Lucio Battisti
Lucio Battisti ( born March 5, 1943 in Poggio Bustone, RI; † 9 September 1998, Milan ) was an Italian Cantautore ( he wrote the music, co-author of the texts Mogol ), which particularly in the late 1960s and the 1970s years in Italy was very successful.
Even in Germany, where he appeared several times in music programs, he was known (eg 1978 songs Circus / ZDF). Among other things, he was wearing one of his most popular songs, Il mio canto libero, 1974 under the title Our free song on German ago.
By the unvarnished and direct treatment of interpersonal themes in his songs, he laid the foundations for a new national music identity and reality in Italy, which found numerous followers as Francesco de Gregori Antonello Venditti or.
He brought in his career (1966-1994) 20 albums out, most of those weeks were the most sold in Italy.
Family
Poggio Bustone, the birthplace of Lucio Battisti, is a village (about 2000 inhabitants) in the province of Rieti, which belongs to the region of Lazio. The parents were the housewife Dea and judicial officials Alfiero Battisti. Lucio Battisti had a three years younger sister named Alba Rita. 1950 the family moved to Rome.
Lucio Battisti has together with his future wife Grazia Letizia Veronesi a 1973 -born son named Luca.
The sister Alba Rita Battisti died in June 2003, when the father Alfiero Battisti lived ninety years old.