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Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtɔːto kuˈtuɲɲo]; born 7 July 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano", released on his 1983 album of the same title. Cutugno also won the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia with the song "Insieme: 1992", for which he wrote both lyrics and music.

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Toto Cutugno
Background information
Birth name	Salvatore Cutugno
Born	(1943-07-07) 7 July 1943 (age 79)
Origin	Fosdinovo, Italy
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist
Instrument(s)	Piano, acoustic guitar, drums, saxophone, melodica
Years active	1966–present

Biography

Toto Cutugno was born in Fosdinovo, Lunigiana, (Tuscany), to a Sicilian father from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto and a homemaker mother.[1] Shortly after his birth the family moved to La Spezia (Liguria).

He began his musical career as a drummer, and later formed an Italo disco band together with Lino Losito and Mario Limongelli called Albatros. He also started a career as songwriter, contributing some of French-American singer Joe Dassin most well-known songs such as L'été indien, Et si tu n'existais pas and Le Jardin du Luxembourg (written with Vito Pallavicini).[2] He also co-wrote Dalida's Monday Tuesday... Laissez moi danser ("Voglio l'anima"), which enjoyed Platinum record status shortly after its release.

In 1976, Albatros participated for the first time in the Sanremo Music Festival finishing in third place with the song Volo 504. Following another chart success with the song Santamaria De Portugal Albatros effectively dibanded, and Cutugno concentrated on his solo career.

In 1980 Cutugno returned to the Sanremo Music Festival and won with the song Solo noi. However, Cutugno's affiliation with the festival is mostly remembered for L'italiano ("The Italian"), a song he presented in 1983. Originally intended for Adriano Celentano, who declined to sing it, L'italiano's recapitulation of some of Italy's most popular social traits, made the song very popular with Italian expats. Although the song finished only fifth in Sanremo, it went on to become Cutugno's biggest international hit.

Cutugno would finish second in six more editions of Sanremo festival: in 1984 with the song Serenata ("Serenade"); in 1987 with Figli ("Sons" or "Children"); in 1988 with Emozioni ("Emotions"); in 1989 with the song Le mamme ("Mothers"); in 1990 with the song Gli amori ("Loves", but entitled "Good Love Gone Bad" in Ray Charles's version); and in 2005 with Annalisa Minetti with the song Come noi nessuno al mondo ("No One Else in the World Like Us"). Toto Cutugno participated to the festival a total of 13 times.

In 1990 Cutugno won the Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb with his own composition, "Insieme: 1992" ("Together: 1992"), a ballad which celebrated European political integration and the establishment of the European Union. Along with Gigliola Cinquetti, Italy's second Eurovision winner, he presented the 1991 contest, which was staged in Rome as a result of his victory. Aged 46 years, 302 days, Cutugno became the oldest winner of the contest to date, surpassing the record set by André Claveau in 1958. Cutugno's record stood until 2000.[3] He was also the last winner for Italy until Måneskin in 2021.

In March 2019 a group of politicians from the Ukrainian Parliament tried to stop Cutugno from performing in Kyiv, demanding through an open letter to the head of the country's security services, Vasyl Hrytsak, to ban the singer from entering Ukrainian territory, labelling him as "a Russian war supporter in Ukraine". Two days before, fellow singer Al Bano was black listed on the Ukrainian website "Myrotvorets".[4][5] Despite the controversy, the concert was eventually held in Kyiv on 23 March.[6]

Personal life

Cutugno is married to Carla Cutugno.

Discography

• Come ieri, come oggi, come sempre (1978)
• Voglio l'anima (1979)
• Innamorata, innamorato, innamorati (1980)
• La mia musica (1982)
• L'italiano (1983)
• Per amore o per gioco (1985)
• Azzura malinconia (1986)
• Mediterraneo (1987)
• Toto Cutugno (1990)
• Insieme: 1992 (1990)
• Non è facile essere uomini (1992)
• Voglio andare a vivere in campagna (1995)
• Canzoni nascoste (1997)
• Il treno va (2002)
• Cantando (2004)
• Come noi nessuno al mondo (2005)
• Un falco chiuso in gabbia (2008)
• I Miei Sanremo (2010)
• Ritratto: 50 anni di musica (2015)

With Albatros

• Albatros (1976)

See also

• List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters
• List of Eurovision Song Contest winners

References

External links

• Official website
• Toto Cutugno Booking agent
• Toto Cutugno Spain Oficial (Idiomas: Español/Italiano/Inglés)
• Toto Cutugo Fanclub Romania
• Toto Cutugno at IMDb
• "Insieme: 1992" lyrics with English translation
• MSN Group

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mino Vergnaghi with "Amare"	Sanremo Music Festival Winner 1980	Succeeded by Alice with "Per Elisa"
Preceded by Riva with "Rock Me"	Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1990	Succeeded by Carola with "Fångad av en stormvind"
Preceded by Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali with "Avrei voluto"	Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990	Succeeded by Peppino di Capri with "Comme è ddoce 'o mare"
Preceded by Helga Vlahović and Oliver Mlakar	Eurovision Song Contest presenter (with Gigliola Cinquetti) 1991	Succeeded by Lydia Capolicchio and Harald Treutiger

На других языках

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- [en] Toto Cutugno

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[es] Toto Cutugno

Salvatore Cutugno (Fosdinovo, provincia de Massa-Carrara, Toscana; 7 de julio de 1943), más conocido como Toto Cutugno, es un cantautor italiano.

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[ru] Кутуньо, Тото

Сальвато́ре (То́то) Куту́ньо (итал. Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno; род. 7 июля 1943 года, Фоздиново, Масса-Каррара, Тоскана, Италия) — итальянский певец и композитор. Известен своим сотрудничеством с такими исполнителями, как Адриано Челентано, Джо Дассен, Далида, Ricchi e Poveri. Прославился своей песней «L’italiano». Победитель конкурса «Евровидение-1990» в Загребе.

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