Peppino di Capri, an icon of Italian music and global ambassador for the Blue Island, has died. Giuseppe Faiella would have turned 87 on July 27. His incredible career, which spanned over seven decades, came to an end where it all began after the war, when he was only four years old and already dazzling American soldiers on the piano. Peppino, an amazing innovator before becoming a beautiful channsonnier, was at the forefront of a subtle musical revolution centered on swing and twist. Songs like "Roberta", "Nessuno al Mondo," and the well-known "Champagne" provided the soundtrack during Italy's economic boom. In 1962, his version of "Let's Twist Again" topped the charts for thirty-two weeks, and in 1965, promoters leveraged his reputation to sell tickets to The Beatles' Italian shows. He had the great merit of renewing classic Neapolitan song, making it modern and accessible to young people, triumphing at the last Naples Festival in 1970 with "Me chiamme ammore" and winning Sanremo twice (with "Un grande amore e niente più" in 1973 and "Non lo faccio più" in 1976), amassing a record 15 appearances. Peppino's 60-year career was celebrated with a highly successful Rai TV series, honored by the Grammy Museum, and applauded at the San Carlo Theatre in 2018. His passing leaves an immense absence. The institutions—from the Minister of Culture Giuli, who acknowledged his identity, to the mayor of Naples Manfredi—as well as longstanding colleagues Gianni Morandi, Massimo Ranieri, and Orietta Berti, offer their sympathies. Peppino bids farewell in the church of Santo Stefano on Capri, where Mayor Paolo Falco has proclaimed a day of mourning. Among the funeral posters in the island’s narrow streets, the words of "Il sognatore", his favourite song, echo: the spiritual testament of an artist who transformed melancholy into pure magic.