13 Facts About Edoardo Bennato

Edoardo Bennato was born on 23 July 1946 and is an Italian singer-songwriter.

Edoardo Bennato is the brother of the singer-songwriter Eugenio Bennato.

Edoardo Bennato is considered one of the greatest artists in Italian rock, a genre that he has often combined with blues and folk.

Edoardo Bennato's texts are often ironic, irreverent, and turned in a biting way against power, at any level and in any form it manifests.

Edoardo Bennato was the first Italian singer to fill the San Siro Stadium in Milan with more than sixty thousand people on July 19,1980, and the first Italian singer to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1976.

Edoardo Bennato began his music career in the early Sixties as one of the most creative and innovative songwriters of his time.

Edoardo Bennato's music distinguished itself for being an imaginative blend of blues, rock and roll, folk influences and even hints of opera.

Edoardo Bennato has been described as "a cross between Bob Dylan and Lucio Battisti".

Edoardo Bennato's second album, I buoni e i cattivi, was an attack against the common-sense distinction between good and evil, between the righteous and the villains.

The cover of the album shows a plan for the Naples light-rail system that Edoardo Bennato had developed for his final project as a university student.

Edoardo Bennato was clearly evolving rapidly and this album reflects this process.

In 1983 another fairy-tale concept album, based on The Pied Piper of Hamelin appeared on the market but it wasn't as successful as the previous ones and this must have led Edoardo Bennato to try different avenues.

Notably, on the occasion of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, which was held in Italy, Edoardo Bennato sang the official song of the event: "Un'estate italiana" together with Gianna Nannini.