Jimmy Fontana - Il Mondo

Jimmy Fontana (born Enrico Sbriccoli, 13 November 1934, Camerino, Italy) is a famous Italian actor, composer and singer. One of his most famous songs is Che Sarà, performed also by José Feliciano and Ricchi e Poveri. His other hits include Non te ne andare (1963) and Il mondo (1965).

A lover of jazz, learned to play the bass and moved to Rome working with the Roman New Orleans Jazz Band, starting to sing, choosing the name d ' art Fontana Jimmy (Jimmy tribute to saxophonist Jimmy Giuffre, which he admired, while Fontana was chosen at random from the telephone directory).

In 1961 he participated for the first time in the Sanremo Festival in tandem with Miranda Martino with the song "Lady Moon", written by maestro Armando Trovajoli and Dino Verde.

In 1965 he achieved his greatest success with "Il Mondo", with lyrics by Gianni Boncompagni, music written in collaboration with Carlo Pes and arrangement edited by Ennio Morricone,