Nico Fidenco
Italian singer and film soundtrack composer (1933–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nico Fidenco (artistic name Domenico Colarossi; 24 January 1933 – 18 November 2022)[1] was an Italian singer and film soundtrack composer who gained considerable popularity in 1960 with the release of the song "What a Sky" (Italian: "Su nel cielo"), taken from the film Silver Spoon Set by Francesco Maselli.
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Also known as | Domenico Colarossi |
Born | (1933-01-24)24 January 1933 Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
Died | 18 November 2022(2022-11-18) (aged 89) Rome, Italy |
Genres | Pop |
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Years active | 1960–1998 |
Self-taught in music, Fidenco did a few cover versions of film title songs for the Italian market. With the song "Legata a un granello di sabbia", he was the first Italian singer to sell one million copies of a single.[2] This interest in cinema led him to be a prolific soundtrack composer, including scores for westerns and many Joe D'Amato films.[3]