Lucia Mannucci

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Lucia Mannucci (born May 18, 1920 in Bologna , † March 7, 2012 in Milan ) was an Italian singer and actress who was particularly successful in the 1940s and 1950s as the female voice of the quartet Quartetto Cetra .

Life

Lucia Mannucci, who won a singing competition on the radio station EIAR in 1941 , married the composer , arranger and singer Antonio Virgilio Savona in 1944 and in 1947 became a member of the quartet Quartet Cetra , founded by him, Felice Chiusano and Giovanni "Tata" Giacobetti , after the previous fourth member of the ensemble, Enrico De Angelis was out. She was also successful as a solo artist.

In the following years, as the female voice, she played a key role in shaping the quartet's musical style, which ranged from jazz to rock 'n' roll . In 1957, the group recorded an Italian version of Rock Around the Clock under the title L'orologio matto , thus contributing to the popularity of rock 'n' roll in Italy. Other well-known songs by the quartet of those years were Aveva un bavero , Il Visconte di Castelfombrone , Un disco dei Platters , Che centrattacco !!! , Nella vecchia fattoria , Vecchia America , Un bacio a mezzanotte , I ricordi della sera and Troppi affari, cavaliere! some of which were created in collaboration with composers and songwriters such as Lelio Luttazzi and Gorni Kramer .

In 1964 she was also successful as an actress, especially through her roles in television adaptations of well-known novels and classics such as The Three Musketeers , The Scarlet Seal , Odyssey , The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Count of Monte Christo for the television program Biblioteca di Studio Uno . She also wrote the scripts for some of these film adaptations .

Most recently she released the CD Capricci with her husband Antonio Virgilio Savona .

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SURNAME Mannucci, Lucia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2012
Place of death Milan