A Turin singer-songwriter whose 1977 ballad became a global pop touchstone.
For a quick sense of Tozzi, just play 'Ti Amo'. If you want something else from his catalog, try 'Scivolando'.
Tozzi's name is inseparable from 'Ti Amo', the 1977 ballad that crossed borders and defined a certain kind of romantic Italian pop. That song, sometimes listed as 'You And I (Ti Amo)', is still the one people know, but his catalog holds other tracks like 'Scivolando' and 'Gabbie'. He also recorded a duet version of 'Gloria' with Laura Branigan, showing his reach beyond Italy.
He started writing in high school with a band called Off Sound and released his debut album 'Donna Amante Mia' in 1974. The breakthrough came three years later with the album featuring 'Ti Amo', followed by records like 'Gloria' in 1979 and 'Notte Rosa' in 1981. After legal troubles in the late 1990s, he kept making music, with albums like 'Eva' in 2000 and 'Songs' in 2018.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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