Italian individual backing pub singer (8)
I believe the answer is:
baritone
'singer' is the definition.
(baritone is a kind of singer)
'italian individual backing pub' is the wordplay.
'italian' becomes 'it'.
'individual' becomes 'one'.
'backing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pub' becomes 'bar' (I've seen this before).
'it'+'one'='itone'
'itone' after 'bar' is 'BARITONE'.
(Other definitions for baritone that I've seen before include "One who can sing" , "Adult male singing voice" , "Male singer between tenor and bass" , "Second lowest male singing voice" , "Male voice with deep register" .)