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Lucio Battisti - The Biography
Lucio Battisti was born in Poggio Bustone,a little town in the middle of Italy, in March 1943.
He moved with the family to Rome in 1950.
In 1964, with a Roman bilparkering band called Campioni, he formed his first musical experience.
In spring 1965 he set off for Milan, Italy's center of records and publishing, where he know
Christine Leroux a French talent scout.
In autumn 1965 Christine brought him in contact with Mogol, one of best Italian lyricists, and
soon a fruitful partnership developed.
In 1966, as composer, Battisti had three hits in a row ("Per una lira"- Ribelli, "Dolce di giorno"
- Dik Dik, "Uno in più" - Riki Maiocchi).The same year, he records his first single as singer
entitled "Per una lira".
In 1967, as composer, Battisti had great success with "29 Settembre" - Equipe 84 and as
singer he records his second single entitled "Luisa Rossi".
In 1968
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Lucio Battisti: A Tale Of Light
This story starts on a train to Rome about twenty years ago when, after five years of Liceo Classico, we were taken by school to the Eternal City. There, we were to experience the culture we studied through the (gazillion) pages by Cicero, Seneca, and the many authors we had to translate daily – the infamous versioni di latino e greco. On the train from the airport to the city centre, I was sitting with my green and blue CD player on my lap, listening to the only record I brought with me for the trip: a random Best of Lucio Battisti. Rome in May is another dimension–compared to the wet, cold Piemont–it’s warm, beautiful, and people talk to each other on the streets – how exotic! Besides being breathtaking, the city in spring offers something that no other cities in the world have: a mystical light. It is like a golden glow that gently covers the monuments and the buildings: all the corners, the columns, the flowers, and the temples; a feast
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Lucio Battisti
Italian singer-songwriter and composer (1943–1998)
Musical artist
Lucio Battisti (5 March 1943 – 9 September 1998) was an Italian singer-songwriter and composer. He is widely recognized for songs that defined the late 1960s and 1970s era of Italian songwriting.[1]
Battisti released 18 studio albums from 1969 to 1994, with a significant portion of this catalogue translated into Spanish (various albums), English (one album), French (two albums), and German (one album). He was known to be an extremely reserved artist, performing only a small number of live concerts during his career. In 1978 he announced that he would speak to the public only through his musical work, limiting himself to the recording of studio albums and disappearing from the public scene.[2]
Biography
[edit]Musician and composer
[edit]Battisti was born in Poggio Bustone, a small town in the province of Rieti (northern Lazio), and moved with his family to Rome in 1950.