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Bobby Solo

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Also known as Duty Free

Italian singer (1945)

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Bobby Solo, born Roberto Satti on 18 March 1945 in Roma, Lazio, Italy, is a singer-songwriter, singer, actor and musician holding citizenship of Italy, who also performed under the name Duty Free. Working in traditional pop, pop music and rock and roll, he sang, began his career in 1963, and recorded for Universal Music Group. He took part in the Sanremo Music Festival in 1964, 1965 and 1966, receiving an award there, and represented it at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965. His work includes 'Are You Gonna Be in There All Night?'. He speaks Italian.

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Are You Gonna Be in There All Night?

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Film & TV

Roma, Lazio, Italy

Roberto Satti, better known as Bobby Solo (born 18 March 1945), is an Italian singer, musician, and film actor. In 1964, Solo participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Una lacrima sul viso" ("A Tear on your Face", written by "Lunero"), but affected by laryngitis, he sang with playback, which disqualified him as that was contrary to the festival regulations. The song, however,…

Known for

  • Souvenir d'Italie2022
  • Titanic: The Legend Goes On... — Fritz (voice)2000
  • Le monde est à vous — Self1987
  • Sacrée soirée — Self1987
  • FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' — self1983
  • Midi Première — Self1975
  • Zingara — Franco Sarresi1969
  • Man Only Cries for Love — Bobby Solo1968
  • Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak — Bobby Solo1967
  • Viale della canzone — Bobby Solo1965

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
43,086
Total plays
207,679

Tags

italian60sblues rockbluespop

Italian 1960s teen idol Bobby Solo made his debut while recording his first two singles in 1963, "Ora Che Sei Gia Una Donna" and "Blue é Blue." The artist's breakthrough came in 1964 after participating in San Remo's Festival, where he sang "Una Lacrima Sul Viso," which became an important episode in the Italian pop music history. A year later, Bobby Solo came in first place at the same event with "Se Piangi, Se Ridi" and one more time in 1969 after singing Gianni Morandi's "Zingara," later reco

via Last.fm · Bobby Solo

Key facts

Born
Roberto Satti , ( 1945-03-18 ) 18 March 1945 (age 81) , Rome , Kingdom of Italy
Genres
Traditional pop
Occupations
Singer-songwriter musician
Years active
(1960s–present)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Roberto
Gender
male
Citizenship
Italy
Place of birth
Rome
Languages spoken
Italian
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.bobbysolo.com
Image
Bobby Solo 1970.jpg
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date of birth
1945-03-18
Commons category
Bobby Solo
birth name
Roberto Satti
pseudonym
Duty Free
start of work period
1963-00-00
social media followers
1397
copyright representative
SIAE
name in native language
Bobby Solo
Sources (3)

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Encyclopedic overview

Roberto Satti (born 18 March 1945), known professionally as Bobby Solo, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician.

Singing career

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bobby Solo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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