Iacopo Jacomelli (born 12 July 1921) is an Italian singer mostly active in the 1940s and the 1950s. He was born in

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, France. In 1940, he founded a vocal quartet named

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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 ...

, Enrico Gentile 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, he left the group, which replaced him with

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and changed the name to Quartetto Ritmo.

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