Fabrizio De André

Italian songwriter, composer, guitarist, writer, and activist born February 18, 1940, in Genova Pegli and died January 11, 1999, in Milan (from lung cancer, diagnosed the year before).
He started writing songs in 1960 ("La Ballata di Michè", composed with Georges Brassens.
In 1962, he married Enrica “Puny” Rignon, and his son Mina (3) recorded "La Canzone di Marinella", which became a great success. From that moment on, he became one of the most appreciated Italian songwriters.
In 1974, he met Fado (1980).
Since the 1980's, De Andrè has also sung using dialects like Genova's, the dialect of Gallura (northern Sardinia), and Neapolitan.