Odoardo Spadaro (Florence, January 16th, 1895 - Careggi, June 26th, 1965) was an Italian singer, considered as the only Italian chansonnier and the forerunner of the singers-songwriters: he wrote and brought to the success several songs full of Parisian esprit and Florentine wit, good-natured irony and honest sentimentalism: "Un bacione a Firenze", "Sulla carrozzella", "Il valzer della povera gente". All Odoardo's relatives were notaries: maybe this is the reason why, when he was very young, he chose the theatre as a rebellion way. He tried with De Sanctis-Borrelli company, hoping to become the new Ermete Zacconi. It was not a success so he chose a secondary way, the variety's one. He made his debut in 1918 at Sala Umberto in Rome, considered a kind of temple for the light theatre. Then he went to France and, after some experiences in provinces, he reached Parisian footlights already with a good fame. In 1926 a show at the Empire confirmed his success and opened great revue doors for him: "Palace au feminin" (11 months of performances), wherein he has acted and sung together with the unlucky soubrette Jenny Golder. By that time the famous chansonnier has given life, together with Jean Gabin (still not discovered by cinema) and music-hall queen Mistinguett, to a year of performances at the Moulin Rouge. His name was put side by side with Maurice Chevalier's one. When he decided to come back to Italy, in 1930, he brought with himself the first company of the still not famous Bluebell ballet. He was protagonist of several variety shows, alongside the most famous soubrettes, before and after second world war. He tried with cinema, at the time of white phones, with bas-relief comedies and then with more challenging movies. He was alongside Anna Magnani in "La carrozza d'oro" by Jean Renoir, and with Marcello Mastroianni in "Divorzio all'italiana" by Germi. In the last years he has shown himself on TV: last time was with Rita Pavone during a very succesful tour.