About Raf (singer)
Raffaele Riefoli, known as simply Raf, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He first became known in the early 1980s as a singer of Italo disco and as original singer and co-author of the hit "Self Control". He has turned to Italian-language music since the late 1980s and had further hits in his home country. Branigan's version was released as the first single off her 1984 album, also titled Self Control, and became a worldwide dance and pop success, hitting No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. Riefoli lived the few first years of the 1980s in London, before starting out his musical career in 1984, landing mostly in the new wave scene with his English language debut album, Raf. Riefoli has also written songs for other Italian artists; the track "Si può dare di più", written for the trio Morandi–Ruggeri–Tozzi, won the first prize at the Sanremo Music Festival 1984.
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