Nilla Pizzi

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Nilla Pizzi

Background information
Birth name	Adionilla Negrini Pizzi^[1]
Born	(1919-04-16)16 April 1919 Sant'Agata Bolognese
Origin	Italy
Died	12 March 2011(2011-03-12) (aged 91) Segrate
Genres	Pop, Rhythm and blues, Jazz
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1940–2011
Labels	Italdisc, EMI, Ricordi, Columbia, Cetra

Nilla Pizzi (16 April 1919 – 12 March 2011) was an Italian singer.

Born as Adionilla Pizzi in Sant'Agata Bolognese, she was particularly famous in Italy during the 1950s and 1960s. She won the first edition of the San Remo Festival in 1951, singing "Grazie dei fiori", and she won also the second edition (1952), singing "Vola colomba".