Franca Evangelisti

Franca Evangelisti
Evangelisti with Nicola Di Bari in Radiocorriere magazine (1972)
Born6 April 1935 (1935-04-06) (age 91)
Rome, Italy
OccupationsLyricist
Composer

Franca Evangelisti (born 6 April 1935) is an Italian lyricist and singer.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Evangelisti studied singing with composer Lino Benedetto [it]. In the second half of the 1950s, she started her professional career as a singer with the stage name Evy Angeli. She was a vocalist in various orchestras, touring extensively, and also performing several times on American television.

In the late 1960s, Evangelisti was put under contract by RCA Italiana as a lyricist, notably becoming a close collaborator of Renato Zero for about twenty years, signing some of his most known songs such as "Il carrozzone", "Amico", "Madame", "Sesso o esse". In this role, Evangelisti took part in four editions of the Sanremo Music Festival, in particular writing the lyrics of Patty Pravo's 1987 entry "Pigramente signora". Artists with whom she collaborated also include Domenico Modugno, Mina, Sylvie Vartan, Mia Martini, Nicola Di Bari, Riccardo Fogli, Michele Zarrillo, Dario Baldan Bembo and Adriano Pappalardo.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Giannelli, Enzo (1990). "Evangelisti, Franca". In Castaldo, Gino (ed.). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio. p. 611.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Anselmi, Eddy (2009). "Franca Evangelisti". Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini. p. 696. ISBN 978-8863462296.
  3. 1 2 Cotto, Massimo (2011). Il grande libro del rock (e non solo): musica per tutti i giorni dell'anno (in Italian). Rizzoli. ISBN 978-88-17-04850-7.
  4. ↑ Dragone, Sergio (2015). "Franca Evangelisti". Tu chiamale, se vuoi, poesie: Antologia dei versi più belli della canzone italiana. Lampi di stampa. p. 349. ISBN 978-88-488-1593-2.