Born in Naples, Salvatore started his career in the late 1980s as a stand-up comedian and as a singer-songwriter of humorous and satirical songs.

After enjoying local success, he became nationally well-known during the 1990s thanks to his semi-regular participation in the Canale 5 program Maurizio Costanzo Show.

[1][2] In 1996, he entered the main competition at the 46th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Sulla porta", the first Sanremo Festival song having homosexuality as main theme.

[1][2] In 2001, he entered the Festival di Napoli competition with "Se io fossi San Gennaro", a ballad about Naples which raised controversy because of his lyrics critical of the social situation of the city.

[3] Struck by a cerebral haemorrhage in October 2021, he never fully recovered, and died on 19 April 2023, at the age of 63.