Mauro Scocco

Mauro Scocco
Mauro Scocco wearing faded blue jeans, a light blue shirt and brown jacket, sitting sideways next to a piano, head propped up on one elbow, smiling and looking right of camera
Scocco in 2012
Born
Mauro Scocco

(1962-09-11) 11 September 1962 (age 62)
Fristad, Sweden
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Musical career
GenresPop
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
  • piano
  • keyboards
Years active1980–present
Labels

Mauro Scocco (born 11 September 1962) is a Swedish pop musician of Italian descent. He has been described as "one of the sharpest songwriters in Sweden".[1] Scocco was the singer for the pop group Ratata (1980–83) transformed into a duo with Johan Ekelund (1983–89). After Ratata, Scocco has continued as a solo artist since. In 2014, he cooperated with Plura Jonsson releasing a joint album as Mauro & Plura.

  1. ^ Hvidfeldt, Anders (14 November 1997). "Mauro Scocco – Hits (review)". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 January 2007.