Edoardo Vianello | |
Birth Date: | 24 June 1938 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Occupation: | Singer, composer, actor |
Years Active: | 1956–present |
Height: | 1.65m (05.41feet) |
Spouse: | |
Children: | 2 |
Edoardo Vianello (born 24 June 1938) is an Italian singer, composer and actor, considered one of the most popular Italian singers of the 1960s.[1]
Born in Rome, Vianello started his career in 1956.[2] His first successes came in 1961, with "Il capello" ("The Hair") and "Pinne fucile ed occhiali" ("Fins, rifle, and glasses"),[2] which both charted up to the 2nd position in the Italian Hit Parade.[3]
Vianello had several successes in the 1960s, such as "Guarda come dondolo" ("Watch How I swing"), "Abbronzatissima" ("Very Tanned"), "O mio signore" ("Oh My Lord") which topped the charts, and "I Watussi" which went up to 3rd.[3] [2] After a less successful period, he re-launched his career in the 1970s, founding the duo Vianella with his wife Wilma Goich.[2] Their main hit of the period was "Semo gente de borgata" ("We Are People from a Small Town") that reached #7.[3] In the late 1970s, he reprised his solo career.
As of 2006, songs of Vianello were included in the soundtracks of 64 films[4] while the Italian rights-collecting agency SIAE estimates sales of over 65 million Vianello records worldwide.[5]