tony cucchiara, stage name of salvatore cucchiara (30 october 1937 – 3 may 2018) was an italian folk singer-songwriter, playwright and composer. in 1970 cucchiara debuted as a playwright with a musical titled "cassandra 2000". his first hit was the song " annalisa", named after cucchiara's first daughter. this song was used as closing theme of the rai variety show "alta pressione".