Biography of Adriano Celentano

Precursor of the media, well above any media

January 6, 1938
Adriano Celentano was born in Milan at number 14 of the mythical "via Gluck" on January 6, 1938, to parents from Puglia who moved north to work; in Milan Hadrian spent his childhood and adolescence; After leaving school held a number of jobs, the latest and the most popular is to watchmaker. Makes its debut at the Teatro Smeraldo, where together with Elio Cesari/Tony Renis, presents, with the name "The Merry minstrels of rhythm", a fun musical parody of the couple Jerry Lewis-Dean Martin, until evenings at Santa Tecla, where it meets the sample of rock-boogie Bruno Dossena who invited him to participate in the Festival of Rock 'n' roll. On May 18, 1957 at the Ice Palace in Milan the first Italian Festival of Rock 'n' Roll. Adriano Celentano participates with accompanying band of Rock boys, of whom belong to Giorgio Gaber and Roger Whittaker, while Luigi Tenco will be added in Germany which saxophonist. The only rock singer is he "Adriano on Resilient", the first and the only in Europe. With "Ciao ti dirò" ahead of the competition. Three days after signing his first contract with the record milanese Saar (tag Music) for which debuted and recorded "Rip It Up", "Jaihouse Rock" and "Tutti Frutti". In 1958 takes part in the second Festival of Rock 'n' Roll, which lasts a week. She first appeared in a film: "the frenetic". On July 13, 1959 is the Festival day of Ancona, where WINS with "Il tuo bacio è come un rock" and also won the second place.
The song soon to scale the top spot of the charts and blows up all over Italy the reputation of Adriano Celentano. From now on there will be the year when Adriano has one or more 45 RPM in top of the charts. The same year the movie "ragazzi del juke-box" and "Jukebox, shouts of love". In 1960 Castro appears in an important sequence of "La Dolce Vita" by Federico Fellini, who wants at all costs after seeing him perform live while singing "Reddy Teddy". In the same year he also starred in "Screamers at the bar", "come on, Johnny!" and "San Remo the great challenge". The following year Adriano part for military service, but also to participate in its first Festival of Sanremo with "Ventiquattromila baci", paired with Little Tony.
WINS: finished in second place, but its going to be the best-selling record, surpassing one million copies and winning a new first in the ranking. Arouses a sensation on the fact that the Festival occurred if the "shoulders": the discussion is moved from the salons of the Italians in the Chamber of Deputies, which is dedicated to a parliamentary question. In 1961 leaves the Saar and founded the ' Clan Celentano ', the first experiment of an Italian artist who chooses to produce, in addition to producing young singers and musicians. The Clan is a rare event of utopia: the founder imagine a place where a group of friends 'works by playing and play working. " The Clan soon became a reality and of "costume" and choose to remain independent among independents. It is the only record label 36 years behind to be left totally Italian. It's a very original choice, an example of which is the Clan Sinatra, to whom no Italian singer before Hadrian had dared to think and which paves the way for others (just think of the "number one" by Mogol-Battisti or "PDU" by Mina). The Clan over the years will launch many singers and successful authors. "Stay away from me" (1962) is the first record of the Clan: wins the Cantagiro and reaches the top of the charts, surpassing the record of 1,300,000 copies sold. On 10 October leaves "Pray", another great success of Adriano Celentano, Italian version of "Stand by me" by Ben e.
King. They are published "Grazie, prego, scusi" and "é spento IL sole". The Clan is disputed by each Publisher/Distributor, but Carter never wanted to give shares of the Clan to any other company or multinational record company. In 1963 Adriano is back on top of the list of 45 rounds with "Sabato triste". She starred in the film "The monaco di Monza" along with toto, and in "a strange type", in which he knows Claudia Mori, whom he married a year later. In 1966 back in the Sanremo festival, where a decisive: Caruana for the first time offers (a novelty in Europe had ever heard of pollution) a song from ecologists. The song is the famous "Il ragazzo della via Gluck", which is not included on first listen. The song will exceed 1.5 million copies sold, will go into the collective consciousness of the country and abroad, as a few other light music. Will be translated into more than 18 languages and will end up on the album-titled made with the popular group of "insurgents" with arrangements and direction of Said Mariano.
In autumn launches "World in e 7a", another big hit which speaks for first time about issues such as nuclear energy, drugs, corruption, hunting, ecology, anticipating, again what today is all the more topical. Paired with Mallon engraves "the most beautiful couple in the world," written with a great author, Paolo Conte, who will say that every time he composes thinks the voice of Adrian, "the most beautiful in Europe." On July 15, 1968 was born the daughter Rosalind; Hadrian returns to the festival of Sanremo with the song, paired with Milva. Comes in third but the song is first in hit-parade. But the 1968 is mainly the year of "blue", another historical panorama of Italian music song, written by Paolo Conte. The 45 rpm, as side B has "una Carezza in un pugno" is stationed at length at the top of the leaderboard. In the wake of the success comes even the 33 rpm "Azzurro/Una carezza in un pugno". Called by Pietro Germi debuted in cinema with "Seraphim". WINS at Berlin film festival and Moscow. Germans, Soviets, French and Europeans in general go crazy for Adriano Celentano. Participates with Mallon at the Sanremo Festival in 1970: the couple WINS with "Chi non lavora non fa l'amore", a song ironically inspired by the warm autumn.
There are those who interpret the song as an anthem against the strikes. In 1972 released "Prisencolinensinanciusol", a true world first rap: Americans will discover this kind of musical language only ten years later. Adriano once again proves to be a precursor. The movie comes out "white, red and ...", with Sophia Loren, directed by Alberto Lattuada. Rai devotes a show to two episodes titled "there's Cartwright," by Antonello Falqui. In 1973 with Mallon interprets "Rugantino", directed by Sergio Corbucci and is the main character in "five days" by Dario Argento. Out for the Clan the cd "Nostalrock" in which Adriano plays old songs like "Be bop a lula", "Tutti frutti" and "Only you". In 1974 he released the film "Yuppi Du," which he wrote, directed, produced and starred (alongside Mallon and Charlotte Rampling). Free to express themselves, create a movie that is a miracle. The critics agree: it's a masterpiece! "He was born a new Charlie Chaplin," says Gianluigi Rondi. Giovanni Grazzini exalts and so all criticism. "Yuppi Du" Adriano realizes even the soundtrack, and took first place in both of the top 45 of 33 laps. The period from 1975 (with an episode of "what's your sign?") until 1985 sees for Celentano intensely active as an actor, with about twenty films, many of which set box office records (velvet hands, shake, marry me again, love struck, ACE, Bingo Bongo, distinguishing features beautiful).
"Madly in love" and "marry me again" is the first film in the history of Italian cinema to tap and exceed twenty billion. The album "Svalutation" is an ironic commentary on the economic crisis affecting Italy and the entire West. Invading European markets and reaches the first place in France and in Germany, where Adriano is an Idol much loved even today. The former Soviet Union considers him the most popular artist and "foreign" man. Comes out then the movie "Bluff" by Sergio Corbucci, with Anthony Quinn. In the years ' 90 the discs "re degli ignoranti", "here come the men", "Alla corte del re-mix". A success with audiences and critics is the work of 1998 "Mina & Celentano" where two of the most popular Italian music Duet in the space of 10 songs. The sales exceed one million. A year later he released the album "Io non so parlar d'amore" reaching a record of more than 2,000,000 copies sold and the presence among the top five places in the Italian charts for about 40 weeks. The creation of the album Mogol and Gianni Bella.
Celenatno realizes for RaiUno a program entitled "frankly don't care", which combines music, which unleashes controversy for the harshness of some images transmitted (war, poverty, death are the tough issues addressed). The program, conducted together with Francesca Neri, wins the prestigious Golden Rose of Montreux tv Festival. In 2000 released "Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno". The pair of composition Mogol-Gianni Bella, accompanied by the guitars of Michael Thompson and the arrangements of Fio Zanotti, she once guessed the formula for a new potion. In 2002 he released the cd "forever", the new album of resilient written again with Mogol and Gianni Bella and several distinguished guests. The disc, with a cover pictorially illustrated by Roger Selden will also be available in a version with a dvd which has also worked on the last show that accompanied Asia Argento Adriano on Raiuno "125 million f You ".
The text and music of "screw", one of the finest pieces of the cd, is the veteran Francesco Guccini, collaboration between the two distant stars light-years was born to a minor miracle of destiny: thanks to the tenacity of Claudia Mori, the two meet at a restaurant in Bologna and Francis gave the lyrics to Adriano taking it from one of his newly written lyrics that carried casually in Pocket. "I passi che facciamo" instead Mallon contact Pacific aka Gino Dahiya (one disc as an asset but a shower of awards and accolades from audiences and critics), the song has a social implication that treats the text involved, the theme of war, inspired by Arabic and ethnic music. In late October 2003 comes out "whenever Celentano was 1", a the best collecting 17 of the most beautiful songs of Adriano Celentano, chosen from among more than 100 who have reached the top spot in the rankings. At the end of 2004 released "there's always a reason"; the cd contains "Lunfardia" an unreleased track of great Fabrizio De Andrè. After the album, Rihanna show a renewed interest in TV: a sensational return in Rai is in the air but a falling out with the leadership at the company seem to slide the artist's return to the small screen. After "Rockpolitik" (October 2005) back on tv at the end of November 2007 with "my sister's situation is not good", without fail to stir up controversy and debate. At the same time he released new album "Dormi amore, the situation is not good".
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