- Joe Sentieri
Joe Sentieri (byname of "Rino Luigi Sentieri";
3 March 1925 -27 March 2007 ) was an Italian singer and actor.Career
Sentieri was born in
Genoa .His first success was the winning of the competition "Canzonissima" in 1959 with his version of the number one hit "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" by
Domenico Modugno . In the same year he reached number two and number five in the Italian charts with "Ritroviamoci" and "Milioni di scintille". In 1960 he won the third place with "Quando vien la sera" at theSan Remo Festival . This song was number two in the Italian charts. Another top ten success was "È mezzanotte", which reached number eight.Perhaps his internationally best known song is "Uno dei tanti". The song written by
Carlo Donida and Giulio Rapetti was released in 1961. In 1963Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller translated the text into English and released this song under the title "I (Who Have Nothing) ". It became one of their greatest hits and was covered more than thirty times, e.g. by Tom Jones,Gladys Knight ,Manfred Mann's Earth Band ,Ben E. King ,Sylvester James ,Luther Vandross andShirley Bassey .Further songs which had an entry in the Italian charts were "Libellule" (1961), "Lei" (1961), "Cipria di sole" (1962), "Tobia" (1962), "Fermate il mondo" (1963) and "Quando ci si vuol bene... (come noi)" (1963).
In the 1960s and the 1970s Sentieri was also seen in some films, e.g. in Howlers of the Dock (1960) with
Adriano Celentano and in The Most Beautiful Wife (1970) withOrnella Muti .Sentieri died from
cerebral hemorrhage in a hospital inPescara . He is survived by his wife Dora and two children.External links
* [http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/as.htm Songs by Joe Sentieri]
* [http://www.festival.vivasanremo.com/Joe%20Sentieri/joesentieri.htm Biography it]
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