Folk, jazz and psychedelia all informed the melting pot of Italian singer/songwriter hits in the '60s. Gino Paoli and Sergio Endrigo belted out classic songs with swooning strings and anthemic choruses, while groups like Equipe 84 served as harbingers of a baroque pop sound. Elsewhere, legendary Western film scores by Ennio Morricone shone brightly with moving operatic arias.