Gianni Nazzaro


Giovanni "Gianni" Nazzaro was an Italian singer and actor.

Early life and career

Nazzaro was born in Naples, the second of four children born to vaudeville actor and gossip columnist Erminio Nazzaro. He started his career with the stage name of Buddy, recording 59 singles, mainly cover songs, between 1965 and 1968. In 1968, Nazzaro started to perform with his real name and he took part at the music contest Un disco per l'estate with the song "Solo noi". In 1970, he won the Festival di Napoli with the song "Me chiamme ammore". After a series of successful hits, in the 1980s Nazzaro gradually slowed his musical production, focusing with some success in stage musicals.

Personal life and death

In the early 1970s, Nazzaro married Nada Ovcina. They had two children, Junior and Giorgia. Nazzaro and Ovcina eventually divorced, but after years of estrangement, they reestablished their relationship in 2016. Ovcina remarried Nazzaro just hours before his death in a Roman hospital from lung cancer, on 27 July 2021.

Discography

Selected singles

  • 1968: "Solo noi"
  • 1968: "In fondo ai sogni miei"
  • 1969: "Incontri d'estate"
  • 1970: "L'amore è una colomba"
  • 1970: "Me chiamme ammore"
  • 1971: "Bianchi cristalli sereni"
  • 1971: "Far l'amore con te"
  • 1972: "Non voglio innamorarmi mai"
  • 1972: "Quanto è bella lei"
  • 1972: "La nostra canzone"
  • 1973: "Il primo sogno proibito"
  • 1974: "A modo mio"
  • 1974: "Questo sì che è amore"
  • 1974: "Piccola mia piccola"
  • 1976: "Me ne vado"
  • 1977: "Mi sta scoppiando il cuore"
  • 1980: "Uomo di strada"
  • 1981: "Sì"
  • 1983: "Mi sono innamorato di mia moglie"
  • 1985: "Noi due soli"

Studio albums

  • 1971: Gianni Nazzaro
  • 1972: Gianni Nazzaro
  • 1973: C'è un momento del giorno
  • 1974: Questo sì che è amore
  • 1975: C'era una volta il night
  • 1976: ''Le due facce di Gianni Nazzaro''