Maria Gabriella Ferri (18 September 1942 – 3 April 2004) was an Italian singer from Rome.
Early life
Ferri was born in the Testaccio district of Rome, in Piazza Santa Maria Liberatrice. Her father, Vittorio, was a peddler of sweets, tourniquets and razor blades and her first fan, with whom she used to sing ditties with him. She was a dropout after Class 4 due to an accident. She worked in a shop where she met Luisa De Santis, the daughter of music director Giuseppe, and that changed her life.