1987 Italy: Umberto Tozzi & Raf - Gente di mare (3th place at Eurovision Song Contest in Brussels)

Performed by: Umberto Tozzi & Raf Music by: Umberto Tozzi, Raf Lyrics by: Giancarlo Bigazzi Conductor: Gianfranco Lombardi Language: Italian Placing: 3rd (103 points) Over the course of his career, Umberto Tozzi has sold over 70 million records in different languages internationally, and his biggest international hits are: “Claridad“, “Gloria“,“Tu“ and “Ti Amo“. In 1988, Tozzi released his second live album, The Royal Albert Hall. In the 1990s, Tozzi recorded several more songs such as “Gli altri siamo noi“ (“Others are us“), the album Equivocando (“Misunderstanding“), Il grido (“The outcry“) and Aria e cielo (“Air and sky“). He also released a greatest hits compilation, Le mie canzoni (“My songs“). Raf aka as Riefoli lived the few first years of the 1980s in London, before starting out his musical career in 1984, landing mostly in the new wave scene with his Engl