Name Tony Cucchiara | Role Singer | |
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Full Name Salvatore Cucchiara Born 30 October 1937 (age 86) ( 1937-10-30 ) Agrigento, Sicily, Italy Occupation Singer-songwriter, playwright, composer Spouse Nelly Fioramonti (m. 1968–1973) Children Annalisa Cucchiara, Gianluca Cucchiara Albums La baronessa di carini, Tony Cucchiara 1964, Pipino il breve, Don Chisciotto di Girgenti, L'altra Cenerentola Similar People Marisa Sannia, Ronny Grant, Piero Umiliani, Lando Buzzanca, Phil Ochs | ||
Un amore sbagliato - Tony Cucchiara
Tony Cucchiara, stage name of Salvatore Cucchiara (born 30 October 1937) is an Italian folk singer-songwriter, playwright and composer.
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Life and career
Born in Agrigento, Cucchiara debuted in the late 1950s, mainly recording cover versions of American hits, before starting in 1962 his activity as singer-songwriter. His first hit was the song " Annalisa", named after the Cucchiara's first daughter, which was chosen as closing theme of the RAI variety show Alta pressione. In the following years he embraced folk music, first recording some classics of the Sicilian tradition, then starting with his wife Nelly Fioramonti the musical duo Tony e Nelly, enterely devoted to a folk repertoire. Not entirely abandoning the pop music, in 1971 Cucchiara got his major commercial success with the song "Vola cuore mio", which peaked at the eleventh place on the Italian hit parade.
After having debuted as a playwright in 1970 with the musical Cassandra 2000, in 1972 Cucchiara got a large national and even international audience and critical success with the musical comedy Caino e Abele ("Cain and Abel"). In 1973 he remained widow as his wife died for the consequences of a difficult birth, in which his second son was born. In later years Cucchiara focused his activity on stage, as author of other successful plays such as Pipino il Breve (1978) and La baronessa di Carini (1980), and also worked as television writer.