The world of Italian music loses one of its kindest, but also most powerful revolutionaries. He passed away in Milan, at the age of 89, Tony Dallara. The official announcement was made by New IMAIEconfirming the death of Tony Dallarathe one who, between the end of the '50s and the beginning of the '60s, changed the rules of the game of our discography.
At the registry office Antonio Larderaborn in Campobasso in 1936 but Milanese by adoption, Dallara was not just a singer, but the symbol of a generational rupture. In an era dominated by “bel canto” and chalky melodies, he brought the triplet rhythm inspired by The Platters and the vocal power that earned him the nickname of “King of Howlers”. Understanding today who was Tony Dallara screamer it means understanding the fundamental transition between tradition and modern pop.
tony dallara: The explosion with “Come prima” and the sales record
His career changed direction in 1957. He was hired as a delivery boy at Music by Walter Guertler, Tony is discovered almost by chance. The record company, after listening to him in the legendary venue Saint Thecla of Milan (where he often met a young man Adriano Celentano), decides to have it recorded As before. The song became the leader of a series of Tony Dallara famous songs still cited and sampled today.
The song, rejected by Sanremo in 1955, it becomes an unprecedented success in 1958: beyond 300,000 copies solda record for the time, and an infinite permanence at the top of the hit parade. With that interpretation, Dallara paves the way for names like Mina and Celentano, proving that Italian music could be energetic, physical and modern.
1960 is the year of definitive consecration. Tony Dallara wins Sanremo Festival paired with Renato Rascel with the famous Romantic. As winner Sanremo 1960 Romanticathe artist becomes an international success, even translated into Japanese and brought to success in France by Dalida.
In the same year he also conquered Great songa success that he repeated in 1961 with Little girl. In that period, Tony was a true multimedia superstar: he collected seven songs in the charts at the same time and took part in several films of the “musicarello” genre alongside Domenico Modugno And Fred Buscaglione.
Painting, television and the revival
With the advent of the Beat in the mid-60s, Dallara's popularity suffered a decline. A multifaceted artist, he does not give up and dedicates himself to his other great passion: painting. The duo Tony Dallara painting and private life becomes inseparable; he exhibits in prestigious galleries and forms a deep friendship with Renato Guttusowho sincerely appreciates his abstract pictorial talent.
Starting from the 1980s, thanks to the wave of revival of Italian music, he once again became a much-loved face on television, participating in historic programs such as Happy Sunday and, more recently, Sunday In. Despite the health problems that had affected him in recent years, he was back in 2024 Mara Venier to give the public one last, exciting performance of his classics.
Today Italian music loses its “gentle screamer”, a man who had the courage to raise his voice to bring our song towards modernity. Hi, Tony.
