Gaetano Cristiano Vincenzo Rossi (born 8 September 1949), best known as Christian, is an Italian singer, mainly successful in the first half of the 1980s.
Background
Born in
Palermo, the son of a policeman and a housewife, at young age Rossi was a football player for
Palermo and
Mantova F.C.
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, but had to quit for a
cardiac arrhythmia
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.
He started his career as a singer in the early 1970s, and got his first hit in 1980, with the song "Daniela" which ranked at the seventh place on the Italian hit parade.
Often paired with
Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record ...
, with whom he shared some authors and a similar style,
between 1982 and 1984 Christian had four singles peaking at first place on the Italian hit parade.
[ Between 1982 and 1990 he also entered the main competition at the ]Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annua ...
six times, ranking third in 1984 with the song "Cara".[
Rossi married the singer Dora Moroni in 1987; the couple divorced in 1997.][ They had a son, Alfredo.]
Discography
;Album
* 1977 - ''Piccola incosciente''
* 1982 - ''Un'altra vita un altro amore''
* 1983 - ''Christian''
* 1984 - ''Cara''
* 1985 - ''Sere''
* 1986 - ''Insieme''
* 1987 - ''Quando l'amore...''
* 1988 - ''Guardando il cielo''
* 1990 - ''Se non è amore...deve essere amore''
* 1990 - ''Canzoni di Natale''
* 1991 - ''L'amore è una cosa meravigliosa''
* 1992 - ''Un cielo in più ed altri successi''
* 1993 - ''Christian 1993''
* 1995 - ''Parlami''
* 1996 - ''Angeli senza paradiso''
* 2000 - ''Cuore in viaggio''
* 2004 - ''Finalmente l'alba''
* 2007 - ''Per amore''
* 2011 - ''Cara mamma''
* 2015 - ''Christian The Best of''
Singles
*1967: ''Ti voglio tanto bene - Hai ragione tu''
*1967: ''L'amore di una sola estate - Tutto finirà''
*1968: ''Ora sei con me - C'è tanto mare''
*1968: ''Tutte meno te - Una così così''
*1969: ''Oro e argento - Tra di noi''
*1970: ''Amore vero amore amaro - Sayonara''
*1971: ''Firmamento - Amo''
*1972: ''Come mai - Dai vieni con noi''
*1974: ''Giochi d'amore - Sole nero''
*1975: ''Sto con lei - Dormici sopra'' (Spark
Spark commonly refers to:
* Spark (fire), a small glowing particle or ember
* Electric spark, a form of electrical discharge
Spark may also refer to:
Places
* Spark Point, a rocky point in the South Shetland Islands
People
* Spark (surname)
* ...
, SR 828)
*1976: ''Dolce donna - Non so dir ti voglio bene''
*1976: ''Piccola Incosciente - Ma ci pensi tu''
*1977: ''Che sventola - Non dimenticar'' (Spark
Spark commonly refers to:
* Spark (fire), a small glowing particle or ember
* Electric spark, a form of electrical discharge
Spark may also refer to:
Places
* Spark Point, a rocky point in the South Shetland Islands
People
* Spark (surname)
* ...
, SR 853)
*1978: ''Parlami di lei - Colpo d'amore''
*1979: ''Santa Caterina - Vangelo''
*1980: ''Adesso amiamoci - Scusa''
*1980: ''Daniela - Non voglio perderti''
*1982: ''Un'altra vita un altro amore - Com'eri bella tu''
*1983: ''Abbracciami amore mio - Volare via''
*1983: ''Nostalgia - Solo tu''
*1984: ''Cara - Un giorno in più''
*1984: ''Se te ne vai - Solo tu''
*1985: ''Notte serena - Fra poco il sole è là''
*1985: ''Insieme - Calypso melody''
*1987: ''Aria e musica - Noi non cambieremo mai''
*1987: ''Quando l'amore se ne va''
*1988: ''Rimini - Rimini (versione strumentale)''
*1989: ''Bikini - E vola via l'età''
*1990: ''Amore - Una speranza''
*2016: ''Siamo solo uomini''
References
External links
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1949 births
Musicians from Palermo
Italian pop singers
Italian male singers
Living people