Born Elio Cesari in Milan in 1938; Tony Renis is an Italian singer, songwriter and record producer. His best-known songs include “Quando quando quando”, which he wrote with Alberto Testa, and “Grande, grande, grande” for Mina (1972). In 2002 he was named Ambassador of Italian Song in the World. On the gala recording Doc Heilein and Friends Gala 2023 – Ich will keine Schokolade (2023) Sarah Bouwers and Ricardo Marinello sing “The Prayer” from the animated film “Quest for Camelot” (1998); he wrote the lyrics with Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster and Alberto Testa, and the music is by Foster and Bayer Sager. He received the Golden Globe for the song in 1999.
Tony Renis
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