1928 – 1994

He was an italian singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)“.

Famous songs: “Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)”“Vecchio frac”“Piove”

Modugno was the winner of “Sanremo Festival “ four times (1958, 1959, 1962,1966).

Albano Carrisi (born 20 May 1943), better known as “Al Bano”, is an Italian singer, actor and winemaker. He was born in Southern Italy, where he still lives. He and his first wife, Romina Power, sang as the duo “Al Bano & RominaPower” for almost thirty years; their work has been especially popular in Italy, Austria, France, Spain, Romania and Germany. Al Bano still tours all over the world. He is a constant on Italian television and has a large number of fans who follow his career very closely. Al Bano has sold 165 million albums around the world.

Famous songs:“Nel sole”“Ci sara’”“Felicita’”

She was born Raffaella Roberta Pelloni in1943 in Bologna. In Italy often simply known as “la Carra’” (the Carra’) and in some Latin American countries sometimes simply as “Raffaella” is an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, and actress. She is a popular figure in Italy, Spain, Malta, Greece and Latin America and Russia, both as a result of her many well-known taped presentations and records, and because of her many popular TV shows.

Her greatest international hit single was "Tanti Auguri" ("Best Wishes") The song is also known under its Spanish title "Para hacer bien el amor". The Estonian version of the song "Jätke võtmed väljapoole" was performed by Anne Veski. "A far l'amore comincia tu“ was another success for her internationally, known in Spanish as "En el amor todo es empezar", in German as "Liebelei", in French as "Puisque tu l'aimes dis le lui", and in English as "Do It, Do It Again". It was her only entry to the UK Singles Chart, (reaching #9) where she remains a one-hit wonder. In 1977, she recorded another hit single, "Fiesta" originally in Spanish, but then recorded it in French and Italian after the song hit the charts. Recently Raffaella Carrà worked with Bob Sinclar on the single "Far l'Amore" which was released on YouTube on 2011. She is one of the judges of the first season of “The Voice” of Italy 2013.

Anna Maria Mazzini (25 March 1940) known as “Mina”, is an Italian pop singer. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music in 1960 and 1970 known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice and her image as an emancipated woman.In performance, Mina combined several modern styles with traditional Italian melodies and swing music, which made her the most versatile pop singer in Italian music. Mina dominated the Italian charts for fifteen years and reached an unsurpassed level of popularity in Italy. She has scored 77 albums and 71 singles on the Italian charts. Mina pioneered by combining classic Italian pop and swing music with features of blues, R&B and soul music, She is the only artist to land an album at the top of the Italian charts in each of the five decades from the start of record keeping in 1965. A number of Mina's songs were turned into hits by singers in other languages. The first of these was "Piano“ that in 1964, in the version by Frank Sinatra reached #27 of the Billboard Hot 100 . The song "Se telefonando" was covered by several performers in Italy and abroad. "Grande grande grande", recorded by Shirley Bassey as "Never Never Never" in 1973, reached the Billboard Hot 100, UK Top 10, Spanish artist Mónica Naranjo enregistered an entirely album with covers translated to Spanish of the discography from Mina.Mina continued to release albums on a yearly basis with her son Massimiliano Pani as the producer. All of Mina's records have reached the Italian Top 100.

“Ricchi e Poveri “ (The Rich and The Poor) is an Italian pop music group. Active since the late 1960s, they have sold over 20 million records. < Ricchi e Poveri has participated in the Sanremo Music Festival several times since 1970 . Ricchi e Poveri has recorded in Italian and Spanish and the group had some of the most popular Italian songs of the 1980s and 1990s, including "Mamma Maria", "Se m'innamoro", "M'innamoro di te" and many others. Their hit "Che sarà" has also been performed by José Feliciano. A crossover versione for Latin American countries of the single "Sarà perché ti amo" was recorded with Spanish lyrics. The song, now titled "Será porque te amo", also became a huge hit in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America. Ricchi e Poveri completed a tour of Italy and Slovenia in 2012.

Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno (born 7 July 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. Cutugno may be best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano (The Italian)“. Toto Cutugno participated in the Sanremo festival a total of 13 times. He won in 1980 with the song "Solo noi" and subsequently finished second in six editions with the songs "Serenata“, "Figli“, "Emozioni“, "Le mamme“ and in 1990 with Ray Charles with the song "Gli amori" (entitled "Good Love Gone Bad" in Charles' version). Cutugno's iconic “L'italiano” (1983) revived Italian folklore with the song's lyrics and a melody that provided an affirmation of the typical Italian

Adriano Celentano(born 6 January 1938) is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV host. He is the best-selling Italian singer, and the best-selling male artist of Italy. Heavily influenced by his idol Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock revolution and by the American actor Jerry Lewis,[3] he has retained his popularity in Italy for the last 40 years, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies. He has released more than forty albums, His famous songs are "La coppia piu' bella del mondo", which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc,"Azzurro" (1968), written by Paolo Conte, "Prisencolinensinainciusol" (1972), which was written to mimic the way English sounds to non-English speakers.

“Il ragazzo della via Gluck”, his most famous song, translated in 22 languages, it was the first pungent socio-political song that spread all over the world.

Laura Pausini is an Italian pop singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine“which became an Italian standard and an international hit. During her career, she has won numerous awards including four World Music Award, three Latin Grammy Awards and a Grammy Award, becoming the first Italian female artist to win this award, receiving the prize for Best Latin Pop Album with “Resta in ascolto”/”Escucha”.

Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italian musician and singer-songwriter. Ramazzotti is popular in Italy and most European countries, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish. During his 25-year career he has sold over 55 million records worldwide. Famous hits: “Musica e’”, "Cose della vita-Can’t Stop Thinking of You" featuring Tina Turne,“I belong to you” with Anastacia.

Adelmo Fornaciari, more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero is an Italian rock singer. His music is largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock music, In his career, spanning four decades, Fornaciari has sold over 40 million records around the world[1] and has achieved numerous awards, Famous hits: “Per colpa di chi”, “Così celeste” “Feels like a woman”, “il volo”, “Baila Morena”.

The “Festival della canzone italiana “ di Sanremo (Sanremo Italian song festival) is a popular Italian song contest, held annually in the city of Sanremo, in Italy, and consisting of a

competition amongs previously unreleased songs.

The first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, held in 1951. It has launched

the careers of many very famous Italian singers, including

Claudio Villa, Domenico Modugno, Matia Bazar, Enrico Ruggeri, Andrea Bocelli, Giorgia, Laura Pausini, Eros Ramazzotti.