Franco Califano

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Franco Califano 14 September 1938 30 March 2013 was an Italianlyricist composer singersongwriter author and actor During his career Califano has sold about 20 million records Life and career Born in an airplane above Tripoli Libya Califano lived most of his life in Rome in whose dialect he usually sang and Milan In the 1960s he began his career in music as a lyricist and a record producer3 among his first successes as author La musica è finita E la chiamano estate Una ragione di piùHe was arrested in 1970 and again 1984 for possession of drugs in both cases Califano was acquitted with the formula because the fact does not exist In 1976 Califano got his first and main success as a singer with the song Tutto il resto è noia included in his eponymous fourth album for which the critics paired him to the traditional French chansonniers During these years he continued his activity as lyricist signing among others the Sanremo Music Festival 1973 winner Un grande amore e niente più performed by Peppino di Capri and the Mia Martinis classic Minuetto he also composed a whole album for Mina Amanti di valore  In 1978 he released his bestsold album Tac In 1988 he entered the Sanremo Music Festival with the autobiographical song Io per le strade di quartiere he came back to Sanremo two more times in 1994 with Napoli and in 2005 with Non escludo il ritornoHe was author of several books including the autobiographical Senza Manette and Il cuore nel sesso He also starred in several genre films and had the leading roles in the poliziottesco Gardenia and in the comedy film Due strani papà He died of a heart attack in his house in Acilia