Felice Chiusano (28 March 1922 – 3 February 1990) was one of the singers of

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, a popular

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vocal quartet.

Biography

Chiusano was born in

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, in the

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, a region in

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. He was a self-taught

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. Later on he would learn to play the drums. He left his native village before his twentieth birthday and moved to

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. After work, he performed in local clubs as singer and guitarist. He successfully auditioned for

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, the Italian national radio broadcasting company, and worked as a singer for radio orchestras. In 1941, he replaced

Enrico Gentile Enrico Gentile (born 20 January 1921) is an Italian retired jazz and pop singer. Biography In 1940 he founded a vocal quartet named Quartetto Egie together with Tata Giacobetti, Iacopo Jacomelli, and Enrico De Angelis. They made their debut o ...

in the line-up of

Quartetto Ritmo Quartetto Cetra (; ) was an Italian jazz vocal quartet established during the early 1940s and active until 1988. Career The band was based on the Mills Brothers and started performing under the name Quartetto Egie from the initials of the singers ...

, a vocal quartet soon to be renamed

. Felice Chiusano was known as the "bald head" of

. He was famous for his sense of humour and jokes. During the 1970s and 1980s, as

gradually scaled back their public appearances, he also worked in the organization of shows and cultural events. Chiusano died in

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in 1990. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiusano 1922 births 1990 deaths People from the Province of Latina 20th-century Italian male singers Italian jazz guitarists Italian jazz drummers Male jazz musicians Quartetto Ritmo members Quartetto Cetra members Italian drummers