Biography
Umberto Totzi is an Italian singer and composer, a member of the festival in San Remo and the annual Eurovision contest. The artist enjoyed incredible popularity in his homeland and abroad.Childhood and youth
Umberto Antonio Toczi was born on March 4, 1952 in Turin. He became a youngest child in the family. The boy had a brother Franco. Senior Toczi managed to be realized in the musical area in the 1960s. The first steps on the creative Popritis Umberto did under his care. Together with the Brother group, the young man went to concerts, during which he performed as a guitarist. By the age of 16, he was a member of the OFF SOUND team.
In 1970, an acquaintance of a novice musician with Adriano Pappalardo was acquainted. Artists gathered 13 like-minded people and organized the team with which they went on tour in the country.
Personal life
Like most celebrities, Umberto leads a personal page in "Instagram" and "Facebook". Thanks to accounts, fans are followed by the personal life of the artist. He regularly publishes news, photos, video and promoter.The growth of the musician is 178 cm, and the weight is 80 kg.
Music
The debut composition in the biography of Totzi was called Incontro d'Amore. In 1973, a song was recorded. At the studio, where Umberto released the composition, he periodically offered work as an accompaniment, and then he played by a guitarist when writing foreign records.
In 1974, the listeners got acquainted with UN Corpo Un 'Anima. The performer wrote it in Createness with Damiano Datally. Later, this hit performed WESS & DORI GHEZZI. The composition won the Canzonissima Song Competition. After some time, Datalley and Tzzi united with producer Massimo Luke and created the team I Data. Having decided not to slow the record with the record, the team released the album Strada Bianca. Soon the group broke up.
A big role in the career Totzzi played acquaintance with the producer and composer Giancarlo Bigati. The interaction turned out to be fruitful: the songs were leading in Italian hit parades and liked representatives of all generations. In 1976, Umberto recorded the first author's album. He got the name Donna Amante Mia. Single Io Camminerò was filled with a vocalist Faust Leaali and turned out to be the leader of the musical charts. Among the most popular songs belonging to His Authors, there are Ti AMO, which has become a hit discos in the USA and Australia. In 1977, the song was recognized as the best on the "festivalbar".
In the 1980s, the musician's discography was replenished with the album tozzi. Single Stella Stai was so popular that the Puertorician group Menudo recorded it in Spanish under a different name. In the same year, Totzi reprinted the debut disc, adding concert records into it, and a year later released the notte rosa disk. In 1982, the EVA plate came out, and after another 2 years - Hurrah.
1987 was marked for an artist victory at a music competition in San Remo. At the Vocalist Festival, Si PUT Dare Di Pi U in Georgio Morandi and Enrico Rujeni. The composition fell into the collection of the best Hits Toczi. In the same year, the author represented Italy at the Eurovision contest and ranked 3rd with the Gente Di Mare song, which Raffael Riepholi was performed. In 1988, a man began cooperation with the Royal London Theater "Albert Hall" and released the second album of concert compositions, calling him in honor of this theater.
Toczi did not stop at the achieved and continued to write songs that were highly appreciated at the festivals in San Remo. The artist also released the album Equivocando, for which the texts and music created. There are several tens of albums on the account of the musician. In 2001, in a duet with Monica Bellucci Umberto Totszi rewritten the composition for the film "Asterix and Obelix: Cleopatra mission." He brought the artist a new wave of international popularity. Then followed by several more songs, including the generally accepted hit Gloria.
In the early 2000s, Tuzzi recorded new albums and released collections. By the 2005, his discography was replenished with five new plates. He regularly performed with concerts and even came to Russia to participate in the San Remo program in the Kremlin collects friends. " In 2009, the musician performed in Moscow at the "disco 80s", and after 4 years he supported the Artist Al Bano at a concert in Crocus City Hall.
Umberto Totzi now
In 2020, as in his youth, the composer remains an active musician. He performs at concerts and various events. The artist is planned joint tour with vocalist named Raf. The musician performs the favorite the audience hits, overlooked two voices for him and his colleagues.Discography
- 1976 - Donna Amante Mia
- 1977 - è Nell'Aria ... Ti AMO
- 1978 - TU.
- 1979 - Gloria
- 1980 - Tozzi.
- 1981 - Notte Rosa
- 1982 - Eva.
- 1984 - Hurrah.
- 1987 - Invisible.
- 1994 - Equivocando.
- 1996 - Il Grido
- 1997 - Aria E Cielo
- 2000 - Un'ALTRA VITA
- 2005 - Le Parole
- 2009 - Superstar