Umberto Tozzi is a famous Italian composer, actor and singer in the pop music genre. He has excellent vocal abilities and was able to become popular at the age of 22.
At the same time, he is a sought-after performer both at home and far beyond its borders. During his career, Umberto has sold 45 million records.
Childhood Umberto
Umberto Tozzi was born on March 4, 1952 in Turin. The mother and father of the celebrity moved here from Puglia, located in eastern Italy.
The guy's brother was a very popular performer in the 1960s. Umberto Tozzi's career began precisely with accompanying a relative on tour, and later he began to play guitar in his group.
After reaching the age of 16, he became a member of the group Off Sound, and along with her followed the path of his brother. In 1979, he first performed a solo verse of one of the songs called "Here".
And when the guy arrived in Milan, he met Adriano Pappalardo, after which he gathered his own group and went on tour with it in Italian cities.
Solo career as a singer
Umberto's first independent composition was the song "Meeting of Love", which was released by Number One in 1973. Later, the performer signed a long-term contract with this studio, and the cooperation turned out to be very successful.
Umberto Tozzi regularly recorded his own songs, and also accompanied other artists on the guitar while recording their hits.
In 1974, the Italian artist, together with Damiano Nino Dattali, wrote another song Un corpo, un'anima. It was later interpreted for the duet of Wess Johnson and Dori Ghezzi.
The song won 1st place in the Canzonissima song contest. Soon Tozzi, together with guitarist and producer Massimo Luca, created his own group, I Data.
The team did not hesitate and almost immediately released the first disc "White Way", which was released in a small circulation, became the last in the career of this team.
World fame Umberto Tozzi
Acquaintance with Giancarlo Bigazzi gave Umberto many significant "advantages". Together they created many songs that hit the charts and attracted not only young people, but also representatives of the older age category.
In 1976, Tozzi released the composition donna amante mia, which took 1st place in all tops for four weeks.
In 1980, he released the next album Tozzi, the main hit of which was the song "Be a Star". In the same year, the first album was re-released, and Umberto gave several live concerts.
In 1981, the album "Night Rose" was released, which is very popular to this day. Between 1982 and 1984 he released two more albums "Eva" and "Hurrah", which gained no less popularity.
Other achievements of Umberto Tozzi
Umberto Tozzi never rested on the achieved results, gradually set himself new goals.
So, in 1987, his song Gente Di Mare was performed by one of the participants in the Eurovision Song Contest, Raffael Riefoli. She was a resounding success, taking 3rd place in a song contest.
In October of the same year, the singer recorded another hit Invisible. And a year later he became a member of the Royal London Theater "Albert Hall".
After that, he released another album with songs recorded at concerts, and named it after this institution.
Top Songs by Umberto Antonio Tozzi
The composition Ti amo, released in 1977, became the main achievement of the singer and gained worldwide popularity.
For more than six months, she was on the list of leaders in both the Italian charts and was included in the music tops in other countries.
It became popular even in Latin America and Australia, where locals listened to it in discos and danced non-stop at night.
The same composition took 1st place at the festival bar, was among the best sellers from July to October 1977, breaking many records. In Italy, the number of sales exceeded 1 million copies.
A year later, Umberto presented the song to the world You, which has gained a lot of popularity. And in 1982, this composition was performed by American Laura Branigan in their native language.
And residents of the United States also appreciated this song, then it instantly appeared in the top three of the local hit parade.
Another achievement of Umberto Tozzi can be considered the fact that, together with Monica Belucci, he re-recorded the song "I love you" under a new arrangement, and it was used for the famous film "Asterix and Obelix: Mission" Cleopatra "".
What does Umberto do and enjoy now, besides music?
Umberto Tozzi is not only a great singer, but also a great actor. He starred in two feature films and one TV series.
The audience enthusiastically spoke about his acting skills. But still, the main direction of Tozzi's work is precisely music.
He continues to do it now, touring European and American countries with concerts. It is known that the cost of one of his performances is $50!
