Giuliano Illiani (born 11 September 1947), best known as Donatello, is an Italian singer, mainly successful in the first half of the 1970s.

Born in Tortona, Illiani started his musical career as a member of the band Wanted’s between 1962 and 1966.

[1][2] The same year Donatello got his first commercial success with the song "Malattia d'amore" which charted tenth on the Italian hit parade.

[1][2] In the same years he got two top ten hits with the songs "Com'è dolce la sera" and "Ti voglio".

[3] After the 1974 single "Irene", which he presented at Un disco per l'estate, Donatello left Dischi Ricordi and started pursuing a more personal musical path, characterized by the recovery of traditional sounds.