Emidio "Memo" Remigi (born 27 May 1938) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and television personality.
Life and career
Born in
Erba, Como, during his studies Remigi played piano in various groups.
He debuted as a singer in 1963 winning the Liegi Song Festival with the song "Oui, je sais".
[ Returned to Italy, Remigi obtained an immediate success with the song "Innamorati a Milano", which entered the ]Un disco per l'estate
Un disco per l'estate (translation "A Record for the Summer") was an Italian Summer festival held from 1964 to 2003. It was organized and sponsored by the Italian record industry association, AFI, and by RAI, except for the editions between 1995 ...
competition in 1965, then he alternated the activities of singer and of composer, composing songs for, among others, Ornella Vanoni
Ornella Vanoni (; born 22 September 1934) is an Italian singer. She is one of the longest-standing Italian artists, having started performing in 1956. She has released about 112 works between LP, EPs and greatest hits albums, and is considered ...
and Iva Zanicchi
Iva Zanicchi (; born 18 January 1940) is an Italian pop singer and politician. She has a mezzo-soprano voice and is nick-named by the press as the "Eagle from Ligonchio" ().
Biography
Iva Zanicchi was born in Ligonchio, in the province of ...
.[ He also hosted several ]RAI
(), commercially styled as since 2000 and known until 1954 as (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels a ...
television programs.[ He considers himself Roman Catholic.]
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1938 births
People from the Province of Como
People from Brianza
Italian male singer-songwriters
20th-century Italian singer-songwriters
20th-century Italian male singers
Italian pop singers
Living people
20th-century Italian composers
20th-century male composers
Italian male composers
Italian television personalities
Italian Roman Catholics