Rino Gaetano was born in Crotone on this present day in 1950.
Italy remembers the late Italian singer-songwriter Rino Gaetano on Wednesday, the seventy fifth anniversary of his start on 29 October 1950.
More than 4 many years after his premature loss of life in Rome on the age of 30, Gaetano and his music stay massively widespread in Italy.
The singer is remembered each summer season in the capital the place followers from throughout Italy collect for a dwell music occasion known as Rino Gaetano Day, organised by his sister Anna and nephew Alessandro Gaetano.
On Wednesday, to mark what would have been his seventy fifth birthday, Gaetano will likely be celebrated at Largo Venue in Rome with a particular musical tribute.
State broadcaster Rai may even display a programme devoted to him, known as Rino Gaetano, a singer-songwriter with a high hat, on Wednesday at 19.40 on Rai Storia.
Oggi Rino Gaetano avrebbe compiuto 75 anni. In occasione di questo anniversario, #RaiCultura gli dedica lo Speciale “Rino Gaetano, un cantautore con il cilindro”, in onda oggi #29ottobre alle 11.15 e alle 19.40 su @RaiStoria. pic.twitter.com/GFEd87StyJ
— raicultura (@RaiCultura) October 29, 2025
Sony Music Italy will launch a brand new version of Gaetano’s album E io ci sto, 45 years after its launch, out 21 November. The reissue options the basic tracks remastered on CD and vinyl, together with beforehand unreleased materials.
Cinemas in Italy will display Rino Gaetano Sempre Più Blu, the brand new movie directed by Giorgio Verdelli, from 24-26 November.
Presented not too long ago on the twentieth Rome Film Fest, the film is described as an intimate portrait of the singer-songwriter, a journey by way of recollections and interviews that recount the person behind the legend, celebrating his musical and cultural legacy.
In 2020, Italy marked the fortieth anniversary of Gaetano’s loss of life by releasing a stamp in his honour, that includes the smiling musician in his trademark high hat in opposition to the background of a blue sky, a reference to considered one of his biggest hits Ma il cielo è sempre più blu.
Who was Rino Gaetano?
Salvatore Antonio Gaetano was born on 29 October 1950 in Crotone, in Italy’s southern Calabria area, earlier than shifting aged 10 to Rome the place he would dwell the remainder of his brief life.
He made his musical breakthrough in 1975 with Ma il cielo è sempre più blu, a jaunty music about on a regular basis life, plagued by irony, clichés and contradictions.
Gaetano quickly turned identified for his satirical songs, which took goal at politicians and supported social protests, all sung in a tough, highly effective voice.
His lyrics typically landed him hassle, notably with the 1976 music Nuntereggae più, which initially cited prime minister Aldo Moro (earlier than his kidnapping) and journalist Indro Montanelli, whose names had been deleted to keep away from controversy.
Critical success
Success continued for Gaetano together with his second album, Mio fratello è figlio unico in 1976, and his third album the next 12 months, Aida, which featured the hit of the identical title.
Noted for its originality, the music is Gaetano’s ode to Italy and its historical past, instructed by way of the determine of Aida.
In 1980 Gaetano recorded his remaining album E io ci sto, marked by a severe tone and rock sound, whose title observe he sang throughout his final tv look on 31 May 1981.
Death
Two days later, within the early hours of two June, Festa della Repubblica, Gaetano was driving house alone alongside Rome’s Via Nomentana the place he collided with a van on the intersection of Viale XXI Aprile, dying of his accidents just a few hours later.
Rino Gaetano is buried in capital’s Verano cemetery and his tombstone reads: Ma il cielo è sempre più blu.
