Career
In 1968 he became guitarist in the Gianni Morandi"s backing band. The same year Donatello got his first commercial success with the song "Malattia d"amore" which charted tenth on the Italian hit parade. In the same years he got two top ten hits with the songs "Com"è dolce la sera" and "Ti voglio".
After the 1974 single "Irene", which he presented at Un disco per l"estate, Donatello left Dischi Ricordi and started pursuing a more personal musical path, characterized by the recovery of traditional sounds.