Riccardo Cocciante
Riccardo Cocciante (born 20 February 1946), also known in French-speaking countries and the U.S. as Richard Cocciante, is an Italian singer, composer, theatre man and musician. He acquired French citizenship. Cocciante was born on 20 February 1946 in Saigon, French Indochina, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to an Italian father from Rocca di Mezzo, L'Aquila, and a French mother. At the age of 11, he moved to Rome, Italy, where he attended the Lycée français Chateaubriand. He has also lived in France, the United States, and Ireland. Cocciante began achieving success as a musician around 1972. In 1976, he covered the Beatles song "Michelle" for the musical documentary All This and World War II. That same year, he released his sole English album in the US, with the single "When Love Has Gone Away" peaking at No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1983, Cocciante signed to Virgin Records as their first Italian artist. In 1991, he won the Sanremo Festival with the song "Se stiamo insieme", and for Christmas 1997, his friend Plácido Domingo invited him to sing at Domingo's annual Christmas in Vienna concert, together with Sarah Brightman and Helmut Lotti. In 1996, he was chosen as the singer for the Italian versions of the songs in the Toy Story movie, singing "Un Amico in me", "Che Strane Cose" and "Io non-volerò più". As of 2008, Cocciante has had three musicals running, including Giulietta e Romeo (musical), Le Petit Prince, and Notre-Dame de Paris. His most recent project, the Chinese language adoption of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot is being directed by Zhang Yimou. In 2013, Cocciante was a coach for The Voice Italy. Elhaida Dani, one of the contestants he coached, won the first season of The Voice Italy. Cocciante's oeuvre includes recordings in Italian, French, English, and Spanish. In 1976, he released a cover of The Beatles' song "Michelle", featuring the London Symphony Orchestra. Cocciante recorded his hit song "Pour Elle" as a duet with Francesca Bellenis with English lyrics. The song is part of his 1994 album "Un uomo felice". A Spanish version "Por Ella" and an Italian version "Per Lei" were also recorded. In 1983, Cocciante released his album "Sincerità", produced and arranged by the American composer James Newton Howard. Source: Article "Riccardo Cocciante" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- 2024 · Il Volo: All for one - Third Episode as Himself
- 2022 · Un dimanche à la campagne as Self
- 2022 · Les 20 tubes des années 90 préférés des Français as Self
- 2021 · Il Volo: Tribute to Ennio Morricone 2021 as
- 2020 · TV Story Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Les échangistes as Self
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui as
- 2005 · Rockpolitik as Self
- 2001 · Star Academy as Self
- 2001 · Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés as
- 1998 · A Gala Christmas in Vienna as Self
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self
- 1986 · ZDF-Fernsehgarten as Self
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self
- 1982 · Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! as Himself
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1975 · Numéro un as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1951 · Sanremo Music Festival as Self - Special Guest