Giacomo Rondinella
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- Singer
- actor
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| Born | 30 August 1923 Messina, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 25 February 2015 (aged 91)[1] Fonte Nuova, Lazio, Italy |
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Giacomo Rondinella (30 August 1923 – 25 February 2015) was an Italian singer and actor.
Born in Messina, the son of a couple of Neapolitan actors and singers, Rondinella started his career as a singer after World War II, following failed attempts to pursue a military career and a career as a boxer.[2][3] He first emerged as the winner of a contest for "New Voices" organized by Radio Napoli, and in a short time he became one of the stars of Canzone Napoletana.[2][3] A real-life friend of Totò and Eduardo De Filippo,[3] Rondinella also had a prolific career as a stage and film actor, with a peak in the first half of the 1950s.[2] His younger brother Luciano also had a career of actor and singer.[2][3]
