Iacopo Jacomelli (born 12 July 1921) is an Italian singer mostly active in the 1940s and the 1950s. He was born in
Bordeaux
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, France.
In 1940, he founded a vocal quartet named
Quartetto Egie together with
Tata Giacobetti,
Enrico Gentile and
Enrico De Angelis.
They made their debut on 27 May 1940, at the Valle Theatre in Rome. They performed the song ''Bambina dall'abito blu'' ("little girl in a blue dress").
After a few months he left the group, which replaced him with
Virgilio Savona
Antonio Virgilio Savona (21 December 1919 – 27 August 2009) was an Italian composer, arranger, and singer in the Italian vocal group, the Quartetto Cetra.Mario Luzzatto Fegiz, Corriere della Sera (29 August 2009)Addio a Virgilio Savona, ideo ...
and changed name to
Quartetto Ritmo.
References
1921 births
Possibly living people
Italian male singers
Italian jazz musicians
Male jazz musicians
Quartetto Egie members
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