| Mario Panzeri | |
| Birth Place: | Milan, Italy |
| Death Place: | Milan, Italy |
| Occupation: | Songwriter |
Mario Panzeri (11 October 1911 – 19 May 1991) was an Italian lyricist and composer. He is well known for his composed songs that include "Italian: Maramao perché sei morto?|i=no" "Italian: Pippo non lo sa|i=no", "Italian: [[Lettera a Pinocchio]]|i=no", and "Italian: Grazie dei fiori|i=no", which won the first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1951.
Panzeri was the composer of Sanremo Music Festival 1964 and Eurovision Song Contest 1964 winning song "Italian: [[Non ho l'età]]|i=no".
Born in Milan, Panzeri started his career as a revue actor and singer. He began composing songs in the second half of the 1930s, having large success with two songs, "Italian: Maramao perché sei morto?|i=no" and "Italian: Pippo non lo sa|i=no", which also raised some controversies as they were accused of mocking some important Fascist personalities (Costanzo Ciano and Achille Starace, respectively). In 1951 a song he composed, "Italian: Grazie dei fiori|i=no", won the first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. In 1959 his song "Italian: [[Lettera a Pinocchio]]|i=no" was presented at the first edition of the Italian: [[Zecchino d'Oro]]|i=no and later became a hit thanks to the version by Johnny Dorelli.[1] [2] [3]
In the 1960s Panzeri started a successful collaboration with Daniele Pace and his songs contributed to launch the careers of notable singers such as Gigliola Cinquetti, for whom he composed "Italian: [[Non ho l'età]]|i=no", which would go on to win the Sanremo Music Festival 1964 and the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, as well as "Italian: [[Alle porte del sole]]|i=no", "Italian: [[Sì (Gigliola Cinquetti song)|Sì]]|i=no" and other songs; Caterina Caselli, for whom he wrote the hit "Italian: [[Nessuno mi può giudicare (song)|Nessuno mi può giudicare]]|i=no"; and Orietta Berti, for whom he composed most of her 1960s–1970s repertoire.[2] [3]