Detto Mariano

Detto Mariano (1937-2020), born Mariano Detto in Monte Urano in the Marche, was an Italian composer, arranger, pianist and producer. He started as keyboardist and arranger in I Ribelli, the group behind Adriano Celentano, and through the 1960s and 1970s arranged records for Celentano, Lucio Battisti, Mina and many others. From around 1980 he wrote scores for Italian film comedies. Detto Mariano was the arranger of the Clan Celentano label in the 1960s, and later worked on most of Lucio Battisti's recordings before Battisti moved to Numero Uno.