RIP Raoul

 

Italian, singer, musician, actor Raoul died in Rome on January 8^th he was a month shy of turning 87. Born Ettore Raul Lovecchio in Foggia, Puglia, Italy on February 12, 1939, his career in music began as a keyboardist, and then as a singer and composer where he had embellished numerous soundtracks with his notes and his distinctive voice. He was a member of Alessandro Alessandroni’s “I Cantori Moderni” but was often called on for solos singing the main theme songs in particular Spaghetti western where his voice can be heard in 19. After he had left the genre, he then became an actor during the 1970s. He then left the film industry and was the owner of a boutique for Oriental fashion in Rome. “The Relentless Four” 1965 [sings: ‘Ranger’], “Death at Owell Rock” [sings ‘Danny’], God Will Forgive My Pistol” [sings: ‘The Man Called Texas’], “The Man from Nowhere” [sings: ‘Arizona Colt’] all in 1966. “Any Gun Can Play” [sings: ‘Stranger’, ‘Come Mai’], “The Moment to Kill” [sings: ‘Walk by My Side’], “Payment in Blood” [sings “Seven Men”], “Two Crosses at Danger Pass” [sings: ‘Without a Name’] and “A Wreath for the Bandits” [sings: “La balata della carogne”] all in 1967, “Between God, the Devil and a Winchester” [sings: ‘Heart of Stone’]. “Death Rides a Horse [sings: ‘Death Rides a Horse’], “15 Scaffolds for a Killer” [sings: ‘Will You be Mine’], “Hate Your Neighbor” [sings: ‘Two Friends’], “Heads or Tails” [sings: ‘Arizona’s Waiting’], “Kill Them All and Come Back Alone” [sings: ‘Gold’, ‘Come mia’], “Sonora” [sings: ‘Maybe Somewhere, Maybe Someday”], “A Taste of Death” [sings: ‘Who is the Man?’] and “Tequila” [sings: “A Man Alone”] all in 1968 and “Vendetta at Dawn” [sings: “Walk by My Side”] in 1971.