Rino Gaetano

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Salvatore Antonio "Rino" Gaetano (Crotone, 29 October 1950 - Rome, 2 June 1981), was an Italian singer-songwriter very popular during 1970s.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Anthologies 2.3 Singles 3 Bibliography 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Rino Gaetano was born in Crotone, in the Calabria region. At the age of ten, due to his parents' employment reasons, he moved to Rome where he would remain for the rest of his life.

In 1974 he published his first album, Ingresso libero, which did not gather any particular commercial or critical success, but was already showing the signs of the estroso and eccentric style that would go on to characterize his short career. Success came in the year next with the 45 rpm record Ma il cielo è sempre più blu.

In 1978 Rino Gaetano took part in the Sanremo Music Festival performing the song Gianna, coming in third place after Anna Oxa and Matia Bazar. This success lead to chart success, and Gianna was the bestseller for several weeks.

An extremely versatile artist, he played Pinocchio in 1981 in Rome in a film directed by Carmelo Bene.

The career of Rino Gaetano was cut short by his death, at age of 30, in a car accident. On June 2, 1981 in Rome his car, a Volvo 343, crashed into a truck on Nomentana street. After the crash Rino Gaetano, injuried but still alive, was rejected by five hospitals, and died on the way to a sixth. He was buried in Verano Cemetery, only few days before his wedding date.

The first book on his life, also the first official biography, was published in 2001, 20 years after his death.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• 1974 - Ingresso libero
• 1976 - Mio fratello è figlio unico
• 1977 - Aida
• 1978 - Nuntereggae più
• 1979 - Resta vile maschio, dove vai?
• 1980 - E io ci sto
• 1981 - Q Concert (con Cocciante e New Perigeo)

[edit] Anthologies

• 1990 - Gianna e le altre (includes the previously unreleased Solo con io and Le beatitudini)
• 1996 - Superbest
• 1998 - La storia
• 2003 - Sotto i cieli di Rino

[edit] Singles

• 1973 - I love you Marianna
• 1973 - Jaqueline
• 1975 - Ma il cielo è sempre più blu ( 1st part )
• 1975 - Ma il cielo è sempre più blu ( 2nd part )
• 1978 - Visto che mi vuoi lasciare
• 1979 - Resta vile maschio, dove vai?
• 1980 - Solo con io
• 1981 - Le beatitudini

[edit] Bibliography

• Rino Gaetano (La Vita, le canzoni, le poesie e l'ironia di un grande artista) by Peppe Casa and Dario Marigliano - (first book and first unofficial biography), Roma, 1999.
• Rino Gaetano live (first official book and biography) by Emanuele Di Marco, 2001 ISBN 8872266254
• Rino Gaetano by Yari Selvetella, 2001 ISBN 8881853493
• Fontana chiara: omaggio a Rino Gaetano by Stefano Calò and Massimiliano Gentile, 2001
• Se mai qualcuno capirà Rino Gaetano by Alfredo Del Curatolo, 2003 ISBN 8886267657
• Rino Gaetano: ma il cielo è sempre più blu (unreleased thoughts, stories and songs) by Massimo Cotto, 2004 ISBN 8804527943

[edit] External links

• Rino Gaetano.it - Official Site
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• Critic biography
• Fan Site
• Fan Site
• "Una casa per Rino" - Crotone Music Festival
• "E io ci sto" - Rino Gaetano Day in Rome