Francesco Reitano was born in Fiumara, Reggio, Calabria, Italy on September 5, 1942. He is
the son of musician Rocco Reitano [1917-1994] and the brother of singer, actor
Beniamino ‘Mino” Reitano whom he wrote several
songs for as well as He also wrote songs for Ornella
Vanoni, Mina, Claudio Villa, Paolo Mengoli, Sylvie
Vartan and many others.
He studied accordion and piano and in 1955 his
first band was formed, composed of his family and called the Fata
Morgana Orchestra of the Reitano Brothers . The group, made up of
five elements, does not last long. The brothers then decided to move to
the north, in West
Germany, where they appeared in the evenings
in some nightclubs including the Star Club, where they
performed together in a band called Silver Beetles for two years, they later
became The Beatles. After a few years spent in Germany
the brothers return to Italy
where the group changes its name in 1960 and becomes Franco Reitano and his
Brothers, and records with the Fonit Cetra record
company entitled You are Not an Angel and You are
My Light. Franco also composed
scores for films, television and children’s songs.
Franco Reitano dies at the National Cancer
Institute of Milan; he rests alongside his brother in the cemetery of Agrate Brianza, municipality of
residence of the Reitano family.
REITANO, Franco (Francesco Reitano) [9/5/1942, Fiumara, Reggio,
Calabria, Italy
Died:
7/12/2012, Milan, Lombardy, Italy] – composer, son of musician Rocco Reitano
[1917-1994] brother of singer, actor, Mino Reitano (Beniamino Reitano)
[1944-2009], member of the singing groups ‘Fata Morgana Orchestra of the Reitano brothers’ [1955], ‘Franco
Reitano I Fratelli Reitano’.
$20,000 on Number
7 – 1968 (co)
$20,000 for Seven
– 1969 (co)
Tara Poki - 1971
(co)
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