Fabio Concato

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| name = Fabio Concato

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| birth_name = Fabio Piccaluga

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|5|31}}

| birth_place =Milan, Italy

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| occupation = singer-songwriter

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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Fabio Piccaluga (born 31 May 1953), known professionally as Fabio Concato, is an Italian singer-songwriter.

Life and career

Born Fabio Piccaluga{{cite news|last1=Luigi Bolognini|title=Il ritorno di Fabio|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2011/12/19/il-ritorno-di-fabio.html|access-date=20 January 2015|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=19 December 2011}} in Milan, the son of a jazz musician and a poet, Concato started his career with the cabaret group "I mormoranti", performing at the Derby Club in his hometown.{{cite book|last=Enrico Deregibus|title=Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana|date=8 October 2010|publisher=Giunti Editore, 2010|isbn=978-8809756250}} He debuted as a singer-songwriter with the album Storie di sempre, which included a minor hit in the form of A Dean Martin.{{cite book|last=Dario Salvatori|title=Storia dell'Hit Parade|year=1989|publisher=Gramese, 1989|isbn=8876054391}} Concato's popularity received a big boost in 1982 with the song Una domenica bestiale, which became a major hit in the Italian charts.{{cite book|last=Eddy Anselmi|title=Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana|year=2009|publisher=Panini Comics, 2009|isbn=978-8863462296}}

Other popular songs by Concato include Fiore di maggio, Speriamo che piova, Ti ricordo ancora and 051/222525. Concato entered the Sanremo Music Festival twice, in 2001 with Ciao ninìn and in 2007 with Oltre il giardino.