Italy 24 News
10/19/2021
Antonio Coggio, composer, arranger and record producer was among the most important, died today in Rome, at the age of 82, they called him ‘Toninò the friends and all the artists he discovered and took by the hand and cared for with love for talent and art of song: from Claudio Baglioni to Ivano Fossati, from Mia Martini to Mariella Nava, from Mimmo Cavallo to Fiorella Mannoia, from Luca Barbarossa to Stefano Rosso. Tonino Coggio has followed many artists, since their first steps in the world of music. Today they mourn it.
«Goodbye dear Tonino – Claudio Baglioni writes on social media – through me he greets you and hugs you one last time that boy not yet eighteen years old in whom you immediately believed and whom you welcomed into your small family and your great friendship. If in all this time I have done anything good, the first accomplice was you. I will always be grateful to you », he concludes. There are countless songs written, arranged or produced by Antonio Coggio: in addition to what has been called the ‘song of the century,’ This little big love, and Baglioni’s first albums, Coggio has also produced hits such as Pensiero stupendo and Pazza idea by Patty Pravo, to name just a few. For Mariella Nava was a close friend of the family. She cries for him, moved: «His life was dedicated only to music. It was truly a myth. A great and a great person, generous – he concludes with gratitude – and really loved by everyone ».
COGGIO, Antonio
Born: 5/16/1939, Savona, Liguria, Italy
Died: 10/19/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Antonio Coggio’s western – music department technician:
Day of Anger - 1967
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