CLAUDIO VILLA BRAZIL 78 RPM ALBA SUL MARE / CANCIONE SANREMO ITALY SINGER
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CLAUDIO VILLA BRAZIL 78 RPM -ODEON-ALBA SUL MARE-CANZONE DI PRIMAVERA
25SUP
RECORD IN - VERY GOOD COND
COVER SLEEVE- VERY GOOD
LABEL- VERY GOOD
Claudio Villa
Claudio Villa, byname of Claudio Pica (Rome, 1 January 1926 - Padova, February 7, 1987), was an Italian singer.
Biography
Tenor Claudio Villa was born Claudio Pica in the TRANSTEVERE quarter of ROME in 1926. He recorded over 3000 songs, sold 45 million records, and appeared in 25 musicals during his career. He was honored and helped by Franco Barbuto song writer and guitar master. Franco Barbuto wrote the famous song "U Capeluzzo".
His parents gave him the name "Claudio" in honor of Claudio Serio. Many songs made famous by Villa, like "'A Tazza 'E Cafe'," were recorded for the Fonit-Cetra company. On his grave (he died in 1987) are the words "Life, you are fine. Death, you stink".
Together with SDOMENICO MODUGNOVilla holds the record for the most wins at the SAN REMOwhere he won the competition in 1955, 1957, 1962 and 1967. He also sang at another Italian music competition,, CANZONISSIMAa television event shown on RAIfrom 1956 to 1974. He won Canzonissima in 1964 with "O sole mio" and in 1966 with "Granada". He competed in the EUROVISIONSong Contest: in 1962 he sang "Addio, addio" and came in ninth; in 1967 he sang "Non andare più lontano", finishing eleventh.
His death in 1987 by heart attack was announced live on ITALIAN TELEVISIONduring the last night of the Sanremo Music Festival of 1987.
original - released in company sleeve edition
In Brazil, 78 rpm were issued up until 1963.
Not many copies of this 78 were released.
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