 After getting a contract with the label , his career was launched in 1975 by the single "Rosa", which was a surprise hit peaking at the seventh place on the Italian hit parade.The same year he got another hit with "Fratello in amore", a song dedicated to his friend Alessandro Momo, deceased that year in a motorcycle accident.The song entered the top ten on the Italian hit parade, while an English-language version, "Brother in Love", performed by the same Sandrelli, was released one year later and reached the 21st place.