Born in Trivero (Vercelli, Italy) on the 10th April 1955, at the beginning of his career Mino played with two bands: Nel segno dello Zodiaco and Bora Bora. Reached some popularity with the single Parigi addio, in 1979 he won the Sanremo Festival with the lovely ballad Amare produced by Piero Soffici, one of the most important Italian producer and author of the 70s.

Mino on Sanremo's stage in 1979

After a couple of other singles and one album, Mino moved to England where he lived for several years. Zucchero met him in London asking him to sing in the album Miserere; also he took part on stage during the Miserere and Spirito DiVino tours. Since then Vergnaghi has been collaborating with Zucchero. Mino has a great black voice and wrote with Zucchero the song Di sole e d'azzurro performed by Giorgia at the Sanremo Festival in 2001. Also, he wrote the English lyrics to Va Pensiero and the Mina's single Succhiando l'uva with Zucchero and Matteo Saggese.

Mino performing as Zucchero's backing voice in 1992 at the French television

Here are some of his rare to find records:

1979	Amare
1979	Tu non sei
1980	Io ti perdono