«Max Pezzali is ungrateful, Repetto wrote the lyrics. Amadeus? I chose the name. Facchinetti is my heir”

Claudio Cecchetto removes a few pebbles from his shoes. The talent scout and DJ, as well as producer and radio and TV host, does so in an interview with Corriere della Sera talking about the artists he launched, but also those who have not received the right recognition.

Sabrina Salerno and Jovanotti

The first is Sabrina Salerno: «She was sitting in front of my desk. “The girl would like to be a singer,” the agent explained to me. A moment later she started singing, bold and determined, as if she were the best in the world.” But there was a problem: «When we shot the video for Boys, in the swimming pool, with a wet t-shirt, the operators were enchanted. “Hey, look in the car please!”». He also developed a crush on her: “For a short time we understood each other… We still love each other.” The other is Jovanotti: «My collaborator told me: “she is a pole that is worth nothing”. But when I saw the recording I jumped. I called him in a boss voice: “It’s the chance of a lifetime, come with me.” I was bluffing. But he, intimidated, accepted.”

Fiorello and Amadeus

Then there’s Fiorello: «He came to Radio Deejay because they told him there were many girls, not for me. We went to dinner, he was the star. I told him: “Resign yourself and work with us, become the animator of a village, you will become the leader of Italy.” But he also chose the stage name of Amadeus: «I took the name from Falco’s song (Rock me Amadeus, ed.), Amedeo didn’t work. He didn’t want to, then he gave up, now he calls him that too, his mother. I met him at the hotel, after the Festivalbar rehearsals. I returned after hours and found him waiting for me with a smile. “Here I am, I’m here”. He told me that he had rented a house in Milan, but every morning he took the 5am train from Verona.”

Facchinetti and Max Pezzali

Instead he says of Francesco Facchinetti that he is his heir: «He has the nature of a talent scout». While he doesn’t want to talk about 883, or rather Max Pezzali: «I prefer to talk about Mauro Repetto, he wrote the exaggerated lyrics of 883, the other one sang. I advised him to dance on stage “so you attract the audience’s attention”. It was fundamental.” While with Pezzali he closed: «Gratitude for him is optional. Of all my parents he was the most ungrateful, in this at least he is number 1.” No peace in sight. « Well, I didn’t wage any war, I defended myself. Gratitude is a symptom of intelligence. You shouldn’t be afraid to admit that your success depended on someone else, you are appreciated more.”

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