Faust'o -

Faust’o is an Italian singer/songwriter who made the 1978–80 albums Suicidio, Poco zucchero, and J’accuse… Amore Mio. His 1979 single “Oh! Oh! Oh!” brought him a Festivalbar appearance. He followed through 1985 with Out Now, Faust’o, and Love Story, then resumed under his birth name Fausto Rossi with the 1992 disc Cambiano le cose.

Background

Faust’o was born Fausto Armando Rossi on Jan. 2, 1954, in Sacile, Pordenone, Italy. His mother came from Friuli, while his father came from Milan, where the family settled when Rossi was less than two weeks old. Rossi began classical piano studies at age five. He completed elementary school in Milan and did not continue regular academic studies.

In 1963, a TV7 report introduced nine-year-old Rossi to The Beatles. He bought one of their records with his mother the next day and shifted his attention from classical piano toward jazz and Anglo-American rock. At age fourteen, Rossi wrote his first songs in English under the influence of Rolling Stones records.

By age 23, Rossi’s contacts brought him to the attention of CDG. Sixties singing star Caterina Caselli, then associated with the Ascolto label, urged him to replace Fausto Rossi with a more distinctive stage-name. Producer Oscar Avogadro proposed Faust’o. Rossi entered Ricordi Studios in Milan with producer Avogadro, co-arranger Alberto Radius, and engineer Gianluigi Pezzera for the sessions that produced Suicidio.

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