Teddy Reno (born 11 July 1926) is an Italian singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.

Life and career

Born in

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as Ferruccio Merk Ricordi, Reno made his debut on Radio Trieste during the Anglo-American administration of the city, launching the song "Eterno ritornello (Te vojo ben)". He later entered as a singer the orchestra of Teddy Foster, with whom he toured across Europe and North Africa.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . In 1948 he founded one of Italy's first record companies, CGD (i.e. Compagnia Generale del Disco), which he later sold to Ladislao Sugar, a publisher of Hungarian origin and future owner of the Sugar Group.Mark Worden. "Sugarmusic Turns 70". ''

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''. Vol. 115, Num. 3, p.23, 18 January 2003. . He enjoyed a great degree of success as a singer in the 1950s. In the 1960s he focused his career on discovering and producing new talents, mainly through the Festival degli sconosciuti (Festival of the Unknowns) which he created in 1961. Some or Reno's discoveries at the Festival include

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, Dino and Rita Pavone, whom he married in 1968. Reno was also active as a film and stage actor and a television and radio presenter.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reno, Teddy 1926 births Italian male singers Living people Musicians from Trieste Italian pop singers Italian male film actors Mass media people from Trieste