02 January,2010 07:46 AM IST | | Agencies
While he recuperates from an assault that left him with a broken nose and two broken teeth, Silvio Berlusconi, who worked as a Cruise ship singer, is writing numbers for an as yet untitled album
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is reportedly writing love songs while he recuperates from an assault that left him with a broken nose and two broken teeth.
Italian media say Berlusconi (73) is working on a new CD of songs with Mariano Apicella, a guitarist who has accompanied him on three albums before, according to the Italian daily Corriere della Serra.
"In 2010, there will be a new record, the fourth, of the musical duo Berlusconi and (guitarist Mariano) Apicelli....," the report said.
Berlusconi, who worked as a cruise ship singer in his youth, first collaborated with his friend Apicelli in 2003.
The pair is reported to have finished eight songs out of 12, which will appear on a CD to be released in the New Year. The new song titles include, There is love, but if I lose you and Stay with me.
However, the title of the album and its cover design remain a top secret. Berlusconi was attacked last month in Milan by a man who is said to have a long history of psychiatric troubles.
The assaulter hit him in the face with a miniature model of the city's cathedral, hurting him badly.
