Oscar Prudente (born 9 January 1944) is an Italian pop-rock singer-songwriter, arranger, musician and composer.

Career

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, at young age Prudente studied drums, piano and guitar. At fifteen, while attending the high school, he was chosen by

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as the drummer for his European tour. Back in Italy, he became the drummer of

Luigi Tenco Luigi Tenco (21 March 1938 – 27 January 1967) was an Italian singer-songwriter. Biography Tenco was born in Cassine (province of Alessandria) in 1938, the son of Teresa Zoccola and Giuseppe Tenco. He never knew his father, who died in uncle ...

for his live performances; noticed by the record producer Nanni Ricordi, he released several singles in the sixties, entering the competition at several music festivals including

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and

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. The turning point of his career was the encounter with

Ivano Fossati Ivano Alberto Fossati (born 21 September 1951) is an Italian pop singer from Genoa. He was a member of the progressive rock group Delirium and has worked with Fabrizio De André, Riccardo Tesi, Anna Oxa, Mia Martini, Ornella Vanoni, Shirley Bass ...

, with whom he composed several hits of the progressive rock group

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and with whom, after that Fossati left the group, he released the album ''Poco prima dell'aurora''. Fossati and Prudente also composed songs for several other artists, including the hit "

Pensiero stupendo "Pensiero stupendo" (Italian for "Wonderful Thought") is a song written by Ivano Fossati (lyrics) and Oscar Prudente (music), and performed by Patty Pravo. The song's lyrics are a provocative description of a sexual ménage à trois. It was orig ...

" for

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, that peaked at first place on the Italian hit parade.

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* * * 1944 births Musicians from the Province of Genoa Italian pop singers Italian pop musicians Living people Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers Italian drummers Male drummers Italian singer-songwriters Italian rock singers Italian music arrangers {{Italy-singer-stub