Alberto Camerini was born in São Paulo, Brazil from Italian Jewish parents who had moved to South America a few years earlier.

Camerini became a proficient guitarist and he later did session work for musicians such as Patty Pravo, Stormy Six, Fausto Leali and Eugenio Finardi himself.

[1][2] Camerini started his solo career in 1976, with the single "Pane quotidiano" and three albums that proposed an original mix between rock and Brazilian music.

[1] In the eighties Camerini initiated a successful collaboration with lyrics author and record producer Roberto Colombo.

Following the lukewarm reception to his 1986 album Angeli in Blue Jeans, Camerini took a break from music for about a decade.