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Nico Fidenco

Domenico Colarossi (24 January 1933 – 18 November 2022) known professionally as Nico Fidenco, was an Italian singer and film soundtrack composer who gained considerable popularity in 1960 with the

Domenico Colarossi (24 January 1933 – 18 November 2022) known professionally as Nico Fidenco, was an Italian singer and film soundtrack composer who gained considerable popularity in 1960 with the release of the song “What a Sky” (Italian: “Su nel cielo”), taken from the film Silver Spoon Set by Francesco Maselli. Self-taught in music, Fidenco did a few cover versions of film title songs for the Italian market. With the song “Legata a un granello di sabbia”, he was the first Italian singer to sell one million copies of a single. This interest in cinema led him to be a prolific soundtrack composer, including scores for westerns and many Joe D’Amato films. Selected filmography Discography 45 rpm singles * 1960: What a Sky / Su nel cielo RCA Italiana 45N 1109 * 1961: Just that Same Old Line / Trust Me RCA Italiana 45N 1122 * 1961: Non è vero / Una voce d’angelo RCA Italiana 45N 1127 * 1961: Il mondo di Suzie Wong / Tornerai… Suzie RCA Italiana 45N 1144 * 1961: Ghinza Street / Ghinza Street (strumentale) RCA Italiana 45N 1155 * 1961: Legata a un granello di sabbia / Ridi, ridi RCA Italiana PM45-1166 * 1961: Exodus / Come nasce un amore RCA Serie Europa PM45-3000 * 1962: Little Grain

Era
Post-War
Lived
1933–2022
From
Italy
Born in
Rome · died Rome
Known as
singer-songwriter, composer, singer, film score composer, recording artist
Instruments
voice
Genres
middle of the road

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.