Career
lieutenant was released on phonographic record in 1960, with "Doce Doce" as the back side. Bongusto was also successful in South America, especially Brazil. He had collaborated with Toquinho and Vinicius de Moraes.
He composed the soundtracks of 24 movies, such as Un Detective (1969), The Divorce (1970), Come Have Coffee with Us (1970), The Eroticist (1972), Gli ordini sono ordini (1972), Malizia (1973), Lovers and Other Relatives (1974), Le farò da padre (1974), Conviene far bene l"amore (1975), First Rate (at Lloyd's) piacere di rivederla (1976), Oh, Serafina! (1976), Fantozzi contro tutti (1980), Fracchia la belva umana (1981) and Superfantozzi (1986).
He also starred in Obiettivo ragazze (1961) and Peccato Veniale (1974). In the 1990s, he was elected as a Parenting Stress Index town councillor in Bari.
On 18 March 2005 the President of the Council (Premier), Silvio Berlusconi, presented him with a silver plate to celebrate the 50th year of his career. On 2 June 2005 he was awarded the title of Commendatore by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.