Sergio Endrigo was an Italian singer-songwriter.
Born in Pola, Istria in Italy (now Pula, Croatia), he has been often compared—for style and nature—to authors of the so-called "Genoa school" like Gino Paoli, Fabrizio De André, Luigi Tenco, and Bruno Lauzi.
He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1968 with the song "Canzone per te", sung with Roberto Carlos. The same year he represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song "Marianne." His hits also include "L'arca di Noè", "Io che amo solo te" and "Adesso sì".
During his career he has collaborated with writers and poets such as Gianni Rodari, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vinícius de Moraes and Giuseppe Ungaretti and with musicians such as Toquinho and Luis Bacalov.
