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Renato Carosone

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Artist information

Year of Birth:1920
Year of death:2001

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

Renato Carosone (; born Renato Carusone; 3 January 1920 – 20 May 2001) was an Italian musician.
He was a prominent figure in the Italian music scene in the second half of the 20th century. He was also a modern performer of the so-called canzone napoletana, a traditional music genre from Naples. His biggest successes were: "'O sarracino/Caravan petrol", "Tu vuò fà l'americano", "Maruzzella" and "Pigliate na' pastiglia".
Carosone was one of the first post-war Italian artists (the other one... more

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