Piero Focaccia
Italian pop singer and film actor
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Career
Born in Cervia, near Ravenna, a former lifeguard, Focaccia began his career in 1962, with the single "Il pappagallo".[1] He got his main success one year later with the song "Stessa spiaggia, stesso mare" which won the Disco per l'estate competition[1] and reached the third place at the Italian hit parade.[2] After a less successful period, in 1970 his song "Permette signora" peaked number nine at the hit parade.[2]
Focaccia entered the Sanremo Music Festival competition three times between 1964 and 1974.[3]
He was also actor in two comedy films, Mariano Laurenti's Naughty Nun and Luigi Comencini's Le bambole.
