12 Facts About Enzo Jannacci

Enzo Jannacci is regarded as one of the most important artists in the post-war Italian music scene.

Enzo Jannacci has written around thirty albums and soundtracks, some of which have since come to be seen as milestones in the history of Italian popular music.

Enzo Jannacci's father was an aeronautical official and worked at Forlanini Airport.

Enzo Jannacci left Italy for South Africa and the United States to specialise in cardiac surgery, where he joined the team of Christiaan Barnard, the famous surgeon.

Enzo Jannacci started his musical career in 1956, becoming the keyboardist of the group "Rocky Mountains".

Enzo Jannacci started his solo career in the early sixties, recording two songs, "L'ombrello di mio fratello" and "Il cane con i capelli", that already revealed his ironic and surreal style.

Between 1968 and 1972 Enzo Jannacci temporarily slowed his activities focusing on his activity as a doctor; during these years he however appeared as leading actor in two films, Mario Monicelli's Le coppie and Marco Ferreri's L'udienza.

In 1980 Enzo Jannacci released the album Ci vuole orecchio that, pulled by the title song, achieved excellent sales.

Enzo Jannacci went to the funeral, which was held two days later at Chiaravalle Abbey where Gaber had married Ombretta Colli, but was only able to say that he had lost a brother.

In 2010 Enzo Jannacci starred in a leading role in Sergio Castellitto's comedy film La bellezza del somaro.

Enzo Jannacci died of cancer on the evening of Friday, 29 March 2013, at around 20:30, at the age of 77 years.

The Italian artists who collaborated with Enzo Jannacci are a lot.