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Alberto Radius

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Alberto Radius was an Italian guitarist and singer, born in Rome 1 June, 1942. His career began in the late 1950s with the band White Booster. He then went on to play with Mario Perrone's orchestra for two years before joining I Campanino in 1964. He replaced Franco Mussida in Quelli (soon after renamed as , aka PFM), where he developed his style of guitar playing. In 1969, he formed Formula 3 together with Tony Cicco and Gabriele Lorenzi. The group debuted on Lucio Battisti's new label Numero Uno, performing Battisti's song Questo Folle Sentimento, which reached number 5 in the Italian charts in 1970. He died in San Colombano al Lambro (in Greater Milan) on February 16, 2023.