Ravenna
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, a former lifeguard, Focaccia began his career in 1962, with the single ''Il pappagallo''. He got his main success one year later with the song ''Stessa spiaggia stesso mare'' which won the
Disco per l'estate
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competition and reached the third place at the Italian hit parade. After a less successful period, in 1970 his song ''Permette signora'' peaked number nine at the hit parade.
Focaccia entered the
Sanremo Music Festival
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competition three times between 1964 and 1974.
He was also actor in two comedy films,
Mariano Laurenti
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Career
He started as a script supervisor and later became an assistant director for, among others, Mauro Bolognini and Stefano Vanzina. He directed 50 ...
Luigi Comencini
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Le bambole
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The four vignettes—The Telephone Call (La telef ...