Annette Funicello

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Annette Funicello Joanne (* 22. October 1942 in Utica , New York ; † 8. April 2013 in Bakersfield , California ) was an American pop - singer and actress .

Life

The Funicello family moved to Los Angeles during Annette's early childhood , as her father hoped for better career opportunities there. Her mother registered Annette for dance lessons and inadvertently laid the foundation for Annette's artistic career. At a public dance performance, Walt Disney became aware of Annette and hired her as a musketeer for his popular television program The Mickey Mouse Show in 1955 . Annette had developed into one of the most popular musketeers by 1957 and was already receiving numerous fan mail at that time.

Annette sang the song How Will I Know My Love on a television show , which Disney loved so much that he put it on record for his newly formed record company Disneyland Records . In the summer of 1959, 16-year-old Annette landed with the title Tall Paul at number 7 on the Billboard singles chart , and rose to become a teenage star in America. During this time, she released her long-playing record Annette Sings Anka , a result of her brief love affair with Paul Anka , who had previously dedicated his hit Puppy Love to her. Since Disneyland Records was mainly aimed at the children's audience, Annette switched to the pop-oriented sister company Buena Vista in 1959 . Her records, which were still only released under her first name, were all successful there until 1961. With O Dio Mio she reached number 10 on Billboard again. Annette stayed under contract with Vista until 1965, then switched to Tower Records , but no more big hits were made.

In the mid-sixties, Annette Funicello started another career, now as a film actress. After she had previously acted in numerous Disney TV series, she took on the female lead in the film series Beach , which began in 1964 with Beach Party . Her partner was fellow singer Frankie Avalon . 1987 both appeared again in the beach revival Back To The Beach . The music extracts from the film Monkey's Uncle , also released in 1964, became Annette's most successful long-playing record. In the film of the same name, they accompanied the Beach Boys in the opening scene. After her leading role in 1968 in the Monkees cult film Head , Funicello largely withdrew from show business and devoted herself mainly to her family. She had married her manager in 1965 and became a mother for the first time in 1966, and her third child was born in 1974. In 1987 Annette fell ill with multiple sclerosis , but this did not prevent her from founding a teddy bear company a few years later and bringing out the self-created perfume "Cello". In addition, she was involved in charitable organizations, such as B. in the Annette Funicello Fund for Neurological Diseases . In 1993 she received a star on the Walk of Fame , a year later she published her autobiography A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: My Story , which was also released as a television film in 1995.

In 2013, she passed away from complications from MS at the age of 70.

Top 100 Singles on Billboard

year title placement
1959 Tall Paul 07th
1959 Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy 73.
1959 Lonely Guitar 50.
1960 First name initial 20th
1959 My Heart Became of Age 74.
1960 O dio mio 10.
1960 Train of Love 36.
1960 Pineapple Princess 11.
1961 Dream boy 87.

Discography (45 rpm singles)

title Cat.No. released
Disneyland
How Will I know My Love / Don't Jump to Conclusions 102 1958
Crazy Place from Outer Space / Gold Doubloons and Pieces of Eight 114 1958
Tall Paul / Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me 118 1958
Buena Vista
Jo-Jo, the Dog Faced Boy / Love Me Forever 336 1959
Wild Willie / Lonely Guitar 339 1959
My Heart Became of Age / Especally for You 344 1959
First Name Initial / My Heart Became of Age 349 1959
O Dio Mio / It Took Dreams 354 1960
Train of Love / Tell Me Who's the Girl 359 1960
Pineapple Princess / Luau Cha Cha Cha 362 1960
Talk to Me Baby / I Love You Baby 369 1960
Dream Boy / Please, Please Signore 374 1961
Indian Giver / Mama Rosa 375 1961
The Parent Trap / Let's Get Together (& Tommy Sands) 802 1961
Hawaiian Love Talk / Blue Muu Muu 384 1961
Dreamin 'About You / Strummin' song 388 1961
Crazy Place from Outer Space / Seven Moons 392 1962
The Truth About Youth / I Can't Do the Sum 394 1962
My Little Grass Shack / Hukilau Song 400 1962
He's My Ideal / Mr. Piano Man 405 1962
Bella Bella Florence / Canzone D'Amore 407 1962
Teenage Wedding / Walking and Talking 414 1963
Treat Him Nicely / Promise Me Anything 427 1963
Merlin Jones / The Scrambled Egghead 431 1964
Custom City / Rebel Rider 432 1964
Muscle Beach Party / I Dream About Frankie 433 1964
Bikini Beach Party / The Clyde 436 1964
The Wah Watusi / The Clyde 437 1964
Something Borrowed Something Blue / How Will I Know My Love 438 1965
The Monkeys Uncle & Beach Boys / How Will I Know My Love 440 1965
Boy to Love / No One Could Be Prouder 442 1965
No Way to Go But Up / Crystal Ball 450 1966
Epic
Baby Needs Me Now / Moment of Silence (& Cecil Null) 9829 1965
Tower
What's A Girl to Do / When You Get What You Want 326 1967

Filmography

literature

  • Annette Funicello / Patricia Romanowski: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: My Story , Disney Editions Hyperion 1995, ISBN 978-0-7868-8092-8
  • Frank Laufenberg: Rock- und Poplexikon Vol. 1 , Econ Taschenbuch Verlag, Düsseldorf 1998, p. 46, ISBN 3-612-26206-8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b cnn.com Article on Funicello's death

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Funicello, Annette
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Funicello, Annette Joanne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Utica , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2013
Place of death Bakersfield , California , United States