Gianfranco Baldazzi
Italian songwriter
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| Intro | Italian songwriter | |
| Places | Italy | |
| was | Musician Historian Journalist Composer Lyricist Songwriter Record producer | |
| Work field | Business Journalism Social science Music | |
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| Birth | 28 July 1943, Bologna | |
| Death | 25 June 2013Rome (aged 69 years) |
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Gianfranco Baldazzi (28 July 1943 – 25 June 2013) was an Italian lyricist, record producer, author and journalist. Born in Bologna, Baldazzi started his career as a stage actor. Active from the second half of the 1960s, he wrote songs for Mina, Lucio Dalla, Gianni Morandi, Ornella Vanoni, Peppino di Capri, Ron among others. He was also a producer, and between 1991 and 1994 he was artistic director of the label Pressing. As an author, Baldazzi wrote several books about Italian music history and some biographies. He also collaborated with several magazines and newspapers, and with the TV-channel RAI International.