Graziella Franchini (5 January 1950 – 27 April 1986), better known as Lolita, was an Italian pop singer.
Life and career
Born in
Castagnaro,
Verona
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, in 1950. Lolita won several music festivals, including the and the . She first became known in 1969, thanks to her participation to the
Festival di Napoli
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, where she was finalist with two songs, and to the
RAI
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musical show ''
Settevoci'', where she launched her hit "Come le rose".
[Enzo Giannelli. "Lolita" in Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio, 1990.]
In the following years Lolita took part in some of the most important musical events in Italy, including
Un disco per l'estate
Un disco per l'estate (translation "A Record for the Summer") was an Italian Summer festival held from 1964 to 2003. It was organized and sponsored by the Italian record industry association, AFI, and by RAI, except for the editions between 1995 ...
and
the 23rd edition of the
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 ...
.
Lamezia Terme
Lamezia Terme (), commonly called Lamezia, is an Italian city and ''comune'' of 70,452 inhabitants (2013), in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region.
Geography
Lamezia is located on the eastern border of the coastal plain commonly cal ...
, where she continued to perform in live events achieving some local success. The night of April 27, 1986 she had to attend a musical event but did not show up; she was found dead the following morning, murdered by stabbing, and with her body disfigured in several parts. The crime remains unsolved.
See also
*List of unsolved murders
These lists of unsolved murders include notable cases where victims were murdered in unknown circumstances.
* List of unsolved murders (before 1900)
* List of unsolved murders (1900–1979)
* List of unsolved murders (1980–1999)
* List of u ...
Discography
Singles
* 1966: Matusalemme/La prima barba (Magic, MC 004)
* 1967: La mia vita non ha domani/Notte giovane (Magic, MC 006)
* 1968: Come le rose/W l'estate (Escalation, En 001)
* 1969: L'ultimo ballo d'estate/Pensiero (CAR Juke Box, CRJ NP 1048)
* 1969: Tu/Songo 'e nato (CAR Juke Box, CRJ NP 1051)
* 1969: L'onda verde/Giovedì venerdì (CAR Juke Box, CRJ NP 1059)
* 1970: Circolo chiuso/Malinconia malinconia (Shoking, SKLR 10 001)
* 1970: Dicitencello vuje/Notte chiara (Philips, 6025 016)
* 1971: Io sto soffrendo/Il primo amore (Shoking, SKLR 10 002)
* 1973: Innamorata io?/Situazione (CAR Juke Box, CRJ NP 1087)
* 1984: Sei la felicità/Amico mio (Idea Records, LR 76001)
References
External links
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1950 births
1986 deaths
20th-century Italian women singers
Female murder victims
Deaths by stabbing in Italy
Italian pop singers
Italian murder victims
1986 murders in Italy
People from the Province of Verona
People murdered in Calabria
Unsolved murders in Italy