Vincenzo Spampinato
Vincenzo Spampinato | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
Vincenzo Spampinato (born in 1953) is an Italian pop-rock singer-songwriter, composer and lyricist.
Background[edit]
Born in Catania, at very young age Spampinato was a member of the musical group Rovers.[1] He debuted as a soloist in 1978, then he achieved some success with the songs "Batti un colpo Maria" (1979) and "Innamorati di me" (1981) and with the album Dolce e amaro (1980).[1][2] In the eighties he started a productive collaboration with Riccardo Fogli, composing for him "Per Lucia" (Italian entry in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest) and three consecutive albums.[2] From the nineties he is also active as composer of musical scores for television, theatre and commercials.[1]
Spampinato is the composer of "Madreterra", the official anthem of Sicily from 2003.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 978-8809756250.
- ^ a b Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
- ^ Franco Maria Ricci. Enciclopedia della Sicilia. Ricci, 2006.
- ^ Joe Vitale. Viaggio nell'etnomusica: tradizioni e nuove tendenze dai qawal alle tribù del XXI secolo : manuale di musica popolare, Volume 2. ILA Palma, 2006.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Vincenzo Spampinato at AllMusic
- Vincenzo Spampinato at Discogs
- Vincenzo Spampinato at IMDb
| International | |
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- 1953 births
- Italian male singers
- Living people
- Musicians from Catania
- Italian male songwriters
- Italian songwriters
- Italian male singer-songwriters
- Italian singer-songwriters
- Composers from Sicily
- 20th-century Italian composers
- 21st-century Italian composers
- 20th-century Italian male musicians
- 21st-century Italian male musicians