Piero Pintucci

Born in Fiesole, the son of two musicians, Pintucci studied piano at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence.^[1][2] Put under contract as an arranger by RCA, he got his first success arranging Gianni Morandi's single "C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones".^[1][2][3] Starting from the late 1960s,, he was also active as a composer, collaborating among others with Mia Martini, Gabriella Ferri, Patty Pravo and Nicola Di Bari, for whom he composed the Sanremo Music Festival 1972 winning song "I giorni dell'arcobaleno".^[1][2][3]

In the mid-1970s, Pintucci started a long collaboration as producer, composer and arranger with Renato Zero, signing the music of his signature song "Il carrozzone".^[1][2][3] He often collaborated with RAI and Mediaset as a composer of scores and conductor of TV shows, such as Raffaella Carrà's Carramba.^[3] He also composed the music of the stage musicals Fratelli and Gaetanaccio, both starring Gigi Proietti.^[1]

• Piero Pintucci discography at Discogs
• Piero Pintucci at IMDb