Trivia

Four children: Francesca (with first wife Irene), Carolina, Arrigo and Edoardo (with present wife Daria).

26 February host-participant Ballando con le stelle 7, with dancing teacher Natalia Titova. (2011)

19 February winner at 61° Festival di SanRemo , with song "Chiamami ancora amore". (2011)

He also lectured on the History of Italian Songwriting in a tour lasting two years, and was called to author the Enciclopedia Treccani article about Italian singer-songwriters.

His 1974 LP, Il re non si diverte, won the Best Year's Album Award from the Italian music critic.

He was appointed professor of literature and history at a Milanese High School, an activity that he continued for almost thirty years and that would influence several of his songs.

His career in the Italian music industry began in the late 1960s as songwriter for Italian pop stars such as Ornella Vanoni, Gigliola Cinquetti, Mina, Iva Zanicchi and the band Nuovi Angeli.

Vecchioni's first solo album, Parabola was released in 1971.

Vecchioni's breakthrough happened in 1977 with Samarcanda, an album where he drew inspiration mostly from autobiographical themes, intermingled with dreamy, literary, historical and mythological references.

Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, Province of Monza and Brianza, to a Neapolitan family.

On 19 February 2011, he won the 61st Sanremo Music Festival and the "Mia Martini" Critics' Award with the song "Chiamami ancora amore" ("Call me Love again").