Pierangelo Bertoli Biography

Born in Sassuolo, in the Province of Modena and belonging to a working class family, when he was 4 he suffered of poliomyelitis and he lost use of his legs. He started his career of singer at the end of 1973 with the album Rosso colore dell'amore [1] and one year later with the self-produced album Roca Blues. One of his most famous album was the one of 1979, A muso duro.
Married with Bruna, he had 3 sons, Emiliano, Petra and Alberto, also him a singer.
In 1990 he collaborate with Elio e le Storie Tese, and in 1991 (with Tazenda) and 1992 he tooks part to the Sanremo Music Festival.
His last album, 301 guerre fa (2002) was composed with the collaboration of his son Alberto and Luciano Ligabue.
Bertoli died in Modena on October 7, 2002 by an heart-attack due to a tumor.