{{short description|Italian singer-songwriter}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Umberto Napolitano |image = |caption = |birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|25 May 1947}} | birth_place =[[Brescia]], Italy | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Singer-songwriter }} '''Umberto Napolitano''' (born 25 May 1947) is an Italian singer-songwriter and composer, mainly successful in the 1970s.
== Life and career == Born in [[Brescia]], Napolitano started his career performing at the Nebbia Club in Milan.<ref name=music>{{cite book|last=Eddy Anselmi|title=Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana|publisher=Panini Comics, 2009|isbn=8863462291|chapter=Umberto Napolitano}}</ref> He first entered the music industry just as a composer, and had his breakout in 1966 writing for [[Carmen Villani]] the pacifist [[protest song]] "Mille chitarre contro la guerra".<ref name="music"/><ref name=curcio>Dario Salvatori. "Napolitano, Umberto". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990.</ref>
For his professional career as a singer Napolitano initially adopted the mononym '''Umberto''', and got his first success with the song "Gioventù", which was entered at the [[Un disco per l'estate]] festival and was chosen as the opening song of the popular [[RAI]] television game show ''Chissà chi lo sa?''.<ref name="curcio"/> He had a significant success in the second half of the 1970s, specializing in a light and romantic pop repertoire, and taking part to several editions of the [[Sanremo Music Festival]].<ref name="curcio"/><ref name="music"/> Artists who recorded his songs include [[Loredana Bertè]], [[Rita Pavone]], [[Caterina Caselli]], [[Ricchi e Poveri]], [[Nomadi]], [[I Nuovi Angeli]], [[Dori Ghezzi]], [[Gilda Giuliani]], [[Rosanna Fratello]], [[Antoine (singer)|Antoine]].<ref name="music"/> He also worked as a comics writer.<ref name="music"/>
==Discography== ;Album
* 1977 - ''Giro di "do" - Una canzone d'amore per ogni innamorato'' (Warner Bros. Records, T 56376) * 1979 - ''Umberto Napolitano'' (Why Records, T 56611) * 1981 - ''Noi due nella vita e nell'amore'' (Amiamoci, AM 4002) * 1985 - ''Per le strade del mondo'' (Harmony, LPH 8050) * 1987 - ''Dietro la collina'' (Pineapple Records, PNLP 2021) * 1989 - ''Al mio caro pianeta terra... dieci piccole grandi storie'' (Iperspazio, PDLP 2289) * 1991 - ''Riccioli'' (Dig-It, PL 12042) * 1998 - ''Un'estate d'amore'' (D.V. More Record, CDDV 6201) * 2016 - ''Il bruco'' (Dielle record) == References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Allmusic artist}} * {{discogs artist}}
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