{{Short description|Italian lyricist and producer (born 1949)}} {{Infobox person | name = Alberto Salerno | image = Alberto Salerno.jpg | image_size = | caption = Salerno in 2016 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|30 December 1949}} | birth_place = [[Milan]], Italy | height = | spouse = {{marriage|[[Mara Maionchi]]|1976}} | children = {{unbulleted list | Giulia (born 1977) | Camilla (born 1981) }} | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{flatlist| *Lyricist *record producer }} }}
'''Alberto Salerno''' (born 30 December 1949) is an Italian lyricist and producer.
==Life and career== Born in [[Milan]], Salerno is the son of the popular lyricist [[Nicola Salerno|Nisa]]. He started composing lyrics in the late 1960s, becoming a usual collaborator of [[Mino Reitano]], and writing hits such as [[Dik Dik]]'s "[[L'isola di Wight]]" and [[Nomadi]]'s "[[Io vagabondo]]". In 1977 his song "[[Bella da morire]]", performed by [[Homo Sapiens (band)|Homo Sapiens]], won the [[Sanremo Music Festival]]. He started his activity as a producer 1979 with the debut album of [[Alberto Fortis (musician)|Alberto Fortis]].<ref name=music>{{cite book|last=Eddy Anselmi|title=Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana|publisher=Panini Comics, 2009|isbn=8863462291}}</ref><ref name=Deregibus>{{cite book|last=Enrico Deregibus|title=Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana|publisher=Giunti Editore, 2010|isbn=8809756258}}</ref>
In the 1980s Salerno started a long collaboration with [[Mango (singer)|Mango]], contributing to the lyrics of successful songs such as "[[Lei verrà]]" and "La rosa dell'inverno", and co-wrote [[Eros Ramazzotti]]'s first hit, "[[Terra promessa]]". In the 2000s he contributed to launch the career of [[Tiziano Ferro]]. His songs "[[Senza pietà (song)|Senza pietà]]", performed by [[Anna Oxa]], and "[[Per dire di no]]", performed by [[Alexia (singer)|Alexia]], won the [[Sanremo Music Festival 1999|49th]] and [[Sanremo Music Festival 2003|53rd edition]]s of the Sanremo Music Festival. His collaborations also include [[Zucchero Fornaciari]], [[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]], [[Marcella Bella]], [[Nino Buonocore]], and [[Syria (singer)|Syria]].<ref name=music /><ref name="Deregibus"/>
In 2001, Salerno wrote the lyrics for the songs of the animation film ''[[Aida of the Trees]]''.<ref name="Deregibus"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0001779286|label=Alberto Salerno}} *{{discogs artist|Alberto Salerno}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salerno, Alberto}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Musicians from Milan]] [[Category:Italian lyricists]] [[Category:Italian record producers]]