Italy On This Day

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31 January 2024

Sanremo Music Festival - song contest

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

23 March 2020

Franco Battiato – singer songwriter

Long career of a musical philosopher Franco Battiato's musical career encompassed different genres but retained philosophical an...

20 December 2016

Gigliola Cinquetti - singer and TV presenter

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

6 August 2016

Domenico Modugno – singer and song writer

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

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