Edoardo Bennato
Italian singer-songwriter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edoardo Bennato (born 23 July 1946, Naples, Campania, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He is the brother of the singer-songwriter Eugenio Bennato.
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Birth name | Edoardo Bennato |
Born | (1946-07-23) 23 July 1946 (age 77) Naples, Italy |
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Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
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Website | www |
He is considered one of the greatest artists in Italian rock,[1] a genre that he has often combined with blues and folk. Guitarist, harmonica player and singer, he later began to propose himself as one-man band, playing at the same time also tambourines, kazoo and other percussions. His texts are often ironic,[2] irreverent,[3][4] and turned in a biting way against power, at any level and in any form it manifests.[5]
He was the first Italian singer to fill the San Siro Stadium in Milan with more than sixty thousand people on July 19, 1980,[1][6] and the first Italian singer to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1976.[7] Also, Bennato was the first singer to have released two albums only 15 days apart in March 1980: Uffà! Uffà! and Sono solo canzonette.[1][8]