Eduardo De Crescenzo (born 8 February 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for the songs "Ancora" and "E la musica va".
Background
Born in
Naples
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, De Crescenzo approached music at very young age, as he began playing the accordion at 3 and made his first public exhibition at 5, in
Teatro Argentina
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, Rome.
At 16 he founded a
beat group
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, "''Eduardino e i Casanova''", with which he recorded the first
45rpm in 1967, "Hai detto no!".
[ After studying classical music and law at the university, in the late seventies De Crescenzo signed a contract with Dischi Ricordi, with whom he published his first single as soloist, "La solitudine" (1978). His career was launched by the song "Ancora", a romantic ballad that he presented at the 1981 ]Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annua ...
, winning the Critics Award;[ and being covered by artists such as Mina, ]Anna Oxa
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, Ornella Vanoni and Thelma Houston (with the title "I'm Losing").[ The song "E la musica va" was covered by ]Phil Manzanera
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with the title "The beat goes on". After the 1993 album ''Danza, danza'' De Crescenzo devoted himself mainly to the live concerts and charity projects. In 2012, after a four-year hiatus, he returned to live music with the "Essenze Jazz" Tour in which he reinterprets an important part of his repertoire in a jazz style.
Discography
Studio albums
*1981 - '' Ancora''
*1982 - ''Amico che voli''
*1983 - ''Decrescenzo''
*1985 - ''Dove c'è il mare''
*1987 - ''Nudi''
*1989 - ''C'è il sole''
*1991 - ''Cante jondo''
*1993 - ''Danza danza''
*2002 - ''La vita è un'altra''
*2013 - ''Essenze Jazz''
Live albums
*1995 - ''Live''
*2006 - ''Le mani''
Compilation albums
*1996 - ''All The Best'' (1981 - 1991)
*1998 - ''80 minuti insieme'' (1981 - 1993)
*2007 - ''Le più belle'' (1978 - 1991)
*2011 - ''I miei successi'' (1978-1991)
References
External links
Official website
Eduardo De Crescenzo
at AllMusic
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1951 births
Musicians from Naples
Italian singer-songwriters
Italian pop singers
Soul singers
Living people
Italian multi-instrumentalists