Cochi e Renato

Renato Pozzetto and Cochi Ponzoni are an Italian musical and comedy duo who works as Cochi e Renato.

Life and career

Childhood friends, the couple accustomed from childhood to perform together in front of an audience of friends and relatives.[1][2] Their professional debut came in 1965 in the small cabaret Cab 64 in Milan, where they performed along with Lino Toffolo and Bruno Lauzi.[1] Later they were also joined by Enzo Jannacci and Felice Andreasi with whom they formed the comedy ensemble Motore, who had a good local success in Milan.[1] The couple became first known in 1978 thanks to the RAI innovative variety shows Quelli della domenica (1968) and È domenica, ma senza impegno (1969).[1][2] Characterized by a peculiar comic verve, filled with paradoxical and surreal moods, they got a large success in the early 1970s, with the variety show Il poeta e il contadino and with the participation with the musical show Canzonissima.[1][2] The couple began to crack in 1974, when Pozzetto started devoting himself to a full-time film career.[1] After a long separation, the couple reunited in 2000s for a series of television and stage projects.[1]

Cochi e Renato were also very active as singer-songwriters (often with the collaboration of Enzo Jannacci), and they had several commercial successes;[3][4] their main hit is the 1974 song "E la vita la vita" which reached the first place at the Italian hit parade.[1][4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, Enciclopedia della Televisione, Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. ISBN 881150466X.
  3. ↑ Enrico Deregibus. Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 8809756258.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.

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