Tony Cucchiara

Tony Cucchiara, stage name of Salvatore Cucchiara (30 October 1937 – 3 May 2018) was an Italian folk singer-songwriter, playwright and composer. In 1970 Cucchiara debuted as a playwright with a musical titled Cassandra 2000. His first hit was the song " Annalisa", named after Cucchiara's first daughter. This song was used as closing theme of the RAI variety show Alta pressione.[1]

Tony Cucchiara
Cucchiara in 1970
Born
Salvatore Cucchiara

(1937-10-30)30 October 1937
Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Died3 May 2018(2018-05-03) (aged 80)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, playwright, composer

Cucchiara died in Rome on 3 May 2018 at the age of 80.[2]

References
  1. Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  2. Morto Tony Cucchiara Archived 2018-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)

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