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Rosario Umberto Balsamo, best known as Umberto Balsamo (born 10 March 1942) is an Italian singer-songwriter and composer.

Umberto Balsamo
Born	(1942-05-10) 10 May 1942 (age 80) Catania
Occupation	singer-songwriter

Background

Born in Catania, Balsamo was the youngest of five brothers.[1] In 1964 he moved to Milan, where he started working together with the lyricist Luciano Beretta, composing songs for, among others, Iva Zanicchi and Orietta Berti.[1] In 1968 he made his debut as a singer with the song " Il mio cuore riposa", released under the pseudonym Bob Nero.[1] Balsamo obtained his first success in 1972 with the song "Se fossi diversa", which ranked nineteen in the Italian hit parade.[2] The following year he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Amore mio".[3] In 1977 he topped the hit parade with the song "L'angelo azzurro", selling over a million of copies[1][2][3] In 1979 he had one another major success with the song "Balla", a mixture of tarantella and disco music.[1][2][3] In the eighties Balsamo focused on composing, achieving a significant success with the 1988 song "Italia", sung by Mino Reitano at the Sanremo Music Festival.[1][3]

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	IT[2]
1971	Piangerei	-
1972	Se fossi diversa	19
1973	Amore mio	28
1974	Bugiardi noi	3
1974	O prima o adesso o poi	23
1975	Natali	34
1976	Se	16
1977	L'angelo azzurro	1
1978	Crepuscolo	-
1979	Balla	4
1980	Il giorno	-
1982	Mai più	-
1984	Io vivrò	-
1985	Favole	-

Studio albums

• 1974 Passato presente e futuro
• 1975 Natalì
• 1977 Malgrado tutto...l'angelo azzurro
• 1978 Crepuscolo d'amore
• 1979 Balla
• 1979 Auto Music
• 1980 Pianeti
• 1982 Mai più
• 1990 Respirando la notte luna
• 1992 Un pugno nella notte
• 2003 Vorrei aprire il cielo sabato sera a spina di rosa

Compilation albums

• 1989 L'angelo azzurro e altri successi
• 1995 Umberto Balsamo - Le sue più belle canzoni

References

External links

• Official website
• Umberto Balsamo at AllMusic
• Umberto Balsamo discography at Discogs

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