Sergio Leonardi (born 26 March 1944) is an
Italian
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singer and actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Leonardi started performing as an impersonator and singer at 16 years old. Noted by producer and songwriter Enrico Polito, he made his professional debut in the mid-1960s with the single "Capri mon Capri".
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Among his major hits, "Non ti scordar di me", a cover version of a famous
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song, "Bambina", which won the Verde section at the 1968
Festivalbar
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, and "Whisky", the theme song of the TV-series ''
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*List of Italian television series
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* Adrian (TV series)
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'', later included in the musical score of ''
The Sunday Woman''.
[Fabrizio Zampa. "Leonardi, Sergio". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. ]
Starting from early 1970s Leonardi gradually focused into acting, joining the stage company
Il Bagaglino
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Biography
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and appearing in several films.
[Fabrizio Zampa. "Leonardi, Sergio". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. ]
Discography
;Album
* 1969: ''Dedicato a te bambina'' (Compagnia Generale del Disco, FG 5051)
* 1973: ''Questo è lei'' (Derby, DBR 69078)
* 1988: ''Sergio Leonardi'' (Compagnia Generale del Disco, LSM 1297; raccolta)
* 1991: ''Ricomincio da Fred'' (Interbeat, 9031 74282-1)
* 1999: ''Non ti scordar di me'' (FB, CD017)
Selected filmography
* ''
Il provinciale
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Cast
* Gianni Morandi: Giovanni
* Maria Grazia Buccella: Giulia
* Sergio Leonardi: Sergio
* Tery Hare: Silvana
* Franco Fabrizi: Colombo ...
'' (1972)
* ''
Silver Saddle
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'' (1978)
* ''
L'imbranato
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Plot
Pippo Sperandio is an employee of an Italian electronics company in direct contact with his boss, the pleasure-seeker Dr ...
'' (1979)
* ''
Il ficcanaso'' (1981)
* ''
Giovani, belle... probabilmente ricche'' (1982)
* ''
I camionisti
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Plot
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'' (1982)
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1944 births
Living people
Singers from Rome
Italian male singers
Italian pop singers
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
Italian male film actors
Male actors from Rome