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Franco Califano

Musician
Forfans of italian cantautorato, roman music lovers, and newcomers curious about califano’s poetry and persona.
3 Reviews 41 Definitions 17 Charts
Singer-Songwriters Author's Song Melodrama

The Profile

Franco Califano (1938–2013) was an Italian singer-songwriter and poet, celebrated for sharp, romantic and Roman-inflected lyrics and for classics like Tutto il resto è noia.

Italian singer-songwriter and poet (1938–2013), known as “Er Califfo”. Major hit: Tutto il resto è noia. Wrote lyrics for Mia Martini’s “Minuetto”. Active from the 1960s until his death.

Two reviews dig into Franco Califano’s dual nature: the flamboyant persona and the poet. Themes orbit summer, fleeting love, and a lucid boredom. One review frames him as “the” singer of Summer; the other insists he was, simply, a poet. Tracks cited include Tutto il resto è noia, Una favola d’estate, Roma nuda, and Non me portà a casa.

Notable Quotes

❝ Let me say that Califano was a poet. Yes, he was.
❝ Califano is, in truth, "the" singer of Summer:
❝ "Tutto il resto è noia" describes the fatal drift of sentimental fervor into daily routine with marvelous verses "invent parties and invite people over/so you don't think at least you do something/yes, alright, but then...;"
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