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in Fosdinovo, Tuscany, Cutugno began his musical career as a drummer, but later formed a band that performed his own songs. In 1976 Cutugno participated for the first time in the Sanremo Music Festival coming up with 3rd place with his band Albatros. He then won in 1980 with the song "Solo noi" ("Only us", in Italian), and subsequently finished second in six editions: in 1984 with the song "Serenata" ("Serenade"), in 1987 with "Figli" ("Sons" or "Children"), in 1988 with "Emozioni" ("Emotions"), in 1989 with the song "Le mamme" ("The Mamas"), in 1990 with Ray Charles with the song "Gli amori" ("Loves", but entitled "Good Love Gone Bad" in Charles' version) and in 2005 with Annalisa Minetti with the song "Come noi nessuno al mondo" ("No One Else in the World Like Us"). In total Cutugno participated in the festival 13 times. In 1990, Cutugno entered and won the Eurovision Song Contest with his entry—"Insieme 1992" ("Together 1992"), a song celebrating the unification of Europe's EEC membership. His next album, Insieme, remains Cutugno's best known in Europe, but Cutugno would burst onto the international scene with his hit song, L'Italiano(Lasciatemi Cantare), which was on his hit CD entitled I Grandi Successi. Though Cutugno's output declined in the 90s, he continues to perform and record to this day, reminding audiences everywhere that he is one of Italy's finest assets.