Raffele Riefoli aka Raf made his Sanremo debut as one of the writers for the 1987 winning song Si puó dare di piú performed by Eurovision stars Umberto Tozzi, Gianni Morandi and Enrigo Ruggeri. That opened him doors to Eurovision where he went with Tozzi and scored third place with Gente di mare. Before that he had some international success with Self control, that Laura Branigan made a world hit. After Eurovision his career kick started in native Italy and he came to Sanremo himself in 1988 with Inevitabile follia (11th) and in 1989 with Cosa resterá degli anni 80 (15th), that later came a huge hit. In 1991 he tried once again with Oggi un Dio non ho 10th) that was also sung by late Ofra Haza. His fame and success continued and he won Festivalbar twice with Ti pretendo in 1989 and with Battito animale in 1993 and scored hits like Sei la piú bella del mondo, Due and Infinito. Eleven studio albums to date, numerous collaborations like recently with Nathalie in Sogno d'estate and with Max Pezzali in Sei fantastica. His latest album is Le ragioni del cuore from 2012 including new versions of his old songs with new arrangements and vocals plus a couple of new ones, like the title track.
Raffaele turns 54 today, auguri! An maybe it's time to return to Sanremo?
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