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Also known as Francesco Califano

Italian singer-songwriter (1938-2013)

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Vinony's link graph records 142 inbound references to Franco Califano, and connects out to Rome, Milan and Tripoli.

It sits within the topics 1938 births, 2013 deaths and 20th-century Italian male singers.

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Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Senza manette
  • Un attimo di vita

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Tripoli - Libya

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Franco Califano (14 September 1938 – 30 March 2013) was an Italianlyricist, composer, singer-songwriter, author and actor. During his career Califano has sold about 20 million records. Life and career Born in an airplane above Tripoli, Libya, Califano lived most of his life in Rome (in whose dialect he usually sang) and Milan. In the 1960s he began his…

Known for

  • Tutto, in un tempo piccolo — Self2021
  • Gli Squallor — Self2012
  • Roma nuda — Romolo Sebastiani2011
  • Questa notte è ancora nostra — Franco Cicchilitti2008
  • Libero — Ospite speciale2000
  • Viola Kisses Everybody — Padre di Samuele1998
  • Ciao Darwin — Capitano Etero1998
  • Due strani papà — Franco1984
  • Gardenia — Gardenia1979
  • Cherchez l'idole — Stage Director1964

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1938
Active to
2013
nuno

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
30,324
Total plays
331,014

Tags

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Franco Califano (14 September 1938 – 30 March 2013) was an Italian lyricist, composer, singer-songwriter, author and actor. Born in an airplane above Tripoli, Libya, Califano lived most of his life in Rome (in whose dialect he usually sang) and Milan. In the 1960s he began his career in music as a lyricist and a record producer; among his first successes as author "La musica è finita", "E la chiamano estate", "Una ragione di più". He was arrested in 1970 and again 1984 for possession of drugs;

via Last.fm · Franco Califano

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Francesco
Gender
male
Citizenship
Kingdom of Italy
Place of birth
Tripoli
Place of death
Rome
Occupation
lyricist
Languages spoken
Italian
Record label
CGD
Official website
www.francocalifano.it
Image
Franco Califano 1973.jpg
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Commons category
Franco Califano
date of birth
1938-09-14
date of death
2013-03-30
cause of death
heart failure
birth name
Francesco Califano
name in native language
Franco Califano
start of work period
1960-00-00
copyright representative
SIAE
end of work period
2013-00-00
manner of death
natural causes
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