'''Alberto Rabagliati''' (Milan, 26 June 1906 - Rome, 7 March 1974) was Italy's first pop star.
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A would-be Rudolph Valentino

In 1927 Alberto Rabagliati moved to Hollywood from native Italy as the winner of a Rudolph Valentino look-alike contest. He later recalled: ''"For someone like me, who had seen no more than Lake Como...(continue reading)