Renato Carosone

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Renato Carosone
Carosone in 1995
Background information
Birth name	Renato Carusone
Born	(1920-01-03)3 January 1920 Naples, Italy
Died	20 May 2001(2001-05-20) (aged 81) Rome, Italy
Genres	Light music naples song jazz swing boogie-woogie blues cha-cha-cha folk
Occupations	Singer songwriter pianist
Instruments	Vocals piano accordion ocarina
Years active	1935–2001
Labels	Pathé Stereo Dischi Ri-Fi Dischi Ricordi RCA Italiana Lettera A Fonit Cetra CBS Capitol

Renato Carosone ([reˈnaːto karoˈzoːne]; born Renato Carusone; 3 January 1920 – 20 May 2001) was an Italian musician.

He was a piano prodigy and prominent figure in the Italian music scene in the second half of the 20th century. He was also a modern performer of the so-called canzone napoletana, a traditional music genre from Naples. His biggest successes were: "'O sarracino/Caravan petrol", "Tu vuò fà l'americano", "Maruzzella" and "Pigliate na' pastiglia".

Carosone was one of the first post-war Italian artists (the other one being Domenico Modugno) who sold records and toured in the United States without singing in English.^[1]