Duo Fasano were an Italian pop musical and vocal duo, mainly active in the 1950s.

Career

The duo consisted of the twin sisters Secondina "Dina" Fasano (21 September 1924 – 24 November 1996) and Terzina "Delfina" Fasano (21 September 1924 – 15 December 2004).Antonio Virgilio Savona, Michele Luciano Straniero. "Duo Fasano". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. Born in

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

, the daughters of a fabrics salesman and a bookstore owner, the two sisters attended the Teaching Institute.Marco Accossato (16 December 2004). "Se n'è andata anche Delfina". ''

La Stampa (English: "The Press") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin with an average circulation of 87,143 copies in May 2023. Distributed in Italy and other European nations, it is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Until the late 1970 ...

''. After having won an audition by

EIAR Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche (EIAR, "Italian Body for Radio Broadcasting") was the public service broadcaster in Fascist Italy and the only entity permitted to broadcast by the government. History In spite of the fact that the ra ...

, they started performing in the early 1940s in the orchestra conducted by . After the war, they consolidated their success adopting the repertoire of

Trio Lescano The Trio Lescano was a female musical ensemble, vocal group singing in Italian language, Italian from 1936 to 1950, originally consisting of Hungarian-Dutch sisters Alessandra Lescano (Alexandrina Eveline Leschan; 1910–1987), Giuditta Lescano ...

and entering the prestigious orchestra directed by

Cinico Angelini Angelo Cinico, best known as Cinico Angelini (12 November 1901 – 7 July 1983), was an Italian conductor, arranger and violinist. Life and career After his studies at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin, Angelini started his career as ...

. In 1951, the duo were among the only three artists, together with

Nilla Pizzi Adionilla Pizzi (; 16 April 1919 – 12 March 2011), known by her stage name Nilla Pizzi, was an Italian singer and actress. Born in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, she was particularly famous in Italy during the 1950s and 1960s. She is well know ...

and with

Achille Togliani Achille Togliani (; 16 January 1924 in Pomponesco – 12 August 1995) was an Italian singer and actor. He was a participant in the first Sanremo Music Festival in 1951. Togliani's version of the song "" was used in the commercial of the per ...

, to compete at the first edition of the

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival ( ), officially the Italian Song Festival (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria, organized and broadcast by (RAI). It is the longest-running ...

. They came back to the Festival four more times, between

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

and

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

. In the 1960s, the sisters opened a laboratory of wigs in their hometown, limiting their musical activities to several international tours and shows. In the 1970s they collaborated with

Paolo Conte Paolo Conte (; born 6 January 1937) is an Italian singer, pianist, songwriter and lawyer, known for his distinctly grainy, resonant voice. His compositions fuse Italian and Mediterranean sounds with jazz, boogie and elements of the French and ...

using some pseudonyms.

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* * {{Authority control Musicians from Turin Musical groups from Turin Italian pop music groups Italian musical duos