Michele

Italian singer and actor. He recorded his first single at age 14. Abandoning his birth name, he obtained his first success as Michele in 1963 with the song "Se mi vuoi lasciare", which won the musical contest Cantagiro and reached number one in the Italian hit parade. In the sixties, Michele achieved further successes including some cover versions of songs by Elvis Presley. After a less successful period, in 1971, he had another major success with the song "Susan dei Marinai", with an uncredited contribution to the lyrics by Fabrizio De André. In 1970, Michele entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Laddio", followed two years later at the same festival with the song "Forestiero". During his career Michele was also a music producer and an occasional actor. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less