# Franco Fasano

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Italian composer

Franco Fasano Born Gianfranco Tommaso Fasano 30 June 1961 (1961-06-30) (age 65) Albenga, Italy Occupations Singer Songwriter

**Gianfranco Tommaso Fasano** (born 30 June 1961), known professionally as **Franco Fasano**, is an Italian singer-songwriter and composer.

## Life and career

Born in [Albenga](/source/Albenga), Fasano spent his childhood in [Alassio](/source/Alassio) and studied singing and composition with [Pippo Barzizza](/source/Pippo_Barzizza).[1][2] He debuted at 15 years old recording some songs for a small local label.[1]

Starting from the 1980s Fasano established himself as a successful songwriter, composing songs for [Mina](/source/Mina_(Italian_singer)), [Drupi](/source/Drupi), [Iva Zanicchi](/source/Iva_Zanicchi), [Anna Oxa](/source/Anna_Oxa), [Fausto Leali](/source/Fausto_Leali), [Peppino di Capri](/source/Peppino_di_Capri), [Fiordaliso](/source/Fiordaliso) and [Nicola Arigliano](/source/Nicola_Arigliano), among others. He also recorded several albums and participated to several editions of the [Sanremo Music Festival](/source/Sanremo_Music_Festival) as a singer.[1][2]

Since the mid-1990s Fasano specialized in songs for children, and several of his songs won the [Zecchino d'Oro](/source/Zecchino_d'Oro) festival. He was also artistic director of Radio Baby, a satellite radio station entirely dedicated to music for children.[2]

## Discography

**Album**

- 1990 - *Un cielo che non sai*

- 1992 - *Tempo al tempo*

- 1994 - *Qualunque sia la verità*

- 2000 - *Scherzando scherzando*

- 2012 - *fff - FORTISSIMISSIMO*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-curcio_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-curcio_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-curcio_1-2) Enzo Giannelli. "Fasano, Gianfranco". Gino Castaldo (edited by). *Dizionario della canzone italiana*. Curcio Editore, 1990.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-music_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-music_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-music_2-2) Eddy Anselmi. *Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana*. Panini Comics, 2009. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [8863462291](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/8863462291).

## External links

- [Official website](http://francofasano.eu/)

- [Franco Fasano](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000982678) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier))

- [Franco Fasano](https://www.discogs.com/artist/Franco+Fasano) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)

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