Born in Ferrara, in 1950 Meccia moved to Rome to pursue an acting career, eventually only getting some bit roles in some RAI TV series.

[2][3] In 1961 he took part in the eleventh edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with "Patatina", and had a good success with "Cha-cha dell'impiccato", a duet with his friend and frequent collaborator Jimmy Fontana.

[2][3] In the following years Meccia gradually focused on composing, writing songs for Mina (the hit "Folle banderuola"), Domenico Modugno, Patty Pravo, Rita Pavone, Nilla Pizzi, Cher ("Ma piano - per non svegliarti"); he got his major success as a composer with the song "Il Mondo", brought to success by Jimmy Fontana.

[2][3] In 1970 he co-founded with Bruno Zambrini and directed the record label Pull, with whom he launched the career of the glam-pop group I Cugini di Campagna.

[1][2] In the early 1980s the label closed and Meccia reprised his singing career as a member of the group Superquattro, together with Fontana, Nico Fidenco and Riccardo Del Turco.