Gianluigi Di Franco (5 January 1953, in Capri – 19 March 2005, in Naples) was an Italian singer. In the early 1970s he joined the brothers Corrado and Danilo Rustici and formed the progressive rock band Cervello. The group disbanded after one album and Di Franco spent the 1970s working in a psychiatric hospital in Naples as a musicotherapist In the early 1980s Di Franco resumed his music career. He collaborated with percussionist Tony Esposito, singing lead vocals on "Kalimba de luna" (1984) and "As Tu As" (1985). He also worked with Tullio De Piscopo and Mory Kanté on the single "Radio Africa" (1986). In 1988 he released his first solo album, Gianluigi Di Franco.

Discography

With Cervello: Melos (1973)

Gianluigi Di Franco

Solo album

Gianluigi Di Franco (Dischi Ricordi SMRL 6377) 1988

Siren Ligheia

Go heavy

Luna

Semiramide

Nighi Naga

Insh'Allah

Scirocco

Can we be wrong

Vurria addiventare

Jingle in the jungle

Una vela nell’azzurro

References

1953 births

2005 deaths

20th-century Italian male singers

Singers from Naples

Gianluigi Di Franco