Eduardo De Crescenzo

Eduardo De Crescenzo (born 8 February 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for the songs "Ancora" and "E la musica va".

Background Born in Naples, De Crescenzo approached music at very young age, as he began playing the accordion at 3 and made his first public exhibition at 5, in Teatro Argentina, Rome.

At 16 he founded a beat group, "Eduardino e i Casanova", with which he recorded the first 45rpm in 1967, "Hai detto no!". His career was launched by the song "Ancora", a romantic ballad that he presented at the 1981 Sanremo Music Festival, winning the Critics Award; the song obtained an extraordinary success, selling several millions of copies

Despite that large success, in the following years De Crescenzo pursued different routes, exploring musical contaminations between Italian classical melodies, soul, rhythm and blues and folk; he took part at four more editions of the Sanremo Festival, in 1985 ("Via con me"), 1987 ("L'odore del mare"), 1989 ("Come mi vuoi") and in 1991 ("E la musica va"). After the 1993 album Danza, danza De Crescenzo devoted himself mainly to the live concerts and charity projects. In 2012, after a four-year hiatus, he returned to live music with the "Essenze Jazz" Tour in which he reinterprets an important part of his repertoire in a jazz style.

Discography

Studio albums 1981 – Ancora 1982 – Amico che voli 1983 – Decrescenzo 1985 – Dove c'è il mare 1987 – Nudi 1989 – C'è il sole 1991 – Cante jondo 1993 – Danza danza 2002 – La vita è un'altra 2013 – Essenze Jazz

Live albums 1995 – Live 2006 – Le mani

Compilation albums 1996 – All The Best (1981–1991) 1998 – 80 minuti insieme (1981–1993) 2007 – Le più belle (1978–1991) 2011 – I miei successi (1978–1991)