- In 1994 he collaborated on the creation of Ambra Angiolini 's debut album T'appartengo .
- In 1958, with Domenico Modugno, Migliacci coauthored the song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu", aka "Volare", which has become one of the most well-known Italian songs in the world. While the words of the title, "in the blue, painted blue," seem to make no sense, they actually do when one understands the inspiration for the song came out of a wine fueled vision of Franco's combining his memory of two Marc Chagall paintings and himself painted blue with the ability to fly.
- He wrote for Mina , Milva , Gianni Meccia (of which he is also the discoverer and producer), Fred Bongusto , Rita Pavone , Giancarlo Guardabassi and Patty Pravo , but his greatest successes came with Gianni Morandi , for whom he wrote hits such as Andavo at one hundred miles an hour , Have your mother send you to get milk , On your knees and above all There was a boy who, like me, loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones .
- He worked in small parts in about 18 films.
- In the 1980s he wrote the lyrics for his first two albums and the song Ancora for Eduardo De Crescenzo , which was brought to success in Europe by Charles Aznavour.
- In 1985 he wrote the lyrics to the song 'Uno su mille' for Gianni Morandi which found a great revival thanks also to a text that seems to perfectly portray a moment in the life and moods experienced by Morandi himself. A few years later, Articolo 31 wrote the song Come uno su mille which was inspired by Morandi's success.
- Together with Gianni Morandi he founded the Mimo musical editions and the MiMo record company ; the name derives from the initials of the surnames of Migliacci and Morandi.
- David Bowie, Barry White and the Gipsy King in the 1980s offered their versions of Nel blu dipinto di blu , bringing the song back to the top of the European and overseas charts.
- In 1971 he achieved new success by writing the lyrics to Che Sara , a song composed by Jimmy Fontana , dedicated to the city of Cortona (the Tuscan town where the family comes from), and performed by José Feliciano and by Ricchi e Poveri , second place in the Festival of Sanremo 1971 .
- He produced Renato Zero 's first LP and wrote the musical Jacopone da Todi for Gianni Morandi.
- He worked in drama series for television and several radio plays.
- He was the illustrator for The Pioneer children's magazine directed by Gianni Rodari.
- In 2009 Franco Migliacci received the Lunezia prize in Aulla as co-author of the famous "Volare", as well as for his long career.
- He was appointed president of the SIAE in 2003 , with some controversy as some members considered Gino Paoli to be unrepresentative; he resigned from office two years later.
- The song "Volare" is only the first stage of a long collaboration with DominicoModugno which will continue with highly successful songs such as Pasqualino Maragià , Io and Farfalle . In 1960 he interrupted his collaboration with Modugno and began to work as a "free hitter".
- Franco Migliacci was an Italian lyricist, record producer, actor, music publisher and talent scout .
- He signed theme songs for cartoons such as Daltanious , Heidi , The New Adventures of Lupine III and Mazinger .
- Migliacci studied in Florence where his family had settled, here he entered in a competition for young players, in which he won a stay of three days to Cinecittà and a modest role in a film by Nino Taranto.
- He also worked as a voice actor, becoming the first Italian voice actor of Klaus Kinski .
- The song "Volare" quickly grew into an evergreen. Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modungo received two Grammys and the ballad was widely covered.
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