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Lucio Dalla

1943 - 2012

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Lucio Dalla (Italian: [ˈluːtʃo ˈdalla]; 4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards. Dalla was the composer of "Caruso" (1986), a song dedicated to Italian opera tenor Enrico Caruso, and "L'anno che verrà" (1979). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucio Dalla is the 226th most popular musician (down from 174th in 2019), the 1,173rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,012th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Musician.

Lucio Dalla is most famous for being an Italian singer-songwriter and composer. He is best known for his songs "Caruso" and "Un'altra vita."

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lucio Dalla ranks 226 out of 3,175Before him are Gidon Kremer, Alicia Keys, Clara Haskil, Nikolai Rubinstein, Leslie Cheung, and Don Cherry. After him are Stéphane Grappelli, Ahmet Ertegun, Nam June Paik, George Martin, Ken Hensley, and Joni Mitchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Lucio Dalla ranks 75Before him are Sam Shepard, Neale Donald Walsch, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Tom Holland, Wolfgang Overath, and Lyudmila Ulitskaya. After him are Joni Mitchell, Mario J. Molina, Alain de Benoist, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Holland Taylor, and John Denver. Among people deceased in 2012, Lucio Dalla ranks 58Before him are Rodney King, Rauf Denktaş, Renato Dulbecco, Erland Josephson, Carlo Maria Martini, and E. Donnall Thomas. After him are Chadli Bendjedid, Etta James, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Carl Woese, George Armitage Miller, and Tony Martin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lucio Dalla ranks 1,173 out of 5,161Before him are Totò (1898), Andrea Gritti (1455), Lucia Bosè (1931), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700), and Alfredo Ferrari (1932). After him are Andrea Luchesi (1741), Maurizio Sarri (1959), Saverio Mercadante (1795), Catherine of Valois–Courtenay (1301), Saint Maurus (512), and Sergio Corbucci (1926).

Among MUSICIANS In Italy

Among musicians born in Italy, Lucio Dalla ranks 11Before him are Cosima Wagner (1837), Gianna Nannini (1954), Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755), Romano Mussolini (1927), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920), and Giovanni Battista Martini (1706). After him are Paolo Conte (1937), Mauro Giuliani (1781), Luigi Tenco (1938), Leonardo De Lorenzo (1875), Matteo Carcassi (1792), and Domenico Alberti (1710).