
Photo: Salvatore Capalbi / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Fogli strikes me as a living thread through Italian popular music. Born in 1947 and a Sanremo regular, he represents a kind of endurance that fashionable artists rarely manage: decades of staying true to his own songs while trends churned around him. I am drawn to that staying power. Longevity in music is less about a single hit than about conviction, and a voice seasoned over half a century carries a depth no newcomer can fake. He is the sort of veteran whose later, quieter recordings I would actually seek out, valuing warmth over spectacle.
Overview
Riccardo Fogli (born 21 October 1947) is an Italian singer-songwriter.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Riccardo Fogli
- Name (Japanese)
- リッカルド・フォッリ
- Reading
- りっかるど・ふぉっり
- Born
- October 21, 1947 (age 78)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Boar
- Origin
- Pontedera, Province of Pisa, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / recording artist / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Sanremo Music Festival
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Singer — see all → · Recording artist — see all → · More people from Italy →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.