Birth name Salvatore Cutugno Associated acts Albatros Movies Capitan Basilico 2 Years active 1970–present Spouse Carla Cutugno (m. 1971) | Occupation(s) SingerSongwriter Role Singer Name Toto Cutugno | |
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Born 7 July 1943 (age 81) ( 1943-07-07 ) Instruments Voice, Piano, Acoustic guitar, Drums, Saxophone, Melodica Albums Non e facile essere uo, I miei Sanremo, Il mondo di, Canzoni nascoste, Innamorata - innamorato - innamorati Profiles | ||
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Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno ([ˈtɔːto kuˈtuɲɲo]; born 7 July 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. Cutugno may be best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano", which was on his hit CD, I Grandi Successi. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, as with a previous Eurovision winner Johnny Logan he was author of both lyrics and music.
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Biography
Toto Cutugno was born in Fosdinovo to a Sicilian father from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto and a homemaker mother. Shortly after his birth the family moved to La Spezia (Liguria).
He began his musical career as a drummer, but later formed a band that performed his own songs. He also had cowritten for popular French-American singer Joe Dassin, contributing some of his most famous songs, including "L'été indien" ("Africa"), "Et si tu n'existais pas" and "Le Jardin du Luxembourg" (written with Vito Pallavicini). He also co-wrote Dalida's "Laissez moi danser" ("Voglio l'anima"), which became a Platinum record shortly after its release.
In 1976, Cutugno participated for the first time in the Sanremo Music Festival coming up with third place with his band Albatros with the song, Volo 504. He then won in 1980 with the song "Solo noi", and subsequently finished second in six editions: in 1984 with the song "Serenata" ("Serenade"), in 1987 with "Figli" ("Sons" or "Children"), in 1988 with "Emozioni" ("Emotions"), in 1989 with the song "Le mamme" ("Mothers"), in 1990 with Ray Charles with the song "Gli amori" ("Loves", but entitled "Good Love Gone Bad" in Charles' version) and in 2005 with Annalisa Minetti with the song "Come noi nessuno al mondo" ("No One Else in the World Like Us"). Toto Cutugno participated in the festival a total of 13 times.
Cutugno's landmark 1983 track "L'italiano" ("The Italian") reinvigorated Italian folklore through its lyrics and melody, celebrating quintessential Italian identity. Originally, the song was proposed to Adriano Celentano, who turned it down.
Cutugno is married to Carla Cutugno and has a son, Nicolo', born from another relationship.
He won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990 with his own composition "Insieme: 1992" ("Together: 1992"), a ballad which celebrated European political integration, and establishment of EU. Along with Gigliola Cinquetti, Italy's only other Eurovision winner from 1964, he presented the 1991 contest, which was staged in Rome as a result of his victory.