Gino Paoli is an Italian composer, songwriter, singer and actor born in Monfalcone, Gorizia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy on September 23, 1934, but moved to Genoa at a young age.
After several different jobs, he was signed to Dischi Ricordi with friends and fellow musicians Luigi Tenco and Bruno Lauzi. His first success was the single "La Gatta", which has been used in Italian language teaching classes in American middle schools and high schools.
Gino Paoli's debut album – Gino Paoli was released in Italy in 1961 on Dischi Ricordi. In 1963 he attempted suicide by shooting himself to the heart (the bullet is still inside his chest).
In the 1980s Paoli produced a series of successful albums, and in 1985 he toured Italy together with Ornella Vanoni.
In 1987 he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies for the Italian Communist Party. He abandoned politics in 1992 to pursue his music ambitions.
He had a long relationship with actress Stefania Sandrelli. Their daughter, Amanda Sandrelli, is also an actress.
During an interview in February 2015, when the journalist cited a famous phrase of an Italian minister saying that taxes are a good thing, Gino Paoli insulted him. At the time Paoli was under investigation for tax evasion, accused of having brought 2 million € of untaxed income to a Swiss bank. The singer was acquitted in 2016 of the crime.
Today at the age of 90, Paoli lives in Genova, Italy
PAOLI, Gino [9/23/1934, Monfalcone, Gorizia, Friuli
Venezia Giulia, Italy - ] – composer,
songwriter, singer, actor, politician, married to Anna Paoli (19??-19??) father
of Giovanni Paoli [1965- ], father of
director, writer, actress Amanda Sandrelli (Amanda Paoli)
[1964- ] with director, writer,
actress Stefania Sandrelli [1946- ],
married to Paola Penzo (19?8- ) father
of Nicolò Paoli [1981- ], Tomaso Paoli
[1992- ].
The Magnificent Three – 1961 [sings: “Un Uomo Vivo”]
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