Andrea Bocelli was born on 22 September 1958 in Lajatico. An Italian tenor, Bocelli was born in Tuscany with congenital eye problems and lost his sight entirely at the age of twelve after an accident during a football game. He studied law and worked as a lawyer while performing in piano bars, before turning to opera. After winning the Sanremo Festival in 1994 with Il mare calmo della sera, he found worldwide fame with Con te partiro, sung as a duet with Sarah Brightman as Time to Say Goodbye. He has sold tens of millions of albums, performing both classical and popular repertoire.
Before and after
- 25 August 1958Birth of Tim Burton
- 29 August 1958Birth of Michael Jackson
- 30 August 1958Birth of Anna Politkovskaya
- from 1 September 1958 to 1 June 1976Cod Wars
- 22 September 1958Birth of Andrea Bocelli
- 1 October 1958NASA is founded
- 8 October 1958Birth of Ursula von der Leyen
- 9 October 1958Death of Pius XII
- 23 December 1958Construction of Tokyo Tower
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The era
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