Giorgio Consolini (28 August 1920 – 28 April 2012) was an Italian singer.

Biography

Consolini was born on 28 August 1920, in

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. In 1954, he won the

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in partnership with

Gino Latilla Gennaro "Gino" Latilla (7 November 1924 – 11 September 2011) was an Italian singer. In 1954, he won the Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival ( ), officially the Italian Song Festival (), is the most popular Italian song contes ...

, with the song "Tutte le mamme". On 5 October 2008, Consolini participated in ''Omaggio a Pino Rucher, una vita per la chitarra'' ("Homage to Pino Rucher, a life for the guitar"). The event, in honor of

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(

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guitarist) twelve years after his death, was sponsored by the municipal authorities of

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and by the authorities of the

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