Ciccio Busacca

  • Folk music
  • musica siciliana
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • cantastorie
Instrument(s)GuitarYears active1951–1989LabelsI dischi del Sole
Musical artist

Francesco Busacca, better known as Cicciu or Ciccio Busacca (15 February 1925 – 11 September 1989), was born in Paternò, province of Catania. He was one of the best known Sicilian ballad singers.[1] Dario Fo, playwright and composer, wrote "Ci ragiono e canto N.3" for him.[2]

Busacca's album La storia di lu briganti Musulinu was named after Italian brigand Giuseppe Musolino.

References

  1. ^ "Italian Music History". 1 April 2006. Archived from the original on 15 April 2006. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Ciccio Busacca". www.irsap-agrigentum.it. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  • Dario Fo biography at nobelprize.org
  • Italian music history at worlddiscoveries.net
  • Cicciu Busacca (in Italian) at www.irsap-agrigentum.it
Authority control databases: Artists Edit this at Wikidata
  • MusicBrainz


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