The voice behind Il cielo in una stanza and Sapore di sale has died in Genoa, leaving behind a catalogue that shaped Italian popular music for six decades. He was 91 years old, born in Monfalcone on September 23, 1934. Paoli was not simply a singer. He was one of the architects of what Italian music became.
Paoli is widely considered one of the greatest figures in Italian popular music of the 1960s and 70s. He wrote and performed songs that became part of the national memory: Il cielo in una stanza, La gatta, Senza fine, Sapore di sale, and Quattro amici, among many others.
