Lucio Battisti

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Lucio Battisti
Background information
Born	(1943-03-05)5 March 1943 Poggio Bustone, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy
Died	9 September 1998(1998-09-09) (aged 55) Milan, Italy
Genres	Pop rock soft rock rhythm and blues progressive rock latin pop disco synth-pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter composer arranger
Instruments	Vocals guitar piano
Years active	1966–1994
Labels	Dischi Ricordi Numero Uno CBS Sony BMG

Lucio Battisti (5 March 1943 – 9 September 1998) was an Italian singer-songwriter and composer. He is widely recognized for songs that defined the late 1960s and 1970s era of Italian songwriting.^[1]

Battisti released 18 studio albums from 1969 to 1994, with a significant portion of this catalogue translated into Spanish (various albums), English (one album), French (two albums), and German (one album). He was known to be an extremely reserved artist, performing only a small number of live concerts during his career. In 1978 he announced that he would speak to the public only through his musical work, limiting himself to the recording of studio albums and disappearing from the public scene.^[2]