Giuseppe Caruso (22 December 1935 – 28 May 2018), best known as Pippo Caruso, was an Italian composer, conductor and music arranger.

Biography

Born in

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, Catania, Caruso linked his professional success to the television presenter

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, who had been his university fellow and that Caruso regularly flanked as conductor in his TV programs starting from '' Canzonissima 1973''.Aldo Grasso. ''Enciclopedia della televisione (terza edizione)''. Garzanti Editore. Caruso composed several successful songs, including

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's "A ruota libera" and Lorella Cuccarini/

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' "L'amore è", and, starting from sixties, Caruso also signed several film soundtracks, such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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