Luciano Tajoli
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Luciano Tajoli | |
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Born | Milan, Italy | 17 April 1920
Died | 3 August 1996 Merate, Italy | (aged 76)
Occupation | Singer and actor |
Luciano Tajoli (17 April 1920 – 3 August 1996) was an Italian singer and actor.
Music festival[]
Luciano Tajoli participated several times (1961, 1962, 1963, and 1970) in the Sanremo Music Festival, winning in 1961 with the song Al di là.[1] It is estimated that he sold over 45 million records.
Personal life[]
Tajoli was born in Milan, came from a poor family and was a self-taught singer. He trained as an apprentice in tailor, barber and cobbler's shops. Due to polio in his childhood, Luciano always leaned during his performances, e.g., against a chair or piano. His limping was accommodated into the screenplays of his film appearances. He died, aged 76, in Merate.
Selected filmography[]
- The Taming of the Shrew (1942)
- Songs in the Streets (1950)
- Trieste mia! (1951)
- The Two Sergeants (1951)
- Don Lorenzo (1952)
- Il romanzo della mia vita (1952)
- La pattuglia dell'Amba Alagi (1953)
- Napoli piange e ride (1954)
- The Two Rivals (1960)
- Song of Naples (1957)
References[]
- ^ Marcello Giannotti, "L'enciclopedia di Sanremo: 55 anni di storia del festival dalla A alla Z", Gremese Editore, 2005, page 203 (Google books).
External links[]
- (in Italian) Official Internet site
Categories:
- Italian male singers
- Italian male actors
- Singers from Milan
- 1920 births
- 1996 deaths
- 20th-century Italian male actors
- 20th-century Italian singers
- 20th-century male singers
- Sanremo Music Festival winners