Aldo Donati (2 September 1947 – 24 August 2014) was an

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singer, composer and television personality. Born in Rome, he started his career at very young age as a member of the blues-rock group "Gli Arciduchi". In 1974 he was one of the co-founder and a stable member of the vocal group

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, that had a consistent success for the whole decade. As a solo singer, his main hits are the songs "Canterò canterò canterò", which ranked fourth at the 1980

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, and "Cantando", which entered the competition at the 1982

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. Donati was also very active as a composer, signing among others several songs for Mina. Among his compositions, the most successful was "Canzoni stonate", a 1981 hit by

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which was later covered by several artists, including

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and

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in a Spanish adaptation ("Cançion desafinada") for the album '' Amore''. A supporter of

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, for which he composed the hymn "So' già du ore", in the 2000s he was active in television sport programs as an opinionist and occasionally a presenter. In 2009 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, due to an aneurysm, for which he fell into a coma. Never fully recovered, he died on 24 August 2014, aged 66.

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* 1947 births 2014 deaths Singers from Rome Male actors from Rome Italian television personalities Italian male composers 20th-century Italian male singers {{italy-actor-stub