Beniamino
‘Mino’ Reitano was born on December 7, 1944 in San Pietro di Fiumara, Reggio
Calabria, Italy. Reitano was born to a poor family in Fiumara, a small village
near Reggio Calabria. he studied at the conservatory at Reggio for eight years,
learning piano, trumpet, and violin. At a young age, he moved with his brothers
to Germany, where the brothers formed a band. After performing at the
Castrocaro Music Festival, he was offered a contract with Italian label Dischi
Ricordi, and in 1967 he participated for the first time at the Sanremo
Festival. His first big hit was 1968's "Avevo un cuore (che ti amava
tanto)".
Reitano
appeared in only one Euro-western: “Tara Poki” (1971) in the role of Mico
Sarrabanda.
Mino
died in Agrate, Brianza,
Lombardy, Italy aged 64 after a long battle with intestinal cancer.
Today
we remember Mino Reitano on what would have been his 70th birthday.
No comments:
Post a Comment