Jimmy Fontana

Jimmy Fontana

Musician

Forfans of vintage italian pop, readers interested in 1960s melodic songwriting
1 Reviews 1 Definitions 2 Charts

The Profile

Italian singer-songwriter (born Enrico Sbriccioli, 1934–2013), best known for the 1960s hit "Il mondo".

Jimmy Fontana was a prominent figure in Italian melodic pop of the 1960s, author/performer of the hit "Il mondo"; he is credited as born Enrico Sbriccioli (1934) and is known for both performing and songwriting. The DeBaser review included rates an anthology (Il Meglio) 3/5 and describes his work as melodically evocative though stylistically linked to earlier decades.

Single DeBaser review frames Jimmy Fontana as a 1960s melodic Italian singer best known for "Il mondo". The reviewer admires several songs as melodic poetic pieces but calls Fontana's stage style outdated. Overall rating in the review: 3/5.

Notable Quotes

❝ Ah... if I were a director, I would like to make a movie about this theme: a singer very much in vogue in the early '60s, played by Massimo Boldi, retraces his life in front of an imaginary biographer.