Giovanni "Gianni" Nazzaro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒanni nadˈdzaːro]; 27 October 1948 – 27 July 2021) was an Italian singer and actor.
| Gianni Nazzaro | |
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 Nazzaro in 1971 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Giovanni Nazzaro |
| Also known as | Buddy |
| Born | 27 October 1948 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 27 July 2021 (aged 72) Rome, Italy |
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| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1965–2018 |
| Spouse |
Nada Ovcina
(m. 1973, divorced)
(m. 2021) |
Early life and career
editNazzaro was born in Naples, the second of four children (two males and two females) born to vaudeville actor and gossip columnist Erminio Nazzaro. He started his career with the stage name of Buddy, recording 59 singles, mainly cover songs, between 1965 and 1968.[1][2] In 1968, Nazzaro started to perform with his real name and he took part at the music contest Un disco per l'estate with the song "Solo noi".[1] In 1970, he won the Festival di Napoli with the song "Me chiamme ammore".[1][2] After a series of successful hits, in the 1980s Nazzaro gradually slowed his musical production, focusing with some success in stage musicals.[1]
Personal life and death
editIn the early 1970s, Nazzaro married Nada Ovcina. They had two children, Junior (born 1973) and Giorgia (born 1976). Nazzaro and Ovcina eventually divorced, but after years of estrangement, they reestablished their relationship in 2016. Ovcina remarried Nazzaro just hours before his death in a Roman hospital from lung cancer, on 27 July 2021.[3][4]
Discography
editSelected singles
edit- 1968: "Solo noi"
- 1968: "In fondo ai sogni miei"
- 1969: "Incontri d'estate"
- 1970: "L'amore è una colomba"
- 1970: "Me chiamme ammore"
- 1971: "Bianchi cristalli sereni"
- 1971: "Far l'amore con te"
- 1972: "Non voglio innamorarmi mai"
- 1972: "Quanto è bella lei"
- 1972: "La nostra canzone"
- 1973: "Il primo sogno proibito"
- 1974: "A modo mio"
- 1974: "Questo sì che è amore"
- 1974: "Piccola mia piccola"
- 1976: "Me ne vado"
- 1977: "Mi sta scoppiando il cuore"
- 1980: "Uomo di strada"
- 1981: "Sì"
- 1983: "Mi sono innamorato di mia moglie"
- 1985: "Noi due soli"
Studio albums
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Eddy Anselmi (14 October 2023). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
- ^ a b Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 978-8809756250.
- ^ "Gianni Nazzaro, breve biografia. - Altro". nellanotizia.net. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Pirola, Mattia. "Chi è Nada Ovcina, moglie di Gianni Nazzaro: origini, età e incidente". www.ilgiornaleditalia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
External links
edit- Gianni Nazzaro at AllMusic
- Gianni Nazzaro discography at Discogs
- Gianni Nazzaro at IMDb