Totò was the stage name of Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno De Curtis Di Bisanzio Gagliardi, altezza imperiale, conte palatino, cavaliere del Sacro Romano Impero, esarca di Ravenna, duca di Macedonia e Illiria, principe di Costantinopoli, di Cilicia, di Tessaglia, di Ponto, di Moldavia, di Dardania, del Peloponneso, conte di Cipro e d'Epiro, conte e duca di Drivasto e di Durazzo (born Antonio Clemente, February 15 1898, Naples - April 15, 1967, Rome), an Italian actor, writer, and songwriter, the most beloved Italian artist of all time and the greatest of the last century, an incomparable comic genius that in the last years of his life also showed that he was also a complete actor who could master in dramatic roles as well.
Toto is a Grammy Award winning American rock band founded in 1976 by some of the most popular and experienced session musicians of the era. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the 1980s, beginning with the band's self-titled debut, released in 1978, which immediately brought the band into the mainstream rock spectrum of the time. Continuing with 1982's critically acclaimed and commercially successful Toto IV, Toto became one of the biggest selling music groups of their era. Although their popularity in the United States diminished in the 1990s and 2000s, they continue to tour to sold out arenas, clubs and theaters internationally. Described by Eddie Van Halen as "collectively the best musicians on the planet" , the band is known for their technical prowess in the studio, as well as a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard rock, R&B, and jazz, making them appeal to a variety of musicians and non-musician listeners. The band has released 17 albums and has sold over 30 million records to date. Their 18th release is "Falling In Between Live," which was released in August of 2007. It was recorded in March of 2007 in Paris.
