Fred Buscaglione

With his tough "macho" air, reminiscent of Clark Gable, Fred "and his easy whisky" was the instigator of ironic song-writing, where sentiments alternate with sneers as in the unforgettable "Eri piccolo così", "Teresa non sparare", "Che bambola"

Renato Carosone

A pianist, composer and performer, Renato Carosone managed to introduce an unbeatable contamination between dance rhythms from all over the world and the sentimental tenderness of Neapolitan "canzoni"

A genial artist graced with a great stage presence, Modugno was the first truly Italian singer songwriter. The success of his "Nel blu dipinto di blu" (known as "Volare" in English) with which he won the Sanremo Festival in 1958 has never been matched by another Italian singer

Among the leading figures of the Neapolitan music scene, Roberto Murolo removed all rhetorical and melodramatic excesses from the traditional songs of Naples

Quartetto Cetra

The first mixed vocal quartet in Europe, the Quartetto Cetra, or rather Tata Giacobetti, Virgilio Savona, Felice Chiusano and Lucia Mannucci was a very original presence on the Italian musical scene, and specialised in adding very sharp mimicry to their vocal interpretation of the lyrics