Eduardo De Crescenzo (born 8 February 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for the songs "Ancora" and "E la musica va".
Background
Born in
Naples
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, De Crescenzo approached music at very young age, as he began playing the accordion at 3 and made his first public exhibition at 5, in
Teatro Argentina
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, Rome.
At 16 he founded a
beat group, "''Eduardino e i Casanova''", with which he recorded the first
45rpm in 1967, "Hai detto no!".
[ After studying classical music and law at the university, in the late seventies De Crescenzo signed a contract with Dischi Ricordi, with whom he published his first single as soloist, "La solitudine" (1978). His career was launched by the song "Ancora", a romantic ballad that he presented at the 1981 ]Sanremo Music Festival
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, winning the Critics Award;[ and being covered by artists such as Mina, Anna Oxa, ]Ornella Vanoni
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and Thelma Houston
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(with the title "I'm Losing").[ The song "E la musica va" was covered by ]Phil Manzanera
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with the title "The beat goes on". After the 1993 album ''Danza, danza'' De Crescenzo devoted himself mainly to the live concerts and charity projects. In 2012, after a four-year hiatus, he returned to live music with the "Essenze Jazz" Tour in which he reinterprets an important part of his repertoire in a jazz style.
Discography
Studio albums
*1981 - '' Ancora''
*1982 - ''Amico che voli''
*1983 - ''Decrescenzo''
*1985 - ''Dove c'è il mare''
*1987 - ''Nudi''
*1989 - ''C'è il sole''
*1991 - ''Cante jondo''
*1993 - ''Danza danza''
*2002 - ''La vita è un'altra''
*2013 - ''Essenze Jazz''
Live albums
*1995 - ''Live''
*2006 - ''Le mani''
Compilation albums
*1996 - ''All The Best'' (1981 - 1991)
*1998 - ''80 minuti insieme'' (1981 - 1993)
*2007 - ''Le più belle'' (1978 - 1991)
*2011 - ''I miei successi'' (1978-1991)
References
External links
Official website
Eduardo De Crescenzo
at AllMusic
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1951 births
Singers from Naples
Musicians from Naples
Italian male singer-songwriters
20th-century Italian singer-songwriters
21st-century Italian singer-songwriters
20th-century Italian male singers
21st-century Italian male singers
Italian pop singers
Italian soul singers
Living people
Italian multi-instrumentalists