Summary
Claudio Cecchetto (born 19 April 1952) is an Italian record producer, deejay, musician, and talent scout.[1]
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 Cecchetto in 1986 | |
| Born | 19 April 1952 Ceggia, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
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Life and career edit
Cecchetto was born in Ceggia, a small town in the metropolitan city of Venice. After drumming with a few local bands, he started working as a deejay and became a regular host at Radio 105 Network, one of the first private radio stations in Italy to broadcast on national level. In 1982 he left Radio 105 and founded his own station, Radio DeeJay. In 1984 the Radio expanded to TV with the introduction of the show "Deejay Television" on Italia 1. Under Cecchetto's helm, the radio contributed to launch the career of many presenters, including Gerry Scotti, Albertino, DJ Linus, Fiorello, Marco Mazzoli, Fabio Volo, Daniele Bossari, Marco Baldini and Luca Laurenti. In 1994 Cecchetto was ousted from Radio Deejay following a dispute with his shareholders and went on to create Radio Capital.[2]
In 1981, Cecchetto released his first single, "Gioca-Jouer". The song was a domestic hi and topped the Italian charts.[3] About a year later, Cecchetto released a second single, the upbeat "Ska Ska Chou Chou".
Over the course of his career, Cecchetto discovered and produced many artists, including Sandy Marton, Jovanotti, Sabrina Salerno, 883, Nikki, B-nario, Tracy Spencer, Taffy and Finley.[4] Cecchetto has also hosted several Italian music festivals, including the Festival di Sanremo and Festivalbar.
Personal life edit
In the spring of 1992, Cecchetto married Maria Paola Danna in Riccione.[5] They have two children: Jody Cecchetto (born in 1994) and Leonardo Cecchetto (born in 2000).[6]
Television appearances edit
- Chewing Gum (Telemilano 58, 1978)
- Discoring (Rete 1, 1979–1982)
- Festival of Sanremo (Rete 1, 1980-81-82)
- Checkmate (Rete 1, 1980)
- Fantastico 2 (Rete 1, 1981)
- Popcorn (Canale 5, 1982–1983)
- Premiatissima (Canale 5, 1982)
- Festivalbar (Canale 5, 1983/1987, Italia 1, 1993)
- Deejay Television (Canale 5, Italia 1, 1983/1990)
- Azzurro (Italia 1, 1984, 1987)
- Supersanremo (Italia 1, 1984–1985)
- Zodiaco (Italia 1, 1985)
- Vote the Voice (Canale 5, 1985–1986)
- Festival di Castrocaro (Rai 1, 1992,1993,2002)
- Un disco per l'estate (Rai Uno, 1994)
- Sanremo Young 1996 (Rai Uno, 1996)
- Sanremo Rock 1997 (Rai Uno, 1997)
- Destinazione sanremo (Rai Uno, 2002)
- Ti lascio una canzone (Rai 1, 2008–2009)
- Io canto (Canale 5, 2010–2013)[7]
References edit
- ^ "Claudio Cecchetto IMDb". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ^ https://www.ilquotidianoindipendente.it/19-aprile-1952-nasce-il-disk-jockey-claudio-cecchetto/
- ^ Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
- ^ "Claudio Cecchetto, presentatore tre Festival anni 80". invidia.it. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ "si e' sposato Claudio Cecchetto". Corriere della Sera. 25 May 1992.
- ^ "Claudio Cecchetto, 30 anni dopo 'Gioca jouer': 'Faccio progetti ma sono pigro'". Rockol.it. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "Claudio Cecchetto MISTER RADIO". storiaradiotv.it. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
Bibliography edit
External links edit
- Sanremo Music Festival - Official website
- Festivaldisanremo.com – Independent website on Sanremo Music Festival since 1998 Archived 24 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine