Gino Santercole

Gino Santercole (21 November 1940 – 8 June 2018) was an Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He was well known for his breakthrough hit "Questo vecchio pazzo mondo" ("This old crazy world"), a cover of P. F. Sloan's "Eve of Destruction", and for the song "Ma che freddo stasera (Such a Cold Night Tonight)" that he sang in the movie Yuppi du.

Life

Early life Santercole was born in Milan, Italy, on 21 November 1940.

Other hits followed: "Svalutation", a rock song with electric guitar, on his 1976 album (which also contained his songs "The Boat" and "Room 21"), "A boy on the Lion", and "Remarkably" (written initially for Mina, with lyrics by Luciano Beretta).

Santercole also composed music for movies. He is credited with the soundtracks of Segni particolari: bellissimo (1983) and Joan Lui - Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì (1985). In addition he did numerous work on the music of Celentano's films; a highlight being his hit "Ma che freddo stasera (Such a Cold Night Tonight)" (which Santercole sang in English), from the movie Yuppi du (1975).

In 1969, Santercole also began an acting career. While he had previously played cameos and parts, his first substantial role came in the 1969 film Serafino. One day he visited Celentano, who had landed a role in the movie, on set; the director, Paolo Germi, saw him, thought he had a good face, and cast him as the Sergeant.

Solo 45s 1964: attached to ceiling/If you want (Clan Celentano, ACC 24017) 1964: Silver Star/without shoes (Clan Celentano, ACC 24020) 1965: Oh Rose ' Rosetta/ladies and gentlemen (Clan Celentano, ACC 24025) 1966: this old crazy world/our time (Clan Celentano, ACC 24042) 1967: the fight of love/soul (Clan Celentano, ACC 24056) 1968: Jane and John/how beautiful the day (Clan Celentano, ACC 24076) 1969: Poor Gino/Barbara (Clan Celentano, BF 69024) 1970: the King of fantasy/how sad night (Clan Celentano, BF 69045) 1975: Such a cold night tonight/the ballad (Clan Celentano, CLN 3040) 1978: Giovanna/Uacci-du amor (Valiant, ZBV 7087) 1980: Change for change, no!/Ancora us (MONLupus 4909; with Blue Valente) 1981: Adriano t set fire/the love (Cherry White CB-85; with Blue Valente) 1982: Love is blue/Cavomba (DailyMusic, DLM-31014 Blue) 2010: nobody is only (Sony) EPs 1965: Hi guys/who have it with me/I'm a failure/I want to sleep (Hi! Boys, ACC-SP-25002; with Adriano Celentano and Don Backy; Santercole sings "Sono un fallito") CDs 2000: Gino Santercole (D'azur 1525, TBP series Yesterdays; re-recording with new arrangements of the biggest hits) 2005: Il Meglio (DV More, Soundtracks 1983: Segni particolari: bellissimo (CGD Records 20406, Cetra LPX 119) 1985: ''Joan Lui - Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì.