Rocco Granata

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Rocco Granata

Rocco Granata (born August 16, 1938 in Figline Vegliaturo ) is an Italian pop singer , entertainer and actor . His most famous piece is Marina from 1959.

Life

Rocco Granata was born in Figline Vegliaturo, Calabria , in 1938 . His parents moved from southern Italy to the Belgian coal mine in Genk . Granata worked there as a car mechanic and devoted himself to music as a hobby by playing with friends at local fairs. In 1957 they played a samba , the melody of which was particularly well received by the audience, and shortly afterwards Granata also wrote an Italian text for the song. He named it Marina (supposedly after an Italian cigarette brand called 'Marina' as inspiration) and initially began marketing the piece himself. The label EMI Columbia became aware of the song and the artist and released the song in 1959. Marina became a great success not only in Germany , also in the USA and Italy as well as in other European countries .

Granata had other hits and appeared in the 1960s with his own show in New York's Carnegie Hall . The film also got in touch and he acted as an actor and singer in several music films. Today he lives with his wife in Antwerp , plays golf and occasionally appears in nostalgic music shows.

Discography

Single An Italiano , 1960

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE US US
1959 Marina DE1
gold
gold

(40 weeks)DE 		US31 (11 weeks)
US
Manuela DE60 (4 weeks)
DE 		-
1960 Oh, oh, Rosi DE14 (24 weeks)
DE 		-
La Bella DE18 (16 weeks)
DE 		-
An Italiano always has to sing DE37 (12 weeks)
DE 		-
Rocco-Cha-Cha DE38 (8 weeks)
DE 		-
1961 Irena DE15 (20 weeks)
DE 		-
Signorina Bella DE37 (8 weeks)
DE 		-
1963 Buona Notte DE5 (32 weeks)
DE 		-
1989 Marina (Remix '89) DE17 (16 weeks)
DE 		-

More singles

  • 1960: an Italiano
  • 1964: You black gypsy
  • 1967: The way back home
  • 1972: freckles
  • 1992: Sarah
  • 1993: my wife
  • 2002: let's dance
  • 2002: Night at the Busento
  • 2002: Bellissima

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE US
  2. ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 444 .
personal data
SURNAME Granata, Rocco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian pop singer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Figline Vegliaturo , Calabria , Italy