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Eugenio Bennato co-founded the group Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare in 1969; its purpose was research into and the revival of tradition Southern Italian music, They released a number of albums, but in about 1976 - while continuing to produce recordings of traditional music - Bennato began to concentrate on composing, including the soundtracks to films such as Don Chisciotte (1984) and La Stanza dello Scirocco (1997). .

Edoardo Vianello è un cantautore italiano, nato a Roma, 24 giugno 1938. Il 22 aprile del 1956 Edoardo Vianello si esibisce in pubblico per la prima volta, in occasione di uno spettacolo allestito dagli alunni dell’Istituto di ragioneria Leonardo da Vinci, al “Teatro Olimpico” di Roma, che si chiamava ancora “Teatro Flaminio”. Facendo il verso al leggendario gruppo gospel americano “Golden Gate Quartet”, Edoardo si esibisce, insieme ad un quartetto di finti “negretti”, interpretando il brano Jerico e una canzone dell’ancora poco conosciuto Domenico Modugno, Musetto, presentata da Jenny Luna al Festival di Sanremo dello stesso anno, e che sarà...

Edoardo Bennato is an Italian musician and singer/songwriter born in Naples, on July 23, 1949. Following a spell in London he began performing as a one-man-band playing guitar, harmonica, kazoo and kick drum. He shaped his character on Blues and Rock, fusing them with mediterranean elements. His debut album called "Non farti cadere le braccia" was published in 1973. Over the next few years Bennato became one of the main Italian singer-songwriters for the counter-cultural youth movement, with songs which fused social protest with irony and sarcasm. "Burattino senza fili" (1978) which used Pinocchio's fable as a metaphor for Bennato's...