Giovanni Scialpi was born 60 years ago in Parma, Italy. Apart from being a singer, he is also a TV personality and actor.
Scialpi’s career began in 1983 at the Festivalbar, then held during the summer months every year, with the single ‘Rocking Rolling’. It was an instant hit and Scialpi became a teenagers’ idol, with the help of both the song and his good looks.
His first album ‘Es-tensioni’ followed, which included 3 songs written by another singer, Mango. This album won him the Telegatto of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. The year after, the single ‘Cigarettes and Coffee’ was released, and was also very successful.
Scialpi participated 4 times in the yearly Festival di San Remo music contest: in 1986 with ‘No East No West’, placed 16th; in 1987 with ‘Bella Eta`’ and then triumphed in 1988 by winning the contest with ‘Pregherei’, sung in duet with Scarlett. In 1992 he participated once again with the song ‘E’ una nanna’, but was immediately eliminated.
During his career, Scialpi released 14 studio albums and 24 singles. He also appeared in a few TV shows, performed in theatrical productions and acted in a couple of TV series.