Mario Panzeri
Mario Panzeri | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1911 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 19 May 1991 (aged 79) Milan, Italy |
| Occupation | Songwriter |
Mario Panzeri (11 October 1911 – 19 May 1991) was an Italian lyricist and composer. He is well known for his composed songs that include "Maramao perché sei morto?" "Pippo non lo sa", "Lettera a Pinocchio", and "Grazie dei fiori", which won the first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1951.
Panzeri was the composer of Sanremo Music Festival 1964 and Eurovision Song Contest 1964 winning song "Non ho l'età".
Life and career
Born in Milan, Panzeri started his career as a revue actor and singer. He began composing songs in the second half of the 1930s, having large success with two songs, "Maramao perché sei morto?" and "Pippo non lo sa", which also raised some controversies as they were accused of mocking some important Fascist personalities (Costanzo Ciano and Achille Starace, respectively). In 1951 a song he composed, "Grazie dei fiori", won the first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. In 1959 his song "Lettera a Pinocchio" was presented at the first edition of the Zecchino d'Oro and later became a hit thanks to the version by Johnny Dorelli.[1][2][3]
In the 1960s Panzeri started a successful collaboration with
References
- ^ ISBN 978-8863462296.
- ^ ISBN 978-8809756250.
- ^ a b Enzo Giannelli. "Panzeri, Mario". Gino Castaldo (ed. by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990.
External links
- Mario Panzeri at AllMusic
- Mario Panzeri discography at Discogs
- Mario Panzeri at IMDb