charts for 36 weeks. By late 1980 he released "Stella Stai", another one of his major hits. In the early 1980s he released an album called Tozzi, which he recorded at a concert with a band of American musicians, and was his first live recording. Soon after, the Latin Group Menudo recorded the Spanish version of "Stella Stai", entitled "Claridad", which made it one of the highest selling records in the whole of Latin America. After a period of absence from the music scene, Tozzi returned in 1987 and won the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Si Può Dare Di Più" ("More can be given"), which he sung with Gianni Morandi and Enrico Ruggeri. In 1987 he also released "Gente Di Mare'"("People of the sea"), which he performed with Raf at Eurovision, and won third place. In 1988, Tozzi released his second live album, The Royal Albert Hall. ... Source: Article "Umberto Tozzi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Radio Italia Live 2017 - Milano

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Radio Italia Live 2017 - Milano
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8

Collaro Show
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Ein Kessel Buntes

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Ein Kessel Buntes
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9

Midi Première
1975-01-06

TV Story Superstar

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TV Story Superstar
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Verstehen Sie Spaß?

4.667

Verstehen Sie Spaß?
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Sanremo Music Festival

7.9

Sanremo Music Festival
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Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

4

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004-01-31

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

2.8

ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986-06-29

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

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1975-01-12

Die verflixte 7

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5.667

Star Academy
2001-10-20

Please Turn the Page

6

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Starnacht am Wörthersee

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Starnacht am Wörthersee
2000-08-25

5

Téléthon
1987-12-04

5.7

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02

9

Heimatleuchten
2016-04-15

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ZDF-Kultnacht
2002-11-02