Il Messaggero: Remembering Toto Cutugno: A Tribute to the Italian Singer's Life and Legacy
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Toto Cutugno
Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno was an Italian pop singer-songwriter, musician, and television presenter. He was best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano", released on his 1983 album of the same title. Cutugno also won the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, with the song "Insieme: 1992", for which he wrote both the lyrics and music. He has been described as "one of the…
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entertainment · Italian musician (1943–2023) · singer · singer-songwriter · composer · songwriter · television presenter · performing artist · keyboardist · guitarist · presenter · saxophonist · also Toto Cutugno, Cutugno, Toto Cotugno
Born 7 July 1943 · Died 22 August 2023 · Q487473
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2024· 2 entries
Il Messaggero: Remembering Toto Cutugno: A Tribute to the Italian Songwriter
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2023· 7 entries
The Guardian: Toto Cutugno whose song L’Italiano was No 1 across Europe dies at 80
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Yahoo: Toto Cutugno, Italian singer famous for smash-hit single ‘L’Italiano,’ dies
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Daily Express: Toto Cutugno dead: Italian Eurovision winner and L’Italiano hitmaker dies aged 80
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The Sun: Toto Cutugno dead: Italian singer who won Eurovision Song Contest and reached No1 with hit L’Italiano dies aged 80
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Sportskeeda: Who was Toto Cutugno married to? Family life explored as Italian singer dies aged 80
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L'Unione Sarda: Toto Cutugno died, he was 80 years old
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Died 2023-08-22.
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2016· 1 entry
Returned to collaborate with Adriano Celentano, co-writing the song "Ti lascio amore" for the Mina–Celentano album Le migliori
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2014· 1 entry
Was the main subject of a Facebook page, La stessa foto di Toto Cutugno ogni giorno (lit
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2013· 2 entries
Performed "L'Italiano" accompanied by the Red Army Choir
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Cutugno was awarded a lifetime career award at the Sanremo Festival
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2012· 1 entry
Released album “Maestro Collection”.
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2010· 5 entries
Released album “I miei Sanremo”.
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Released album “Ritratto di Toto Cutugno, Vol. 1”.
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Released album “Ritratto #2”.
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Released album “Ritratto di Toto Cutugno, Vol. 3”.
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Released album “Ritratto”.
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2008· 2 entries
Released album “Un falco chiuso in gabbia”.
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Released album “Golden Collection”.
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2007· 3 entries
Released album “Insieme”.
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Cutugno was diagnosed with prostate cancer with metastases reaching his kidneys, undergoing surgery and having his right kidney removed
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Released album “The Best Of”.
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2005· 3 entries
With Annalisa Minetti with the song "Come noi nessuno al mondo" ("No one else in the world like us"); a record which would lead him to be nicknamed "the eternal second" (l'eterno secondo)
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Released album “Come noi nessuno al mondo”.
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Released album “Cantando”.
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “Le meilleur de”.
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “French Love”.
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2002· 4 entries
Released album “L'italiano: The Very Best Of”.
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Released album “The Best of Toto Cutugno”.
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Released album “Il treno va…”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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1999· 1 entry
Released album “Millenium Collection”.
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1998· 1 entry
Released album “Un Italiano Romantico”.
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1997· 1 entry
Released album “Canzoni nascoste”.
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “Il mondo di”.
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1995· 2 entries
Released album “The Very Best of Toto Cutugno”.
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Released album “Voglio andare a vivere in campagna”.
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1994· 1 entry
Released album “Die grossen erfolge”.
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1991· 2 entries
Released album “The Very Best Of”.
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Released album “Non è facile essere uomini”.
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1990· 6 entries
Awarded First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest for Insieme: 1992 (1990).
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Released album “Toto Cutugno”.
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At the refusal of Sanremo winners Pooh, Cutugno, who had placed second, was invited to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb
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Had a son from an extramarital relationship
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Released album “Insieme: 1992”.
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Released album “16 Hits”.
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1989· 1 entry
Released album “Super 20”.
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1987· 1 entry
Released album “Mediterraneo”.
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1986· 1 entry
Released album “Le più belle canzoni di Toto Cutugno”.
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1985· 1 entry
Released album “Per amore o per gioco”.
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1984· 1 entry
With the song "Serenata" ("Serenade"); in 1987 with "Figli" ("Children"); in 1988 with "Emozioni" ("Emotions"); in 1989 with the song "Le mamme" ("Mothers"); in 1990 with the song "Gli amori" ("Loves", but entitled "Good
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1983· 1 entry
Released album “L'italiano”.
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1981· 1 entry
Released album “La mia musica”.
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1980· 3 entries
Awarded Sanremo Music Festival for Solo noi (1980).
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Cutugno returned to the Sanremo Music Festival and won the competition with the song "Solo noi" ("Only us")
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Released album “Innamorata, innamorato, innamorati”.
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1979· 2 entries
Wrote Adriano Celentano's number one hit "Soli"
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Released album “Voglio l'anima”.
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1978· 1 entry
Cutugno left Albatros to concentrate on his solo career
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1976· 2 entries
1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2008, and 2010; one of only five artists (as of 2023), the others being Al Bano, Anna Oxa, Milva and Peppino di Capri
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Albatros participated for the first time in the Sanremo Music Festival finishing in third place with the song "Volo AZ 504"
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1943· 1 entry
Born 1943-07-07.
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