Corrado Lojacono

Corrado Lojacono (22 January 1924 – 23 October 2012) was an Italian singer, actor, record producer and songwriter.

In the early 1950s he debuted as an actor appearing in two revues alongside Renato Rascel, Attanasio cavallo vanesio and Alvaro piuttosto corsaro.

[1][2] In 1957, Lojacono reprised his musical studies and graduated from the Accademia Internazionale Musicale in Rome.

[1][3] In 1962 he was entered into the competition at the 12th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "L'anello".

[1][2] Also active as a songwriter, sometimes credited as Camicasca, Lojacono composed about forty songs, notably "Carina", which was covered by several artists including Cliff Richard, Sophia Loren, Dean Martin and Caterina Valente.