Italy On This Day

Historic annual event that inspired Eurovision  Nilla Pizzi won the first two editions of the Sanremo Festival The first annual Sanremo Musi...

Joe Sentieri began his career on ocean liners in the 1950s, soon becoming popular with holiday-makers Career remembered for internatio...

Erotic character Valentina captured spirit of 1960s Italy Erotic imagery was central to the success of Crepax's most famous charac...

Eurovision win at 16 launched successful career Gigliola Cinquetti was only 16 when she won Eurovision in 1964 Gigliola Cinquetti, w...

Artist who gave us a song that conjures up Italy Domenico Modugno, who co-wrote the iconic Italian pop song Volare Domenico Modugno,...