- One son, David (b.1990).
- His father is Italian, his mother is French.
- Lives in Dublin.
- Born in Vietnam, he moved to Rome, Italy, when he was 11 years old. He says that at first he had a hard time trying to handle that "cold" city.
- Casting singers for his new opera, "Giulietta e Romeo", based on Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". (November 2006)
- In 1976, he covered the Beatles song "Michelle" for the musical documentary All This and World War II.
- For Christmas 1997, his friend Plácido Domingo invited him to sing at Domingo's annual Christmas in Vienna concert, together with Sarah Brightman and Helmut Lotti.
- He attended the Lycée français Chateaubriand.
- In 1991, he won the Sanremo Festival with the song "Se stiamo insieme".
- In 2013, Cocciante was a coach for The Voice Italy. Elhaida Dani, one of the contestants he coached, won the first season of The Voice Italy.
- Also known in French-speaking countries and the U.S. as Richard Cocciante.
- Cocciante's oeuvre includes recordings in Italian, French, English, and Spanish.
- In 1983, Cocciante released his album "Sincerità", produced and arranged by the American composer James Newton Howard.
- In 1983, Cocciante signed to Virgin Records as their first Italian artist.
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