Joe Sentieri (byname of Rino Luigi Sentieri; 1925 - 2007). Italian singer and actor.
His first success was the winning of the competition "Canzonissima" in 1959 with his version of the number one hit "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" by Domenico Modugno. In the same year he reached number two and number five in the Italian charts with "Ritroviamoci" and "Milioni di scintille". In 1960 he won the third place with "Quando vien la sera" at the Sanremo Festival. This song was number two in the Italian charts. Another top ten success was "È mezzanotte", which reached number eight.
Perhaps his internationally best known song is "Uno dei tanti". The song written by Carlo Donida and Giulio Rapetti was released in 1961. In 1963 Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller translated the text into English and released this song under the title "I (Who Have Nothing)". It became one of their greatest hits and was covered more than thirty times, e.g. by Tom Jones, Gladys Knight, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Ben E. King, Sylvester James, Luther Vandross and Shirley Bassey.
- "... in America lo chiamano, per il colore dei suoi capelli, “l’angelo rosso”..." (in America he is called "the red-haired angel", because of the colour of his hair). https://massimoemanuelli.com/2018/04/26/joe-sentieri/
- "... la vecchiaia aveva risparmiato la sua vivacità, l'estroversione contagiosa, perfino il viso roseo e giovane sotto i capelli ieri rossicci ma ormai bianchissimi." (old age had spared his vivacity, his infectious extroversion, even his rosy and young face under his hair, yesterday red, but now white). https://www.ilgiornale.it/.../addio-re-degli-urlatori-che...
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