Joe Sentieri


Joe Sentieri was an Italian singer and actor.

Career

His first success was the winning of the competition "Canzonissima" in 1959 with his version of the number one hit "Piove " by Domenico Modugno. In the same year he reached number two and number five in the Italian charts with "Ritroviamoci" and "Milioni di scintille". In 1960 he won the third place with "Quando vien la sera" at the Sanremo Festival. This song was number two in the Italian charts. Another top ten success was "È mezzanotte", which reached number eight.
Perhaps his internationally best known song is "Uno dei tanti". The song written by Carlo Donida and Giulio Rapetti was released in 1961. In 1963 Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller translated the text into English and released this song under the title "I ". It became one of their greatest hits and was covered more than thirty times, e.g. by Tom Jones, Gladys Knight, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Ben E. King, Sylvester James, Luther Vandross and Shirley Bassey.
Further songs which had an entry in the Italian charts were "Libellule", "Lei", "Cipria di sole", "Tobia", "Fermate il mondo and "Quando ci si vuol bene... ".
In the 1960s and the 1970s Sentieri was also seen in some films, e.g. in Howlers in the Dock with Adriano Celentano and in The Most Beautiful Wife'' with Ornella Muti.
Sentieri died from cerebral hemorrhage in a hospital in Pescara. He is survived by his wife Dora and two children.

Selected filmography