Enrico Gentile (born 20 January 1921) is an Italian retired jazz and pop singer.

Biography

In 1940 he founded a vocal quartet named

Quartetto Egie ; ) was an Italian jazz vocal quartet established during the early 1940s and active until 1988. Career The band was based on the Mills Brothers and started performing under the name Quartetto Egie from the initials of the singers' first names: E ...

together with

Tata Giacobetti Giovanni "Tata" Giacobetti (24 June 1922 – 2 December 1988) was an Italian singer and jazz musician. He is mostly known for being a member of the vocal quartet Quartetto Cetra. Biography Giacobetti was a self-taught musician. He learned to pla ...

Iacopo Jacomelli Iacopo Jacomelli (born 12 July 1921) is an Italian singer mostly active in the 1940s and the 1950s. He was born in Bordeaux, France. In 1940, he founded a vocal quartet named Quartetto Egie together with Tata Giacobetti, Enrico Gentile and Enri ...

, and Enrico De Angelis. They made their debut on 27 May 1940 at the Valle Theatre in Rome. They performed the song ''Bambina dall'abito blu'' ("little girl in a blue dress"). After a few months, De Angelis and Jacomelli left the group, which replaced them with Felice Chiusano and

Virgilio Savona Antonio Virgilio Savona (21 December 1919 – 27 August 2009) was an Italian composer, arranger, and singer in the Italian vocal group, the Quartetto Cetra.Mario Luzzatto Fegiz, Corriere della Sera (29 August 2009)Addio a Virgilio Savona, ideolo ...

, and changed name to

Quartetto Cetra ; ) was an Italian jazz vocal quartet established during the early 1940s and active until 1988. Career The band was based on the Mills Brothers and started performing under the name Quartetto Egie from the initials of the singers' first names: En ...

. In 1941 Enrico Gentile left the quartet. He was replaced by Savona's wife,

Lucia Mannucci Lucia Mannucci (18 May 1920 – 7 March 2012)
– accessed 13 March 2012 was an Italian singer, best known as one ...

. After the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

he ventured on a solo career. Between 1946 and 1950 he had twelve songs in the Italian best-selling lists, including ''Eulalia Torricelli'', ''Che musetto'', ''I pompieri di Viggiù''.

References

1921 births Possibly living people 20th-century Italian male singers Italian jazz musicians Italian male jazz musicians Quartetto Egie members Quartetto Ritmo members {{Italy-singer-stub