Ivan Della Mea

Ivan Della Mea, born Luigi Della Mea, was an Italian singer and songwriter from Lucca, Italy. In 1956, he started composing songs in the Milanese dialect. He was a key figure in the Nuova canzone politica movement of the 1960s and co-founded the Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano with Gianni Bosio. His early releases included the EPs Ballate della violenza (1962) and Ho letto sul giornale (1964). He released several albums, including Io so che un giorno (1966), Ringhera (1974), La piccola ragione di allegria (1978), and Ho male all'orologio (1997). He died in 2009.