Federico Salvatore

Federico Salvatore
Born 17 September 1959 (1959-09-17) (age 57)
Naples, Italy
Occupation Singer-songwriter

Federico Salvatore (born 17 September 1959) is an Italian singer-songwriter and comedian.

Life and career

Born in Naples, Salvatore started his career in the late 1980s as a stand-up comedian and as a singer-songwriter of humorous and satirical songs. After enjoying a local success, he became nationally well-known during the 1990s thanks to the semi-regular participation to the Canale 5 program Maurizio Costanzo Show. Produced by Giancarlo Bigazzi, he got a significant success with the albums Azz... and Il mago di Azz, which were both certified platinum.[1][2]

In 1996 he entered the main competition at the 46th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Sulla porta", the first Sanremo Festival song having homosexuality as main theme.[1][2] In 2001 he entered the Festival di Napoli competition with "Se io fossi San Gennaro", a ballad about Naples which raised large controversities because of his lyrics critical of the social situation of the city.[3]

Discography

Album

References

  1. 1 2 Eddy Anselmi. "Federico Salvatore". Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  2. 1 2 Gabriele Lippi (10 February 2016). "Federico Salvatore: «Dissi omosessuale a Sanremo e da terzo finii terzultimo»". Lettera 43. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Annalisa Lualdi (9 April 2007). "La riscossa di Federico Salvatore Traditi da Daniele e De Crescenzo". La Repubblica. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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