Federico Salvatore


Federico Salvatore is an Italian singer-songwriter and comedian.

Life and career

Born in Naples, Salvatore started his career in the late 1980s as a stand-up comedian and as a singer-songwriter of humorous and satirical songs. After enjoying a local success, he became nationally well-known during the 1990s thanks to the semi-regular participation to the Canale 5 program Maurizio Costanzo Show. Produced by Giancarlo Bigazzi, he got a significant success with the albums Azz... and Il mago di Azz, which were both certified platinum.
In 1996 he entered the main competition at the 46th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Sulla porta", the first Sanremo Festival song having homosexuality as main theme. In 2001 he entered the Festival di Napoli competition with "Se io fossi San Gennaro", a ballad about Naples which raised large controversities because of his lyrics critical of the social situation of the city.

Discography

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