Fausto Leali shot to the fame already in 1967 with A chi, and got known for his special voice. The year after he was already in Sanremo with Deborah, one of his biggest hits placing 4th. He repeated his 4th place the year after with Un'ora fa. Then followed some less succesful participations: 1970 Hippy (12th), 1972 L'uomo e il cane (non finalist), 1973 La bandiera di sole (8th). Then a 15-year break and new success with Io amo in 1987, written by Toto Cutugno and 4th place. Mi manchi came 5th the year after. Then came 1989 when he united with Anna Oxa "as we two never win anything" et voilá, they won with Ti lascerò. They also went to Eurovision together with rather similarly built Avrei voluto placing 9th. In the 1990's he was back to Sanremo twice; in 1992 with Perche (9th) and 1997 with Non ami che te (10th). Three participations also in the 2000's: 2002 with another duet, this time with another foxy lady Luisa Corna and Ora che ho bisogno di te placing once again 4th. The year after Eri tu didn't feature as well, being only 13th. His latest and 13th Sanremo to date is 2009 and Una piccola parte di te that reached the final. Will we see him back in 2014 to make it to the 6th decade?
He has released 18 studio albums, two of them blues covers proving where he got his nickname Il negro bianco. The lastest album is Una piccola parte di te from 2009, but in 2011 he released a single Sono tornato (I'm back) but it's not like he's been back a lot... at least in the recording studio!
He turns 69 today! Auguri, Faustino!!!!
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