Eldo Di Lazzaro (21 February 1902 – 29 November 1968) was an Italian composer, mainly successful during the 1930s.
Born in Trapani, Di Lazzaro grew up in Trivento, in the Molise region.
[1][2] After having learned to play the piano from his father,[1] he started his career as a pianist in ballrooms.
[2] His best-known composition was "Reginella campagnola", which Glenn Miller successfully covered in English as "The Woodpecker Song" and later became a widely spread football chant.
[4] Other hits include "Chitarra romana", "La piccinina" (covered in French as "Toi que mon coeur appelle" and in English as "Ferryboat Serenade"), "Rosabella del Molise" and "Il passerotto", which was finalist at the third edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.