Giorgio Conte (born 23 April 1941) is an Italian singer-songwriter, drummer, guitarist and composer.
Life and career Giorgio Conte was born in Asti, in the Piedmont region. His older brother is the singer, songwriter and pianist Paolo Conte.Cotto, Massimo (1990). "Conte, Giorgio". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore. p. 430. Giorgio Conte started his music career playing drums in a jazz combo with his brother. In the 1960s, he mostly concentrated on songwriting. His first song to be recorded was Carla Boni's "Piccola spiaggia", with lyrics by Giorgio Calabrese. In 1983, after receiving encouragement from Ariston Records artistic director Alfredo Rossi, he made his debut as a recording artist with the album Zona Cesarini, whose title alludes to his late arrival into the scene. The same year, following a successful performance at Club Tenco, he left his day job at a law firm to fully dedicate himself to music.
Conte has written numerous domestic hits for other artists, including Patty Pravo's "Tripoli 69", Equipe 84's "Una giornata al mare", Rosanna Fratello's "Non sono Maddalena", Ornella Vanoni's "Che barba amore mio", and Fausto Leali's "Deborah". His collaborations also include Francesco Baccini (of whom he produced his first two albums), Mina, Loretta Goggi, Rossana Casale, Gipo Farassino. In 2022, he was awarded the Premio Tenco for his career.
Discography Studio albums 1983 - Zona Cesarini 1987 - L'erba di S. Pietro 1993 - Giorgio Conte 1997 - La vita fosse 1999 - Eccomi qua... 2000 - L'ambasciatore dei sogni 2003 - Il contestorie 2011 - C.Q.F.P. 2014 - Cascina Piovanotto 2017 - Sconfinando
Live albums 1995 - Concerto Live 2004 - The Best of / Live al Sovrano Festival / Alberobello 2004
Collections 2004 - La belle vie...
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