Giorgio Gaber, born Giorgio Gaberscik on January 25, 1939, in Milan, was an
Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, playwright, and actor whose career helped
shape modern Italian popular music. After emerging in the late 1950s as one of
Italy's pioneering rock and roll performers, he found success with songs
including "Non arrossire," "La ballata del Cerutti," "Trani a gogò," "Goganga,"
and "Porta Romana," many written with Umberto Simonetta. He also appeared four
times at the Sanremo Music Festival during the 1960s. From the late 1960s
onward, Gaber shifted toward socially conscio...