Franco Battiato, one of Italy’s most famous singer-songwriters, died at the age of 76 after a long illness. Born on March 23, 1945 in Sicily, performed all music genres.With more than 50 years of music, Battiato was one of the greatest songwriters of Italian music.
In 1968 the Cotique label was born and the label's first record was The Groovy Sounds of The Gilberto Sextet, a young band of Puerto Rican descent led by pianist Gilberto Cruz.
