Born in
Trapani, Di Lazzaro grew up in
Trivento, in the
Molise region. After having learned to play the piano from his father, Di Lazzaro started composing songs and
incidental music in the early 1920s, and had his breakout in 1932 thanks to the song "Campane". Other hits include "
Chitarra romana", "La piccinina" (covered in French as "Toi que mon coeur appelle" and in English as "Ferryboat Serenade"), "Rosabella del Molise" and "Il passerotto", which was finalist at the
third edition of the
Sanremo Music Festival. A heart patient, he died on 29 November 1968, at the age of 66. ==References==