Johnny Dorelli is an Italian actor

Actor

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, singer

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

 and showman

Presenter

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Born as Giorgio Guidi in Meda, he debuted as singer in the late 1950s for CGD

CGD

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 label. In 1958 he won the Sanremo Festival in duo with Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno was an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu "...

, with the songs "Nel blu dipinto di blu

Volare (song)

"Nel blu dipinto di blu" , popularly known as "Volare" , is Domenico Modugno's signature song....

" (also known as "Volare") and "Piove (Ciao ciao bambina

Piove (Ciao, Ciao Bambina)

"Piove " is an Italian song written by Domenico Modugno and Eduardo Verde. It won first prize at the 1959 Sanremo Music Festival, where it was performed twice, once by Modugno and once by Johnny Dorelli...

)". "L'immensità" earned Dorelli a ninth place at the 1967 edition of the Sanremo Song Festival

Festival della canzone italiana

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His greatest success was the musical

Musical theatre

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 Aggiungi un posto a tavola

Aggiungi un posto a tavola

Aggiungi un posto a tavola is a musical comedy written by Pietro Garinei, Sandro Giovannini and Iaia Fiastri, which debuted in 1974 under the directio of Garinei e Giovannini. Music was written by Armando Trovaioli....

, which was also performed at the Adelphi Theatre

Adelphi Theatre

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 in London

London

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's West End

West End theatre

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 in an English version entitled Beyond the Rainbow in 1978.

After a period of absence, he returned to success in the 1980s. In 1983, he played St. Philip Neri

Philip Neri

Saint Philip Romolo Neri , also known as Apostle of Rome, was an Italian priest, noted for founding a society of secular priests called the "Congregation of the Oratory".-Early life:...

 in Luigi Magni

Luigi Magni

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's TV film State buoni se potete.
Dorelli's latest feature film role is in Pupi Avati

Pupi Avati

Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter.-Early life and career:...

's Ma quando arrivano le ragazze (2004).

After marriages to actresses Lauretta Masiero

Lauretta Masiero

Lauretta Masiero was an Italian actress and singer.-Dancing career:Venetian born Lauretta Masiero debuted in the theater of varieties as a dancer with Wanda Osiris. In 1945 she debuted with Macario.-Acting career:...

 and Catherine Spaak

Catherine Spaak

-Biography:Spaak was born at Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine . She is the niece of Belgian politician Paul-Henri Spaak.She spent most of her career in Italy, where she became a teenage star...

 (1972–1979), he is currently married to Gloria Guida

Gloria Guida

Gloria Guida is an Italian actress and model. She is most famous for starring in sexy film comedies.-Biography:Gloria Guida was born in Merano, South Tyrol, to a family of Emilia Romagna origin. She moved with her family to Bologna as a child. She first began a singing career, starting in her...

, a former actress.