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Franco Califano

real name Francesco Califano

Italy · 1938-09-14 – 2013-03-30

Franco Califano is credited on 1,285 releases across 369 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,285

Credits

369

Albums

7

Decades active

26

In collections

Biography

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Italian songwriter, singer, poet and actor, born 14 September 1938, † 30 March 2013, Rome, Italy.
He was born in an airplane above Tripoli, Libya, Califano lived most of his life in Rome (in whose dialect he usually sang) and Milan.

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Credited work

1,285 releases · 369 albums · active 1964–2025

  • Performance · 1,920
  • Other credits · 63
  • Production · 9

Studios: Titania Studios · La Basilica Studios · Studi PDU, Lugano · Fonorama Studios

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