Joe Sentieri
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Joe Sentieri (actually Rino Luigi Sentieri; born 3 March 1925 in Genoa, died 27 March 2007 in Pescara) was an Italian singer and actor.
[edit] Career
His first success was the winning of the competition "Canzonissima" in 1959 with his version of the number one hit Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) by Domenico Modugno. In the same year he reached number two and number five in the Italian charts with Ritroviamoci and Millioni di scintille. In 1960 he won the third place with Quando vien la sera at the San Remo Festival. This song was number two in the Italian charts. Another top ten success was E' mezzanotte which reached number eight.
Perhaps his internationally best known song is Uno Dei Tanti. The song written by Carlo Donida and Giulio Rapetti was released in 1961. In 1963 Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller translated the text into English and released this song under the title I (Who have nothing). It became one of their greatests hits and was covered more than thirty times, e.g. by Tom Jones, Gladys Knight, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Ben E. King, Sylvester James, Luther Vandross and Shirley Bassey.
Further songs which had an entry in the Italian charts were Libellule (1961), Lei (1961), Cipria di sole (1962), Tobia (1962), Fermate il mondo (1963) and Quando ci si vuol bene... (come noi) (1963).
In the 1960s and the 1970s Sentieri was also seen in some films, e.g. in Howlers of the Dock (1960) with Adriano Celentano and in The Most Beautiful Wife (1970) with Ornella Muti.
On March 27, 2007 he died from cerebral hemorrhage in a hospital in Pescara. He is survived by his wife Dora and two children.
