Francesco Baccini (born 4 October 1960) is an Italian singer-songwriter.

Background

Born in

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...

, Baccini made his official debut in 1988 with the stage name Espressione Musica, with "Mamma dammi i soldi", the closing theme song of the 38th edition of the

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annua ...

. Put under contract by

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, in 1989 he released his first album, ''Cartoons'', which was both a critical and commercial success. In 1990 he won the

Festivalbar The Festivalbar was an Italian singing competition that took place in the most important Italian squares during summer, such as the Piazza del Duomo, Catania or Piazza Bra, Verona. The first edition took place in 1964 and was broadcast by RAI. ...

competition and peaked the Italian hit parade with the song "Sotto questo sole", recorded together with the band Ladri di biciclette. In 1997 he entered the competition at the

, ranking eleventh with the song "Senza tu". In 2004 he toured with "Orco Loco", subtitled as “A Clipcomedy with Songs”, a

recital A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variety ...

in which he performed both as a singer and, for the first time, as an actor.

Discography

;Album * 1989 - ''Cartoons '' * 1990 - ''Il pianoforte non è il mio forte '' * 1992 - ''Nomi e cognomi '' * 1993 - ''Nudo '' * 1996 - ''Baccini a colori '' * 1997 - ''Baccini and Best Friends'' * 1999 - ''Nostra signora degli autogrill'' * 2001 - ''Forza Francesco!'' * 2005 - ''Stasera teatro'' * 2006 - ''Fra..gi..le'' * 2007 - ''Dalla parte di Caino'' * 2008 - ''Uniti'' (with Povia) * 2011 - ''Baccini canta Tenco'' * 2017 - ''Chewing-gum Blues'' (with Sergio Caputo)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baccini, Francesco 1960 births Musicians from Genoa Italian pop singers Italian male singer-songwriters Italian singer-songwriters Living people