Trivia

Grandfather of Paolo and Giovanni Antonacci (Marianna's Children), twins Jacopo and Leonardo, and Tommaso (Marco's children).

Supports Inter Milan.

Pop singer

He has 3 children: Marco Morandi and Marianna Morandi from his first wife, Pietro (1997) with the second wife.

His first daughter Serena was born and died after some hours.

Father-in-law of Sabrina Laganà.

His songs "In ginocchio da te", "Non son degno di te" and "Scende la pioggia" were certified as having each sold over one million copies, and were awarded gold discs.

Gianni Morandi has been honorary president of Bologna Football Club 1909 since 2010.

At the beginning of 2016, Gianni Morandi started a tour called "Capitani Coraggiosi Tour" with Claudio Baglioni. A double album will be published on February 5.

Morandi was chosen to be the presenter of Sanremo Music Festival 2011, together with Belén Rodriguez and Elisabetta Canalis.

It is estimated that Morandi has sold 50 million recordings.

In 1970, he represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with "Occhi di ragazza".

In 2019 his 1964 song "In ginocchio da te" gained renewed popularity as it was featured in one of the main scenes of the South Korean movie Parasite, which won four Oscars the following year, including Best Picture.

His father Renato was active within the Italian Communist Party and Gianni used to help him sell the party newspapers.

He won the Festival of Sanremo in 1987 with "Si può dare di più" together with Enrico Ruggeri and Umberto Tozzi, placed second in 1995 and third in 2000 and 2022.

At an early age Morandi worked as a shoe-shiner, cobbler and as a vendor of sweets in the village's only cinema.

He made his debut in 1962 and quickly placed high at or won a number of Italian popular song festivals, including the Canzonissima festival in 1969.

Gian Luigi Morandi was born in a little village called Monghidoro on the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines.

Asteroid 248970 Giannimorandi, discovered by Italian amateur astronomer Vincenzo Casulli in 2007, was named in his honor.