 He represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 with the song "Romantica" which was placed equal eighth out of thirteen entries.He was born to Cesare and Paola Ranucci in Turin (he always regretted the fact that he was not born in Rome).It was in Turin where his parents, who were opera singers, were performing a show at the time Renato could really say that he was born in the back stage of the theater and that’s where he spent all of his life.