voc, 1909-1975 IT, Milan
Singer / Musician / Composer of Jazz and Pop
A.k.a. Luigi Redaelli
Pippo Starnazza (16 April 1909 – 16 July 1975) was an Italian jazz singer, composer, musician, entertainer and actor.Born Luigi Redaelli in Milan, he started his career in the 1920s, playing the drums in the De Carli Orchestra at the Orfeo music-hall in Milan. After having been part of several other orchestras and jazz bands, in the early 1930s Redaelli started his solo career as a singer-entertainer, specializing in creating humorous covers in the Milanese dialect of popular American songs. In 1939, he adopted his stage name and formed the "Quintetto del Delirio" (Delirium Quintet), with whom he got several successes with cover songs where the English lyrics were replaced by an onomatopoeic, gibberish language. Since the 1960s Starnazza also appeared in numerous films, in supporting and c
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Dinah / Ortega! | Pippo Starnazza | 1966 | Single |
Tu Sei Prismatica / Besame Mucho | Pippo Starnazza | 1960 | Single |
Straccione / Ticche... Ta | Pippo Starnazza | Album | |
Cara Piccina | Pippo Starnazza | Single | |
Ciribiribin | Pippo Starnazza | Single |