Piero Pintucci | |
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Born | 8 January 1943 Fiesole, Italy | (age 81)
Occupation | Composer |
Piero Pintucci (born 8 January 1943) is an Italian composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist.
Born in Fiesole, the son of two musicians, Pintucci studied piano at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence.[1][2] Put under contract as an arranger by RCA, he got his first success arranging Gianni Morandi's hit "C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones".[1][2][3] Starting from the late 1960s he was also active as a composer, collaborating among others with Mia Martini, Gabriella Ferri, Patty Pravo and Nicola Di Bari, for whom he composed the Sanremo Music Festival 1972 winning song "I giorni dell'arcobaleno".[1][2][3]
In the mid-1970s Pintucci started a long collaboration as composer and arranger with Renato Zero, signing the music of his signature song "Il carrozzone".[1][2][3] He often collaborated with RAI and Mediaset as a composer of scores and conductor of TV shows, such as Raffaella Carrà's Carramba.[3] He also composed the music of the stage musicals Fratelli and Gaetanaccio, both starring Gigi Proietti.[1]