Bobby Solo

Roberto Satti better known as Bobby Solo born 18 March 1945 is an Italian singer musician and film actor In 1964 Solo participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Una lacrima sul viso A Tear on your Face written by Lunero but affected by laryngitis he sang with playback which disqualified him as that was contrary to the festival regulations The song however became a global hit It was the first record to sell over one million copies in Italy and global sales exceeded three million It was awarded a gold disc In the following year Solo won in the festival with the song Se piangi se ridi He participated with the same song in the Eurovision Song Contest and finished in fifth place Again in 1969 Solo participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Zingara together with Iva Zanicchi His last participation in the festival was in 2003 together with Little Tony singing Non si cresce mai Source Article Bobby Solo from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30