Career
Born in Naples into a humble family, Cigliano approacched the music at young age, after having received a guitar as a gift, and he made his record debut in 1953. chi sà". In 1957 he ranked first at the Italian hit parade with the single "Che m"ha "mparato a fa"". In the second half of the 1950s he also appeared in several comedy films.
In 1976, Cigliano graduated in guitar at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome.
He later focused his activities on the research and the revision of traditional Neapolitan music