Francesco Baccini (born 4 October 1960) is an Italian singer-songwriter.

Background

Born in Genoa, Baccini made his official debut in 1988 with the stage name Espressione Musica, with "Mamma dammi i soldi", the closing theme song of the 38th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. Put under contract by Caterina Caselli, in 1989 he released his first album, ''Cartoons'', which was both a critical and commercial success. In 1990 he won the Festivalbar competition and peaked the Italian hit parade with the song "Sotto questo sole", recorded together with the band

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. In 1997 he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival, ranking eleventh with the song "Senza tu". In 2004 he toured with "Orco Loco", subtitled as “A Clipcomedy with Songs”, a recital in which he performed both as a singer and, for the first time, as an actor.

Discography

;Album * 1989 - ''Cartoons '' * 1990 - ''Il pianoforte non è il mio forte '' * 1992 - ''Nomi e cognomi '' * 1993 - ''Nudo '' * 1996 - ''Baccini a colori '' * 1997 - ''Baccini and Best Friends'' * 1999 - ''Nostra signora degli autogrill'' * 2001 - ''Forza Francesco!'' * 2005 - ''Stasera teatro'' * 2006 - ''Fra..gi..le'' * 2007 - ''Dalla parte di Caino'' * 2008 - ''Uniti'' (with Povia) * 2011 - ''Baccini canta Tenco'' * 2017 - ''Chewing-gum Blues'' (with

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baccini, Francesco 1960 births Musicians from Genoa Italian pop singers Italian male singer-songwriters Italian singer-songwriters Living people