Riccardo Del Turco

Riccardo Del Turco (born 7 September 1939) is an Italian singer-songwriter and record producer, best known for the song "Luglio".

Life and career Born in Fiesole, at young age Del Turco started studying composition and singing, and in 1957 he entered the Riccardo Rauchi Orchestra. Noted by producer during a concert in Cortina d'Ampezzo, in 1962 he was put under contract by RCA.

After some poorly received singles that Del Turco co-wrote with established composers such as Gino Paoli, Sergio Endrigo and Gianni Meccia, he got his first hits in 1966 with "Figlio unico", a cover of Adoniran Barbosa's "Trem das Onze", and in 1967 with "Uno tranquillo". "Luglio"'s tune was marketed across Europe and was covered by The Tremeloes, Herman's Hermits, Joe Dassin, and . In 1969, he took part in the Sanremo Music Festival with "Cosa hai messo nel caffè", but the song and the following singles failed to repeat the success of "Luglio", and led to Del Turco's decision of semi-retiring in 1973, to devote himself to managing a bar in Florence.

Discography

33 rpm Riccardo Del Turco, 1969 Tanto io non vinco mai, 1973

45 rpm Le cose che non ci diciamo/La nostra casa, 1962 M'hanno detto che/Dimmi se vuoi, 1964 Parla di te/Non chiudere la porta, 1964 Figlio unico/Quanto amore, 1966 Uno tranquillo/Allora hai vinto tu, 1967 L'importante è la rosa/Se è scritto nel cielo, 16 October 1967 Luglio/Il temporale, 1968 Cosa hai messo nel caffè/Commedia, 2 January 1969 Il compleanno/Geloso, 23 aprile 1969 Due biglietti perchè/Se non hai pensato, 1970 Babilonia/Non ti voglio amare, 1970 La cicala/Nel giardino dietro casa, 1971 Uno, nessuno/La domenica ti penso di più, 1972 Tanto io non vinco mai/L'appartamento, 1973 Tanto io non vinco mai/La musica sta arrivando, 1973 The Summer Of Mary Ann/Ramona, 1976 Winter Flower/Sette e ventinove, 1979 Non voglio ali/Noi due, 1982 Serena alienazione/Spazio profondo, 1984

Filmography Io non protesto, io amo, 1967 Il professor Matusa e i suoi hippies, 1968