Career
Born in Agrigento, Cucchiara debuted in the late 1950s, mainly recording cover versions of American hits, before starting in 1962 his activity as singer-songwriter. His first hit was the song " Annalisa", named after the Cucchiara"s first daughter, which was chosen as closing theme of the Radiotelevisione Italiana variety show Alta pressione. Not entirely abandoning the popular music, in 1971 Cucchiara got his major commercial success with the song "Vola cuore mio", which peaked at the eleventh place on the Italian hit parade.
After having debuted as a playwright in 1970 with the musical Cassandra 2000, in 1972 Cucchiara got a large national and even international audience and critical success with the musical comedy Caino e Abele ("Cain and Abel").
In later years Cucchiara focused his activity on stage, as author of other successful plays such as Pipino il Breve (1978) and Louisiana baronessa di Carini (1980), and also worked as television writer