Gianfranco Baldazzi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gianfranco Baldazzi

Italian songwriter

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1943

Place of Birth: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 25-Jun-2013

Profession: composer, record producer, historian, songwriter, lyricist, journalist

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Gianfranco Baldazzi (28 July 1943 – 25 June 2013) was an Italian lyricist, record producer, author and journalist. Born in Bologna, Baldazzi started his career as a stage actor.
Active from the second half of the 1960s, he wrote songs for Mina, Lucio Dalla, Gianni Morandi, Ornella Vanoni, Peppino di Capri, Ron among others.
He was also a producer, and between 1991 and 1994 he was artistic director of the label Pressing.
As an author, Baldazzi wrote several books about Italian music history, some biographies and a historical novel set in the Middle Ages, "Il Silenzio della Cattedrale" (The Silence of the Cathedral).
He also collaborated with several magazines and newspapers, and with the TV-channel RAI International.About Italian Song he published: La canzone italiana del Novecento (Newton Compton, 1988), a history of Italian Song from Enrico Caruso to Eros Ramazzotti. I nostri cantautori (Thema, prima edizione 1990), a history of Art Song in Italy from Odoardo Spadaro to the present day. Dalla (Muzio, prima edizione 1990), a biography of singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla, told by a friend from his same hometown. Le parole che cantavamo (50&PIÙ, Le Perle della Memoria,2004) Lucio Dalla.
L'uomo degli specchi (Minerva Edizioni, 2013) with photos by Roberto Serra.