Riccardo Del Turco

Riccardo Del Turco (born 7 September 1939) is an Italian singer-songwriter and record producer, best known for the song "Luglio". Born in Fiesole, at young age Del Turco started studying composition and singing, and in 1957 he entered the Riccardo Rauchi Orchestra. Noted by producer Nanni Ricordi [it] during a concert in Cortina d'Ampezzo, in 1962 he was put under contract by RCA. After some poorly received singles that Del Turco co-wrote with established composers such as Gino Paoli, Sergio Endrigo and Gianni Meccia, he got his first hits in 1966 with "Figlio unico", a cover of Adoniran Barbosa's "Trem das Onze", and in 1967 with "Uno tranquillo". In 1968, he got his major hit with "Luglio", which topped the Italian Hit Parade Singles Chart for two weeks in July 1968, selling over 500,000 copies. "Luglio"'s tune was marketed across Europe and was covered by The Tremeloes, Herman's Hermits, Joe Dassin, and Bengt Huhta [fi]. In 1969, he took part in the Sanremo Music Festival with "Cosa hai messo nel caffè", but the song and the following singles failed to repeat the success of "Luglio", and led to Del Turco's decision of semi-retiring in 1973, to devote himself to managing a bar in Florence. Del Turco made a comeback in the early 1980s, participating in two editions of the Sanremo Music Festival, in 1982 with "Non voglio ali" and in 1984 with "Serena alienazione", and then co-founding the group Superquattro, together with Jimmy Fontana, Nico Fidenco and Gianni Meccia. Also active as a songwriter for other artists, Del Turco wrote songs for Andrea Bocelli, Mina, Ornella Vanoni, Patty Pravo, and Riccardo Fogli, among others. Riccardo Del Turco, 1969 Tanto io non vinco mai, 1973 Le cose che non ci diciamo/La nostra casa, 1962 M'hanno detto che/Dimmi se vuoi, 1964 Parla di te/Non chiudere la porta, 1964 Figlio unico/Quanto amore, 1966 Uno tranquillo/Allora hai vinto tu, 1967 L'importante è la rosa/Se è scritto nel cielo, 16 October 1967 Luglio/Il temporale, 1968 Cosa hai messo nel caffè/Commedia, 2 January 1969 Il compleanno/Geloso, 23 aprile 1969 Due biglietti perchè/Se non hai pensato, 1970 Babilonia/Non ti voglio amare, 1970 La cicala/Nel giardino dietro casa, 1971 Uno, nessuno/La domenica ti penso di più, 1972 Tanto io non vinco mai/L'appartamento, 1973 Tanto io non vinco mai/La musica sta arrivando, 1973 The Summer Of Mary Ann/Ramona, 1976 Winter Flower/Sette e ventinove, 1979 Non voglio ali/Noi due, 1982 Serena alienazione/Spazio profondo, 1984 Io non protesto, io amo, 1967 Il professor Matusa e i suoi hippies, 1968 Bassignano, Ernesto (1990). "Del Turco, Riccardo". In Castaldo, Gino (ed.). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio. pp. 523–4. Anselmi, Eddy (2009). "Riccardo Del Turco". Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini. p. 675. ISBN 978-8863462296. Deregibus, Enrico (2006). "Riccardo Del Turco". Dizionario completo della canzone italiana. Giunti. p. 158. ISBN 978-88-09-04602-3. "MM Italian Distrib, Launches 150,000 LP Sales Goal Drive". Billboard. October 5, 1968. p. 55. Redazione (3 July 2024). "Riccardo Del Turco torna sulle scene musicali con un nuovo album". Rockol. Retrieved 5 December 2024. Riccardo Del Turco discography at Discogs Riccardo Del Turco at IMDb