Salvatore “Toto” Cutugno was an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. He was best known for his worldwide smash song “L’Italiano,” which was published on his 1983 album of the same name.
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Cutugno began his musical career as a drummer and, at the age of 19, formed his first band, Toto e i Tati. He then co-founded the disco band Albatros with Lino Losito and Mario Limongelli.
In March 2019, a group of Ukrainian lawmakers attempted to prevent Cutugno from performing in Kyiv by requesting, in an open letter to the head of the country’s security services, Vasyl Hrytsak, to bar the singer from entering Ukrainian territory, labeling him a “Russian war supporter in Ukraine.”
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When did Toto Cutugno win Eurovision?
He won Eurovision in 1990, with a hymn to the foundation of the European Union two years later: “Together, unite, unite, Europe”, he sang in Insieme: 1992.
Did Toto Cutugno win Sanremo?
He won the contest in 1980 with Solo Noi but finished in second place six times, winning him a reputation as Sanremo’s eternal runner-up.
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