Claudio Cecchetto

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Claudio Cecchetto
Born (1952-04-19) 19 April 1952
Ceggia, Italy
Nationality Italian
Occupation Record producer, talent scout

Claudio Cecchetto (born 19 April 1952) is an Italian record producer and talent scout.[1]

Life and career

Cechetto was born in Ceggia. He has hosted several Italian music festivals, from Festival di Sanremo to Festivalbar, and many television programs throughout his career. He founded the stations Radio DeeJay and Radio Capital.

He is also known for being the talent scout for several musical artists and television personalities, including Gerry Scotti, Jovanotti, Fiorello, Sabrina Salerno, 883, Nikki, B-nario, Albertino, Linus, Luca Laurenti, Marco Mazzoli, Daniel Bossari, Fabio Volo, Leonardo Pieraccioni, DJ Francis (now known as Francesco Facchinetti) and more recently, Finley.[2] Cecchetto was also a singer; his 1981 song "Gioca-Jouer" reached the first position on the Italian hit parade.[3]

Personal life

In the spring of 1992, he married Maria Paola Danna in Riccione.[4] They have two children, Jody (born in 1994) and Leonardo (born in 2000).[5]

Television appearances

  • Chewing Gum (Telemilano 58, 1978)
  • Discoring (Rete 1, 1979–1982)
  • Festival of Sanremo (Rete 1, 1980-81-82)
  • Checkmate (Rete 1, 1980)
  • Fantastico 2 (Rete 1, 1981)
  • Popcorn (Canale 5, 1982–1983)
  • Premiatissima (Canale 5, 1982)
  • Festivalbar (Canale 5, 1983/1987, Italia 1, 1993)
  • Deejay Television (Canale 5, Italia 1, 1983/1990)
  • Azzurro (Italia 1, 1984, 1987)
  • Supersanremo (Italia 1, 1984–1985)
  • Zodiaco (Italia 1, 1985)
  • Vote the Voice (Canale 5, 1985–1986)
  • Festival di Castrocaro (Rai Uno, 1992,1993,2002)
  • Un disco per l'estate (Rai Uno, 1994)
  • Sanremo Young 1996 (Rai Uno, 1996)
  • Sanremo Rock 1997 (Rai Uno, 1997)
  • Destinazione sanremo (Rai Uno, 2002)
  • Ti lascio una canzone (Rai Uno, 2008–2009)
  • Io canto (Canale 5, 2010–2013)[6]

References

  1. "Claudio Cecchetto IMDb". Retrieved 5 April 2013. 
  2. "Claudio Cecchetto, presentatore tre Festival anni 80". invidia.it. 
  3. Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391. 
  4. "si e' sposato Claudio Cecchetto". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 25 May 1992. 
  5. 'Gioca-jouer'-'Faccio-progetti-ma-sono-pigro' "Claudio Cecchetto, 30 anni dopo 'Gioca jouer': 'Faccio progetti ma sono pigro'". Rockol.it. Retrieved 29 lug 2011. 
  6. "Claudio Cecchetto MISTER RADIO". storiaradiotv.it. 

Bibliography

  • Baroni, Joseph (2005). Dizionario della televisione. Raffaello Cortina Editotore. ISBN 88-7078-972-1. 
  • Grasso, Algo (2008). Enciclopedia della televisione (3 ed.). Garzanti Editore. ISBN 978-88-11-50526-6. 

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