Born in
Quartieri Spagnoli,
Naples, Gragnaniello began playing the guitar at the age of 12 and began composing his first songs at 18 years old. In 1977 he formed the group "Banchi nuovi", named after the Committee of unemployed people to which he belonged. Gragnaniello made his solo debut in 1983, with the eponymous album
Enzo Gragnaniello. In 1991 his song "Cu'mmè", recorded by
Roberto Murolo and
Mia Martini, obtained a great commercial success and became instant classics in Italy; in 1997 with the same song Gragnaniello won the music festival "Viva Napoli". Gragnaniello composed songs for
Andrea Bocelli,
Adriano Celentano,
Gerardina Trovato among others. He is also active as a composer of musical scores for stage plays and films. == Discography ==