Eugenio Zambelli (born 3 May 1948), best known as Dino, is an Italian singer and actor.
Life and career
Born in
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
, Zambelli started his career as the singer of the group "I Kings"; in 1963 the group won the second edition of the Festival degli sconosciuti held by
Teddy Reno
Teddy Reno (born 11 July 1926) is an Italian singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.
Life and career
Born in Trieste as Ferruccio Merk Ricordi, Reno made his debut on Radio Trieste during the Anglo-American administration of the city, la ...
in
Ariccia; struck by the voice of the singer, Reno contracted Zambelli with his record company, with the stage name of Dino.
Between 1964 and 1968 Dino was a real teen idol and a successful singer, with two major hit singles, "Eravamo amici" and "Te lo leggo negli occhi".
[Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. .]
Also active as a film and a stage actor, Dino retired from show business in 1973, and he became manager of an oil company;
he resumed his musical activities in the late 1980s.
References
External links
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Dinoat
Discogs
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1948 births
Living people
Musicians from Verona
Italian pop singers
Italian male singers
Italian male film actors