Claudio Cecchetto: reviews, works and Gioca Jouer

Claudio Cecchetto

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The Profile

Claudio Cecchetto is an Italian DJ, record producer, radio/TV host and talent scout. He created the 1981 hit Gioca Jouer, founded Radio Deejay and later Radio Capital, hosted multiple Sanremo Festival editions, and helped launch artists such as Jovanotti, 883/Max Pezzali, Fiorello, Amadeus and others.

Born 19 April 1952 in Ceggia (Veneto), Italy. Italian DJ, producer, presenter and talent scout. Founder of Radio Deejay (1982) and Radio Capital. Hosted multiple early-1980s Sanremo Festival editions. Known for the hit Gioca Jouer (1981) and for discovering or launching talents including Jovanotti, 883/Max Pezzali, Fiorello, Amadeus, Gerry Scotti, Sandy Marton and Sabrina Salerno.

Two reviews cover Cecchetto’s 1981 hit Gioca Jouer and his autobiography. They frame his role as DJ, producer, TV/radio host and talent scout, from the 1970s onward. Highlights include Radio Deejay, Deejay TV, Sanremo, and the launch of major Italian entertainers. One review muses on simplicity vs banality in pop success.

Notable Quotes

❝ A total success that still feeds on itself today and goes beyond: the Gioca jouer is a mandatory passage for every Italian, in an inclusive sense (ius soli, ius culturae).

❝ An artist cannot be such on a schedule or in situations. The heart of an artist doesn’t go on vacation, doesn’t take lunch breaks, doesn’t close the “cler” (“shutter” in Milanese, editor’s note). It stays on even at home, at the gym, on weekends, with the wife, the husband, the children, the friends. I’ve always told my group: “If you spend the week waiting for Friday to put the skis on the car, it means you have chosen the wrong job”