Rosalino Cellamare (born 13 August 1953) better known as Ron, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. Born in

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, he debuted under his true name at the 1970 edition of the

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, together with

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. In the following years he distinguished as songwriter for Lucio Dalla and others. After a period as actor, he returned collaborating with Dalla and De Gregori in their ''Banana Republic'' tour of 1979, and issuing the LPs ''Una città per cantare'' (1980) and ''Anima'' (1982). These were followed by ''Joe Temerario'' (1984) and ''Il mondo avrà una grande anima'' (1988). ''Una città per cantare'' is an Italian cover of ''The Road'', song

Danny O'Keefe Danny O'Keefe (born May 20, 1943) is an American folk singer and songwriter. Career In 1968, O'Keefe was a member of a four-man heavy psychedelic rock band named Calliope. The group recorded one album, ''Steamed'', for Buddah Records before di ...

; Italian lyrics are written by Lucio Dalla. In 1996, he won the

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with the song "Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni", sung alongside

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and in 2018 he won the Mia Martini critics award.

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1953 births Living people People from the Province of Pavia Sanremo Music Festival winners Italian male singers Italian singer-songwriters Italian musicians People of Apulian descent {{Italy-singer-stub