Sal Da Vinci is the guest today on Verissimo, the show hosted by Silvia Toffanin. While waiting to follow the interview broadcast live from 2:10 p.m., let’s find out more about one of the most beloved Neapolitan neomelodic singers.
Sal Da Vinci, who is he
Sal Da Vinci, pseudonym of Salvatore Michael Sorrentino, was born in New York on April 7, 1969 (he is therefore 55 years old) because his father Mario Da Vinci, singer and performer of the Neapolitan scene, was on tour in the United States where he was joined by his wife Nina.
Sal Da Vinci: “The death of my father? They called me and told me he wasn’t doing well. I thought he was immortal, that night he didn’t last.”
Young Da Vinci first performed in front of a paying audience when he was just six years old. In 1976, he made his debut in the world of music by recording, as a duo with his father, the song Miracolo ‘e Natale by Alberto Sciotti and Tony Iglio, from which a scene of the same name was taken. In 1978, he made his debut in the world of cinema, alongside his father Mario, in Carlo Caiano’s film, Figlio mio sono innocente! ; the following year, he made a second film, Napoli storia d’amore e di vendetta by Mario Bianchi. In 1979, he played the main role, with his father Mario, in the stage production ‘O cunvento. In 1980, he participated in the film Montevergine. It was in the 80s that he abandoned theater to devote himself solely to music. In 1992, he participated in the singing competition Una voce per San Remo as part of the Sunday show Domenica in, with Toto Cutugno and Alba Parietti. In 1994 he participated in the second and last edition of the Italian Music Festival (organized by Canale 5 and presented by Mike Bongiorno with Antonella Elia to create an alternative to the Sanremo Festival) placing in first place with the song Vera, the flagship track from his first published album. From there, great successes followed that continue to this day. Her Lipstick and coffee is viral on social networks.
The “denunciation”
“We all know: there are systems. My song turns out to be a hit on Spotify, but no one invites me. My agents are trying to pitch me to TV shows, but they’re all getting “no.” And few radio stations broadcast me, not those of the major networks. Apparently, I don’t fit into their editorial line.” On the other end of the phone, it’s Sal Da Vinci who speaks, who at 55 years old found himself by surprise garnering millions of streams on Spotify with his “Rossetto e caffè”. Released on June 14, the song has totaled more than 3 million plays to date.
The pain of losing his father
The famous singer inherited the passion for music from his father, Mario Da Vinci, one of the best-known performers of the Neapolitan scene. Mario Da Vinci died on May 10, 2015 in Naples, struck down by sudden illness. He spoke of the pain of this loss to Verissimo last week: “Dad was an important guide for me, I still feel it today in what I do.”
Sal Da Vinci, from the success of Rossetto e Caffè to the dream of Sanremo: “I am reborn, there are platinum figures”
He recounts the childhood of Mario, Sal at Toffanin: “A person raised in a very poor family. My grandmother took him to the orphanage to give him up for adoption, my aunt took him back and for many years he called her mom.” Her relationship with him: “He loved me in silence”. He remembers the evening of the death thus: “I had finished a tour and I had called him to tell him that I was going to have dinner first with a friend and then with the company for the end of season dinner. He was worried about me who was tired. While we were at the table, someone called me to tell me that Dad was not well. I always saw him as immortal, unfortunately that evening it turned out that way.”
Private life: wife, children and grandchildren
“It was July 4, 1984 and I kissed my wife Paola for the first time, which literally “made me bleed”. I was fifteen, she was sixteen and for this one more year she considered me “nu criaturo”” revealed the Neapolitan singer. But he insisted and years later we can say that he did well. Paola Pugliese was born in 1968 in Naples and the meeting with Sal Da Vinci took place when they were very young. It was the singer himself who explained it in an old interview: “I tried everything to seduce her… I’m stubborn. I became friends with her father, who owned an aquarium. I brought her langoustines, but it was a disaster with her little octopuses! Finally, she gave in.”
The children, Annachiara and Francesco Sorrentino
In 1992, the couple married and from their union two children were born: Francesco and Annachiara, born in 1993 and 1998. Furthermore, Da Vinci is also the grandfather of three grandchildren: in 2023, he announced the birth of his third granddaughter Nina, second child of Francesco and Riccarda D’Ambrosio, born April 20. Francesco had already had his first son, Salvatore jr., in 2018. Furthermore, on May 11, 2023, the daughter of Annachiara Sorrentino and Salvatore Santoro was born, making Sal Da Vinci a grandfather for the third time. The family lives in Naples in the Chiaia district. Francesco is passionate about football, four years ago he was part of the cast of the musical “Stelle a metà” and since then he has started participating in his father’s concerts and performing.
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