Born in
Milan, Panzeri started his career as a revue actor and singer. He began composing songs in the second half of the 1930s, having large success with two songs, "" and "", which also raised some controversies as they were accused of mocking some important Fascist personalities (
Costanzo Ciano and
Achille Starace, respectively). In 1951 a song he composed, "", won
the first edition of the
Sanremo Music Festival. In 1959 his song "" was presented at the first edition of the and later became a hit thanks to the version by
Johnny Dorelli. In the 1960s Panzeri started a successful collaboration with
Daniele Pace and his songs contributed to launch the careers of notable singers such as
Gigliola Cinquetti, for whom he composed "", which would go on to win the
Sanremo Music Festival 1964 and the
Eurovision Song Contest 1964, as well as "", "" and other songs;
Caterina Caselli, for whom he wrote the hit ""; and
Orietta Berti, for whom he composed most of her 1960s–1970s repertoire. ==References==