He was born in Rome, where he followed classic studies and in jurisprudence; before finishing university studies he started to work as radio speaker with EIAR, predecessor of RAI, Italian State Television.

Corrado began to work for TV in the 1960s as the host of popular shows such as Canzonissima, Miss Italia, the Sanremo Festival (1974) and Domenica In, which he inaugurated in 1976.

In 1978, together with his collaborator Dora Moroni, had a car accident which obliged her to have several operations.

His 1981 song "Carletto" topped the Italian hit parade for 11 weeks.

[2] Corrado was author nearly of all his shows with the pseudonym of Corima, often in collaboration with his brother Riccardo.