Emilio Pericoli

{{Short description|Italian singer (1928–2013)}}

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| birth_place = Cesenatico, Romagna, Italy

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| death_place = Savignano sul Rubicone, Romagna, Italy

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Emilio Pericoli (7 January 1928 – 9 April 2013){{Cite news|date=9 April 2013|title=E' morto Emilio Pericoli, leggendaria voce degli anni Sessanta|trans-title=Emilio Pericoli, legendary voice of the sixties, has died|work=Romagna Noi|url=http://www.romagnanoi.it/news/cronaca/1186129/E--morto-Emilio-Pericoli-.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413012528/www.romagnanoi.it/news/cronaca/1186129/E--morto-Emilio-Pericoli-.html|archive-date=13 April 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/quando-quando-quando-singer-emilio-pericoli-dies-at-85-20130412 |title=Quando Quando Quando Singer Emilio Pericoli Dies At 85 | Australia's Music News Authority |website=Noise11.com |date=2013-04-12 |access-date=2015-08-18}} was an Italian singer. He was born in Cesenatico, Romagna, Italy.{{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1936}}

Pericoli's success was closely tied to the Sanremo Festival. He recorded a cover version of the song, "Al di là", by festival winner Betty Curtis. The song was an international success, hitting the charts in the U.S. (No. 3 AC, No. 6 Pop) and No. 30 in UK.{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 423}} It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.{{cite book

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| last= Murrells

| year= 1978

| title= The Book of Golden Discs

| edition= 2nd

| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd

| location= London

| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/138 138]

| isbn= 0-214-20512-6

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In 1962, Pericoli entered the festival himself. Together with composer Tony Renis he sang the ballad "Quando, quando, quando", featured in the movie The Easy Life, which initially failed to chart, but later became one of the best-known Italian hits.

A year later, Pericoli returned to San Remo with Renis again, with the song "Uno per tutte". He placed among the winners, and won a spot in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest, where he came third, behind the winners Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann and runner-up Esther Ofarim.

He died in Savignano sul Rubicone, aged 85.