I Cuccioli (the Pets)

A "mod" group from Varese, I Cuccioli (the Pets) were very well knownn for their concerts in North Lombardia and they published a single 45 rpm in the sixties: "La strada che cerco / Tu non sai". The B-side, "Tu non sai" (you don't know) was a cover of "The Kids Are Alright" of the Who, the song dedicated to the young british "mods". I Cuccioli are most known anyway as the nucleus of an Italian well known and appreciated progressive group of the next decade, called Franchi-Giorgetti-Talamo (by the names of the three members) that published in 1972 an interesting LP called "Il vento ha cantato per ore tra i rami dei versi d'amore" (the wind has sung for hours love lyrics between the branches), with arrangements by the composer Nicola Piovani.

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