Sergio Endrigo was an Italian

Italy

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

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Born in Pola, Istria

Istria

Istria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...

, Italy (today Pula

Pula

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, Croatia) he has been often compared--for style and nature--to authors of the so called "Genoa school" like Gino Paoli

Gino Paoli

Gino Paoli is an Italian singer-songwriter. He wrote four masterpieces of Italian popular music: "Il cielo in una stanza", "Che cosa c'è", "Senza fine" and "Sapore di sale".- Biography :...

, Fabrizio De André

Fabrizio De André

Fabrizio De André was an Italian singer-songwriter.Known for his sympathies towards anarchism, libertarianism, and pacifism, he also was a convicted atheist , and his songs often featured marginalized and rebellious people, prostitutes and knaves, and attacked the Catholic Church...

, Luigi Tenco

Luigi Tenco

Luigi Tenco was an Italian singer, songwriter and actor.-Biography:Tenco was born in Cassine in 1938, the son of Teresa Zoccola and Giuseppe Tenco. He never knew his father, who died in unclear circumstances...

, and Bruno Lauzi

Bruno Lauzi

Bruno Lauzi was an Italian singer-songwriter.-Biography:Lauzi was born in Asmara, then part of the Italian Eastern Africa...

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He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1968 with the song "Canzone per te", sung with Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos (singer)

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. The same year he represented Italy

Italy

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 at the Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Eurovision Song Contest 1968

The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was won by the Spanish song "La, la, la", performed by Massiel....

 with the song "Marianne."

External links

• Official website: biography, discography, filmography (in Italian)
• Istria on the Internet, Prominent Istrians