Michelino, stage name of Michele Gramazio (1937 – 27 December 2010) was an Italian singer. Michele Gramazio stage named "Michelino" was born in

Lucera Lucera ( Lucerino: ) is an Italian city of 34,243 inhabitants in the province of Foggia in the region of Apulia, and the seat of the Diocese of Lucera-Troia. Located upon a flat knoll in the Tavoliere Plains, near the foot of Daunian Mount ...

, Italy in 1937 but in the 1940s Gramazio moved to Rome. He was amongst the first Italian artists to adopt Latin American music styles, he was considered the Italian father of the

cha-cha-cha Cha cha cha may refer to: * ''Cha-cha-chá'' (music), a style of Cuban dance music * Cha-cha-cha (dance), a Latin American dance accompanying the music Film and television * ''Cha Cha Cha'' (film), a 2013 Italian crime film * ''Cha Cha Cha'' ...

, mainly thanks to the success of the song "Cha cha cha della segretaria", a cover of Pepe Luis' "Cha cha cha de las segretarias", which ranked at the sixth place on the Italian hit parade. Michelino was also well known for the song "La pachanga", which charted #9 on the hit parade.

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1937 births 2010 deaths People from Lucera Italian pop singers 20th-century Italian male singers Spanish-language singers of Italy {{Italy-singer-stub