Federico ‘Enrico’ Polito was born
in Reggio Calabria, Italy in 1929. After studying piano
and guitar he moved to Rome
where he collaborated with singer Domenico Modugno, Rita Pavone, Mina and
Ornella Vanoni. In 1966 he discovered Massimo Ranieri and therefore wrote and
arranged his best known songs ‘Rose rosse’, Vent’anni’, ‘Via del Conservatorio’
and ‘erba di casa mia’. In 1978 he founded the record label Pom Records for
which he produces I Pom an Italian pop group and authored several successful
songs, including for Soccer Supporter, TGS Direct Sport for Rai 2. In all he
wrote 239 songs and collaborated with such composers and writers as Giancarlo
Bigazzi, Franco Migliacci, Toto Savio as well as conducting, arranging and
producing. As a solo artist he recorded the 45 rpm singles of Dalla mia finestra sul cortile (1961),
Indovina (1962), Sotto il sole (1963). He also won a Golden
Burlamacco for Non ho pietà.
His lone work in the Euro-western
genre was as the composer for the western musical “A Fistful of Songs” in 1966
Polito died in Rome, Italy on March
19, 1998.
POLITO, Enrico (Federico
Polito) [1929, Reggio
Calabria, Italy
– 3/19/1998, Rome, Lazio, Italy]
– composer, songwriter, musician (piano, guitar), actor, singer.
A Fistful of
Songs – 1966
No comments:
Post a Comment