Aldo Donati (singer)

Aldo Donati (2 September 1947 – 24 August 2014) was an Italian singer, composer and television personality.

Aldo Donati
Born(1947-09-02)2 September 1947
Rome, Italy
Died24 August 2014(2014-08-24) (aged 66)
Rome, Italy
OccupationSinger, composer and television personality

Born in Rome, he started his career at very young age as a member of the blues-rock group "Gli Arciduchi".[1] In 1974 he was one of the co-founder and a stable member of the vocal group Schola Cantorum, that had a consistent success for the whole decade.[1][2][3]

As a solo singer, his main hits are the songs "Canterò canterò canterò", which ranked fourth at the 1980 Sanremo Music Festival, and "Cantando", which entered the competition at the 1982 Festivalbar.[3][4]

Donati was also very active as a composer, signing among others several songs for Mina. Among his compositions, the most successful was "Canzoni stonate", a 1981 hit by Gianni Morandi which was later covered by several artists, including Andrea Bocelli and Stevie Wonder in a Spanish adaptation ("Cançion desafinada") for the album Amore.[1][3][5]

A supporter of S.S. Lazio, for which he composed the hymn "So' già du ore",[5] in the 2000s he was active in television sport programs as an opinionist and occasionally a presenter.[1] In 2009 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, due to an aneurysm, for which he fell into a coma.[1] Never fully recovered, he died on 24 August 2014, aged 66.[1]

References
  1. Enrico Gregori (24 August 2014). "La morte di Aldo Donati, maestro della melodia e dell'autoironia". Il Messaggero. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. Enrico Deregibus. Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 8809756258.
  3. Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  4. Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
  5. Manuela Ippolito (25 August 2014). "Addio ad Aldo Donati, voce della Lazio e autore di successi come Canzoni stonate". MusicalNews. Retrieved 29 August 2014.


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