Federico Salvatore Explained

Federico Salvatore
Birth Date:1959 9, df=y
Birth Place:Naples, Italy
Death Place:Naples, Italy
Occupation:Singer-songwriter

Federico Salvatore (17 September 1959 – 19 April 2023) was an Italian singer-songwriter and comedian.

Life and career

Born in Naples, Salvatore started his career in the late 1980s as a stand-up comedian and as a singer-songwriter of humorous and satirical songs. After enjoying local success, he became nationally well-known during the 1990s thanks to his semi-regular participation in the Canale 5 program Maurizio Costanzo Show. Produced by Giancarlo Bigazzi, he got a significant success with the albums Azz... and Il mago di Azz, which were both certified platinum.[1] [2]

In 1996, he entered the main competition at the 46th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Sulla porta", the first Sanremo Festival song having homosexuality as main theme.[3] [4] In 2001, he entered the Festival di Napoli competition with "Se io fossi San Gennaro", a ballad about Naples which raised controversy because of his lyrics critical of the social situation of the city.[5]

Struck by a cerebral haemorrhage in October 2021, he never fully recovered, and died on 19 April 2023, at the age of 63.[6] [7] [8]

Discography

Album

Notes and References

  1. Book: Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. 8863462291. Federico Salvatore.
  2. News: Gabriele Lippi. Federico Salvatore: «Dissi omosessuale a Sanremo e da terzo finii terzultimo». 28 October 2016. Lettera 43. 10 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160520211430/http://www.lettera43.it/cultura/federico-salvatore-dissi-omosessuale-a-sanremo-e-da-terzo-finii-terzultimo_43675233703.htm. 20 May 2016. dead.
  3. Book: Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. 8863462291. Federico Salvatore.
  4. News: Gabriele Lippi. Federico Salvatore: «Dissi omosessuale a Sanremo e da terzo finii terzultimo». 28 October 2016. Lettera 43. 10 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160520211430/http://www.lettera43.it/cultura/federico-salvatore-dissi-omosessuale-a-sanremo-e-da-terzo-finii-terzultimo_43675233703.htm. 20 May 2016. dead.
  5. News: Annalisa Lualdi. La riscossa di Federico Salvatore Traditi da Daniele e De Crescenzo. 28 October 2016. La Repubblica. 9 April 2007.
  6. News: Federico Salvatore morto, chi era il cantante di “Azz”: gli esordi, la tv e Sanremo . 19 April 2023 . . 19 April 2023 . it.
  7. News: Federico Salvatore morto a Napoli: addio all'istrionico chansonnier . 19 April 2023 . . 19 April 2023 . it.
  8. News: È morto Federico Salvatore, il cantautore e cabarettista aveva 63 anni . 19 April 2023 . . 19 April 2023.

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