
Johnny Dorelli
Born
1937-02-20
Place of birth
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Biography
Johnny Dorelli (born 20 February 1937) is an Italian actor, singer and showman. Born as Giorgio Guidi in Meda, he debuted as singer in the late 1950s for CGD label. In 1958 he won the Sanremo Festival in duo with Domenico Modugno, with the songs "Nel blu dipinto di blu" (also known as "Volare") and "Piove (Ciao ciao bambina)". "L'immensità" earned Dorelli a ninth place at the 1967 edition of the Sanremo Song Festival. His greatest success was the musical Aggiungi un posto a tavola, which was also performed at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End in an English version entitled Beyond the ...
Known for

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
Il mago Gaspar (episodio "Il mago")

Bread and Chocolate
Italian Industrialist

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche
Carlo Caprioli

State buoni se potete
Don Filippo Neri

Tit for Tat
Emanuele Sansoni

God Makes and Then Pairs Them Up
Don Celeste Restani

The Fiend
Valerio Barigozzi

Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
Ludovico Zanichelli

How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover
Alberto Castelli

My Loves
Marco Rossi

I'm Getting a Yacht
Dr. Piero Savelli

Hot Spirits
Giovanni degli Uberti / Guiscardo

Sanremo Music Festival
Self - Host

Aggiungi un posto a tavola
Don Silvestro

And Agnes Chose to Die
Walter