Nicola Arigliano (6 December 1923 – 30 March 2010) was an Italian jazz singer, musician, and occasional actor. Born in
Squinzano
Squinzano ( Salentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy
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Province of Lecce, at young age he ran away from home because of the humiliations received even by family members due to his
stuttering
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and moved to
Turin, where he was hosted by fellow immigrants.
He later moved to
Milan and later to
Rome, where he held several jobs.
After studying music theory, learning to play the saxophone and singing as an amateur in several orchestras, Arigliano became first known in 1952 thanks to the participation at the
Newport Jazz Festival (at the suggestion of
Marshall Brown), which back in Italy got him several television appearances and which gave the way to his professional career.
[ After some 78 rpm released in 1956 for RCA, in 1958 he took part at '' Canzonissima'',][ and in 1960 he got his first hit with the song "I Sing Ammore", which reached the ninth place on the Italian hit parade.][ while in 1964 he entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "20 Km Al Giorno".][ In 2005 he came back at the Sanremo Music Festival and won the Critics' Award with the song "Colpevole".][ Arigliano sang in Italian and in English, sometimes playfully mixing the languages.
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People from the Province of Lecce
1923 births
2010 deaths
Italian jazz singers
Italian pop singers
20th-century Italian male singers
Male jazz musicians