Lucio Dalla company of Marco Alemanno when he died. An estimated 50,000 people attended his funeral in Bologna. Dalla's 1986 song "Caruso", dedicated to Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, entered the Italian Singles Chart after his creator's death, peaking at number two for two consecutive weeks. The single was also certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Lucio Dalla Lucio Dalla, OMRI (; 4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards. Dalla was the composer of "Caruso" (1986), a song dedicated to Italian opera tenor Enrico Caruso, and
The Great Caruso box office in 1951. "Newsweek" wrote that, "Lanza brings to the role not only a fine, natural and remarkably powerful voice, but a physique and personal mannerisms reminiscent of the immortal Caruso." According to Bosley Crowther, the film is "perhaps the most elaborate 'pops' concert ever played upon the screen"; Blyth's voice is "reedy", but "Lanza has an excellent young tenor voice and ... uses it in his many numbers with impressive dramatic power. Likewise, Miss Kirsten and Miss Thebom are ladies who can rock the welkin, too, and their contributions to the concert maintain it at a musical high."