Claudio Baglioni
Claudio Baglioni was born in Rome on 16 May 1951. His musical career began in 1965 when he entered a competition for new talents in the Rome district of Centocelle. Between 1965 and 1968 he composed a musical suite to a poem by E. A. Poe entitled "Annabel Lee", made a test recording for RCA, released his first album "Claudio Baglioni", and entered the "Disco per l'estate" competition with the song "Una favola blu" (A Blue Tale).
Following the release of his second album "Un cantastorie dei giorni nostri" (A Folk Singer in Present Days) in 1972, he made the big-time with "Questo piccolo grande amore" (This Little Big Love).
