2023-08-22 18:40:47
The artist died on Tuesday August 22 at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, where he was hospitalized. He made himself known to the general public with his famous title in 1983.
Singer and composer Toto Cutugno, famous for his song “Italiano”, died on Tuesday August 22. The artist, who turned 80 in July, died around 4 p.m. at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, where he was hospitalized according to his manager Danilo Mancuso quoted by the ANSA agency. “After a long illness, the singer’s condition had worsened over the past few months,” he explained.
Toto Cutugno made a name for himself in 1983 with his hit L’Italiano. The title becomes number one on the charts in Italy and Switzerland, and number two in France. The song also appeals to audiences in Israel, Iran and South Korea. The heady chorus of this timeless hit is still a hit on the radio: “Lasciatemi cantare con la chitarra in mano, lasciatemi cantare, sono un italiano” (“Let me sing with the guitar in my hand, let me sing, I am an Italian”). The music video for the song, shot on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, is a succession of rather caricatural shots on Italy and the Italians: we see the singer eating pasta and flirting with the waitress.
In 1990, he won Eurovision with Insieme: 1992, a song about Europe. After Gigliola Cinquetti in 1964, he is the second Italian to win Eurovision. The following year, he presents with the latter the program of the competition which takes place in Rome. During his career, the singer participated 15 times in the mythical San Remo festival where in 1990 Ray Charles covered one of his songs.
The Italian was also an important composer of the French musical scene of the 70s. He notably composed the famous Indian summer and And if you did not exist for Joe Dassin, Let me dance for Dalida, By singing for Michel Sardou or Behind the love for Johnny Hallyday.
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