Antonello venditti

Antonello Venditti (Rome, March 8, 1949) is an Italian singer-songwriter renowned for his extensive career in music, his charisma and his passion for soccer, for which he has composed several songs.

When he was barely a teenager he composed two of the titles that have given him the most fame, Roma capoccia and Sora Rosa. A few years later he joined the famous Roman venue Folkstudio , a place of intense musical activity, first as a simple spectator, and later as a protagonist. In this place he meets the drummer Carlo Verdone and the equally famous singer-songwriter Francesco de Gregori.

Venditti and De Gregori, with the collaboration of Giorgio Lo Cascio and Ernesto Bassignano, founded the group I giovani del folk and recorded their first album, Theorius Campus in 1972. A year later the group dissolves, but its two main members maintain their friendship.

Venditti publishes his first solo album in 1973, L'orso bruno. After joining the RCA company, he recorded, among others, the albums Lilly (1975) and Sotto il segno dei pesci (1978). In 1982 he founded his own record company, Heinz music, with which he published In questo mondo di ladri (1988), Benvenuti in paradiso (1991), Prendilo tu questo frutto amaro (1995), Goodbye novecento (1999), Live Circo Massimo (2001) and Che fantastic story is life(2003).

His great versatility and his ability to show various topics, such as the discomfort of young people, love for sports, political satire and love have made Venditti one of the most appreciated characters in the world of music by the public. public. He is also an interpreter of Roma, Roma, Roma , the official anthem of the soccer team of that city, A.S. Rome, of which it is also one of its largest tifosi. For the Romanista squad he has composed, in addition to the anthem, the song & # 34; Che C & # 39; è & # 34; , thus demonstrating his great passion for the capital squad.