Rino Gaetano
Rino Gaetano (born October 29, 1950 in Crotone , Calabria , as Salvatore Antonio Gaetano ; † June 2, 1981 in Rome ) was an Italian Cantautore (songwriter).
During his short career, which he began in Rome in 1973, he became known for his particularly sarcastic and surrealistic style, with idiosyncratic and often disrespectful lyrics, a special singing style and unusual performances. He became an ironic commentator on Italian society in the 1970s. He reached the height of his success with the song Gianna , which he presented at the Sanremo Festival in 1978 . Even after his untimely death, his popularity was unbroken and he achieved cult status in the Italian music scene.
life and career
Gaetano spent the first ten years of his life in Crotone, Calabria, before his family moved to Rome (in the Monte Sacro district ). His father worked as a porter and he himself attended a school for surveyors . In addition to school, he began to gain experience in the theater and with the guitar . His musical performances in the famous Roman artists' meeting Folk Studio aroused the interest of Vincenzo Micocci from the record company It and in 1973 he was able to release his first single I love you Marianna / Jaqueline , still under the pseudonym Kammamuri's. In 1974 his debut album Ingresso libero was finally released , but it went largely unnoticed.
The following year he reported back with the single Ma il cielo è semper più blu , which Gaetano attracted more attention for the first time. The second album Mio fratello è figlio unico (1976) contained the famous Berta filava in addition to the title track . With further publications, Gaetano succeeded in making a name for himself as an original artist who knows how to convey serious topics in an entertaining way. The album Aida was released in 1977, but in 1978 the musician finally made his breakthrough when he reached third place at the 1978 Sanremo Festival with the song Gianna . The single reached the top of the Italian charts ( Wolfgang Petry also achieved chart success in Germany with the German-language cover version Gianna (love in the car) ). Following the participation in Sanremo, the album Nuntereggaepiù was released .
After this success, Gaetano switched to the RCA label and released the album Resta vile maschio dove vai . With the summer hit Ahi Maria and the subsequent tours, his popularity continued to grow throughout Italy. But after the release of the next album E io ci sto (1980) he landed in an artistic crisis. Only a year later, the musician was 30 years old and died in a traffic accident on the Via Nomentana in Rome and was buried on the Campo di Verano .
Aftermath
Despite his short and abruptly ended career, Rino Gaetano was granted a great impact posthumously and he achieved downright cult status . After his death, a large number of books about the musician appeared, but also a number of compilations and tribute albums . Many of these publications achieved considerable chart success. Also tribute bands were founded and many of his songs were from other musicians gecovert .
In 1982 the Premio Rino Gaetano music prize was initiated in honor of Gaetano . In 2007, Rai 1 broadcast the two-part TV series Rino Gaetano - Ma il cielo è semper più blu , directed by Marco Turco ; the musician was played there by Claudio Santamaria . In 2008, a bronze statue of the artist was erected in his home town of Crotone , near the house where he was born . In addition, streets and squares were named after him all over Italy.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 IT
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| 1974 | Ingresso libero | - |
It, ZSLT 70024
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| 1976 | Mio fratello è figlio unico | - |
It, ZSLT 70029
2001 number 74 (1 week) in the FIMI charts |
| 1977 | Aida | - |
It, ZPLT 34016
|
| 1978 | Nuntereggae più |
IT18 (14 weeks) IT |
It, ZPLT 34037
|
| 1979 | Resta vile maschio, dove vai? | - |
RCA Italiana, PL 31449
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| 1980 | E io ci sto | - |
RCA Italiana, PL 31539
|
| 1981 | Q Concert | - |
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
|
IT
|
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| 1998 | La storia |
IT22 (18 weeks) IT |
BMG Ricordi
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| 2003 | Sotto i cieli di Rino |
IT2 (93 weeks) IT |
RCA Italiana
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| 2007 | Figlio unico |
IT27 (14 weeks) IT |
BMG Ariola
|
| 2008 | I successi |
IT62 (3 weeks) IT |
|
| 2009 | Live & rarities |
IT10 (10 weeks) IT |
|
| 2010 | … E cantavo le canzoni |
IT37 (6 weeks) IT |
|
| 2014 | Grandi interpreti italiani - Rino Gaetano |
IT92 (1 week) IT |
|
| 2019 | Ahi Maria 40th |
IT25 (5 weeks) IT |
More compilations
- 1990 - Gianna e le altre ... (BMG Ariola)
- 1993 - Aida '93 (BMG Ariola)
- 1996 - Superbest (BMG Ricordi)
- 2008 - The Essential Rino Gaetano (RCA Italiana)
- 2014 - Solo con io (RCA Italiana)
Songs
Singles
- 1973 - I Love You Maryanna / Jaqueline (It, ZT 7047)
- 1974 - Tu, forse non essenzialmente tu (It, ZT 7057)
- 1975 - Ma il cielo è semper più blu (It, ZT 7060)
- 1976 - Mio fratello è figlio unico / Sfiorivano le viole (It, ZT 7062)
- 1976 - Berta filava / Mio fratello è figlio unico (It, ZT 7064)
- 1977 - Aida / Escluso il cane (It, ZBT 7078)
- 1977 - Aida / Spendi spandi effendi (It, ZBT 7081)
- 1978 - Gianna / Visto che mi vuoi lasciare (It, ZBT 7086)
- 1978 - Nuntereggae più / E cantava le canzoni (It, ZBT 7091)
- 1979 - Resta vile maschio, dove vai? / Ahi Maria (RCA Italiana, PB 6343)
- 1980 - E io ci sto / Metà Africa metà Europa (RCA Italiana, PB 6487)
Chart placements
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
|
IT
|
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| 1978 | Gianna Nuntereggae più |
IT1  (15 weeks)IT |
2007 place 25 (1 week) on the download charts
|
| 2007 | Aida | - |
40th place (1 week) on the download charts
|
| Nuntereggae più | - |
Place 50 (1 week) on the download charts
|
|
| 2008 | Berta Filava |
IT41 (4 weeks) IT |
|
| 2009 | Ma il cielo è semper più blu |
IT24 × 2
(9 weeks)IT |
2007 place 6 (2 weeks) on the download charts
|
| 2014 | A mano a mano |
IT9 × 3
(7 weeks)IT |
Part of the soundtrack to Allacciate le cinture by Ferzan Özpetek
|
| 2019 | Sfiorivano le viole |
IT-  |
literature
- Peppe Casa, Dario Marigliano: Rino Gaetano. La vita, le canzoni, le poesie e l'ironia di un grande artista. Rome, 1999.
- Emanuele Di Marco: Rino Gaetano live. Nuovi Equilibri, Viterbo 2001, ISBN 978-88-7226-625-0 .
- Yari Selvetella: Rino Gaetano. Bastogi Editrice Italiana, Foggia 2001, ISBN 88-8185-349-3 .
- Alfredo del Curatolo: Se mai qualcuno capirà Rino Gaetano. Selene, Milan 2004, ISBN 88-86267-65-7 .
- Massimo Cotto (Ed.): R ino Gaetano - Ma il cielo è semper più blu. Pensieri, racconti e canzoni inedite. Mondadori, Milan 2004, ISBN 88-04-52794-3 .
- Silvia D'Ortenzi: Rare tracce: ironie e canzoni di Rino Gaetano. Arcana, Rome 2007, ISBN 88-7966-444-1 .
- Bruno Mautone: Rino Gaetano. La tragica scomparsa di un eroe. L'ArgoLibro, Grisignano 2012, ISBN 978-88-98558-00-1 .
- Enrico Gregori: Quando il cielo era semper più blu. Rino Gaetano raccontato da un amico. Historica, Cesena 2015, ISBN 978-88-96656-54-9 .
- Bruno Mautone: Chi ha ucciso Rino Gaetano? Il coraggio di raccontare: un'indagine tra massoneria, servizi segreti e poteri economici. Revoluzione o, 2016, ISBN 978-88-9976-001-4 .
- Matteo Persica: Rino Gaetano. Essential ingredients do. Odoya, Bologna 2017, ISBN 978-88-6288-429-7 .
Web links
- Rino Gaetano at Rockol.it (Italian)
- Gaetano, Rino in Enciclopedia Treccani (Italian)
- Rino Gaetano at Allmusic (English)
- Rino Gaetano at Discogs (English)
supporting documents
- ↑ Yuri Selvetella: Rino Gaetano. 2 2003, p. 6.
- ↑ Wolfgang Petry - Gianna (love in the car). In: Official German charts. GfK Entertainment, accessed on May 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Yuri Selvetella: Rino Gaetano. 2 2003, p. 45.
- ↑ La riscoperta di Rino Gaetano. In: Repubblica.it. February 14, 2004, accessed May 30, 2020 (Italian).
- ↑ Andrea Laffranchi: Rino Gaetano, un fenomeno da hit parade . In: Corriere della Sera . August 5, 2003, p. 37 ( corriere.it ( memento of September 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )).
- ^ Matteo Speroni: Nuove voci da ascoltare . In: Corriere della Sera . May 16, 1993, p. 43 ( corriere.it ( memento of September 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )).
- ^ Rino Gaetano - Ma il cielo è semper più blu. In: Internet Movie Database . Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Frac, cilindro, jeans e 'ukulele', Rino sorride ironico. (No longer available online.) In: Calabria Note. May 25, 2015, archived from the original on May 25, 2015 ; accessed on May 30, 2020 .
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↑ a b Chart sources (albums):
- Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Album 1964-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-470500-2 , pp. 176 .
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 111 .
- Albums by Rino Gaetano. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien , accessed May 30, 2020 .
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↑ Chart sources (singles):
- Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Singoli 1960-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-326490-6 , pp. 221 .
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 95, 174 f .
- Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed May 30, 2020 (Italian).
- ^ Certificazioni. FIMI, accessed May 30, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gaetano, Rino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gaetano, Salvatore Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Cantautore (songwriter) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Crotone , Calabria |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2nd 1981 |
| Place of death | Rome |