Ruggero Cini

Ruggero Cini (30 November 1933 – 8 April 1981) was an Italian composer, producer, arranger and conductor.

Ruggero Cini
Born30 November 1933 (1933-11-30)
Scandicci, Italy
Died8 April 1981 (1981-04-09) (aged 47)
Rome, Italy
OccupationMusician

Life and career

Born in Scandicci, Cini started his career in the second half of the 1960s, collaborating as arranger with several artists of RCA Italiana, notably Luigi Tenco, The Rokes, Fred Bongusto and Dino. He debuted as composer in 1967, with the song "Bisogna saper perdere", presented at the 17th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival by Lucio Dalla and The Rokes.[1][2]

In 1968 Cini got his major hit with the Patty Pravo's song "La bambola". In the following years he collaborated intensively with Lucio Dalla and Renato Zero, and had some experiences as a film composer, scoring films such as The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967) and Open Season (1974).[1][2]

References
  1. Fabrizio Stramacci. "Cini, Ruggero". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990.
  2. Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
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