Carlo Alberto Rossi (30 August 1921 – 12 April 2010) was an Italian composer and record producer.

Life and career

Born in

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, when he was 8 years old Rossi started performing as a child actor and singer in

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s. Antonio Virgilio Savona; Michele Lo Straniero (1990). "Rossi, Carlo Alberto". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore. pp. 1050. In 1936, he moved with his family in Milan, where he studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory and formed a vocal ensamble, I Barboni. In 1939, he made his professional debut as a songwriter with "Tango di Manuelita". During

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, he served as an official in the infantry, also composing some military anthems and a musical comedy. After the war, Rossi began a full-time career as a composer; among his early hits were

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's “Conosci mia cugina” and “Non ho più pace”, and Lidia Martorana's "Amore baciami", which success revamped in the early 1960s thanks to a

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cover version. In 1949, he co-founded Ariston Group with his brother Alfredo and Ladislao Sugar. In 1955, he left Ariston to found the label C.A. Edizioni, and in 1958 he founded another record company, CAR Juke Box, and a recording and dubbing studio, Fonorama. He also ran two discotheques, Whisky Juke Box in Rimini and Tropicana Club in

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. He retired in 1974. Starting from its first edition in 1951, Rossi was a protagonist of the

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; among the hit songs he launched in the festival were

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's "Acque amare",

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's "Stanotte al Luna Park",

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's "Quando vien la sera", Mina's " Le mille bolle blu", as well as

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/ Fausto Cigliano's "E se domani" and

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's "Se tu non fossi qui", which were initially ignored before being brought to success by cover versions of Mina. Rossi's hits also include the Canzone Napoletana classic "'Na voce, 'na chitarra e 'o poco 'e luna",

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's "Mon Pays", Teddy Reno's "Trieste mia",

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's "Nun è peccato",

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's "Fra tanta gente".

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossi, Carlo Alberto 1921 births 2010 deaths People from Rimini Italian male composers Italian male songwriters Italian record producers 20th-century Italian songwriters