Canzone 4 marzo 1943 lucio dalla biography
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Lucio Dalla - musician
Cantautore inspired by the great Caruso
The singer/songwriter Lucio Dalla was born on this day in 1943 in Bologna. Dalla is most famous for composing the song, Caruso,in 1986 after staying in the suite the great tenor Enrico Caruso used to occupy overlooking the sea at the Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria in Sorrento. Dalla started playing the clarinet when he was young and joined the Rheno Dixieland Band in Bologna along with the future film director, Pupi Avati. Avati was later to say that his film Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?was inspired by his friendship with Dalla. In the 1960s the band won first prize in the traditional jazz band category at a festival in Antibes. After hearing Dalla’s voice, his fellow cantautore- the Italian word for singer/songwriter - Gino Paoli suggested he try for a solo career as a soul singer, but his first single was a failure. Dalla had a hit with 4 Marzo 1943, originally entitled
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4/3/1943
1971 single by Lucio Dalla
"4/3/1943" , also spelled "4 marzo 1943" ('4 March 1943'), is a 1971 song composed by Lucio Dalla and Paola Pallottino. The song ranked third at the 21st edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, in a double performance by Lucio Dalla and Equipe 84.
Background
[edit]The song was composed by Dalla and Pallottino during a trip to the Tremiti Islands.[1]
After some successful live performances, RCA Italiana decided to present the song at the Sanremo Music Festival, where it was initially rejected.[1] It was eventually picked up by a special "committee of renovation" formed by Age, Alberto Bevilacqua, Vittorio Caprioli, Tonino Cervi, Fernando Chiglia, Sergio Corbucci, Mario Landi, Ubaldo Lay, and Piero Vivarelli, who was in charge of choosing four songs worthy of being added to the festival for their artistic relevance.[1]
As the Sanremo Festival rules prescribed the song being presented in a double performanc
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An enormous birthday party was held in Piazza Maggiore this past Monday, March 4th: it was a tribute concert for the late singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla on his 70th birthday about one year after his death. Lucio was born and raised in Bologna, and was loved across Italy and well known throughout the world. He was the first famous Bolognese we heard about upon moving here.
The free concert, which featured Italian artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Luca Carboni, Samuele Bersani, and Zucchero Fornaciari as well as the entire Bologna soccer team, drew thousands and thousands of people to Bologna’s city center on Monday night. The piazza was filled to capacity when we arrived; the energy and love in the air was palpable. People of all ages, from ung to old, overflowed into every street surrounding the piazza. Some people worked their way as close to the show as possible, and despite not being able to see the artists, they swayed bac