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Adriano Rock
''Adriano rock'' is a studio album by Italian singer Adriano Celentano, released shortly before Christmas of 1968 on his label Clan Celentano. Overview Unlike the previous albums that mostly consisted of songs that had been previously released on singles, this one was the first Celentano's album containing all new material. The songs "Il grande sarto" and "Napoleone, il cowboy e lo zar" were later remade under different titles and with slightly different lyrics for the albums ''Le robe che ha detto Adriano'' and ''Il re degli ignoranti''. ''Adriano Rock'' was one of Celentano's least-selling albums. Track listing Charts References {{Authority control Adriano Celentano albums 1968 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian singer-songwriter, actor, showman, and filmmaker. He is dubbed ''Il Molleggiato'' ('the springy one') because of his energetic dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and critical success. With around 150 million records sold worldwide, he is List of estimated best-selling Italian music artists, the second best-selling Italian musical artist. Often credited as the author of both the music and lyrics of his songs, according to his wife Claudia Mori, some were written in collaboration with others. Due to his prolific career, both in Italy and abroad, he is considered one of the pillars of Music of Italy, Italian music. Celentano is recognized for being particularly perceptive of changes in the music business and is credited for having introduced rock and roll to Italy. As an actor, Celentano has appeared in 39 films, mostly comedies. Early life Celentano was born on 6 January 1938 in Milan, Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Pallavicini
Vito Pallavicini (22 April 1924 – 16 August 2007) was an Italian lyricist. Biography Born in Vigevano, Pallavicini started his career as a journalist, founding in 1950 the local weekly magazine ''L'informatore vigevanese''.Giannelli, Enzo. "Pallavicini, Vito". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 1262-4. He made his professional debut as a lyricist in 1959 co-writing with Pino Massara the song "Amorevole" for Nicola Arigliano, and shortly later "Ghiaccio bollente" for Tony Dallara.Enrico Deregibus. "Vito Pallavicini". ''Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana''. Giunti Editore, 2010. . He got his first major hit in 1961, with Mina's " Le mille bolle blu". Pallavicini is well-known for his long professional associations with composers Pino Donaggio, with whom he composed Donaggio's signature song " Io che non vivo (senza te)", and Paolo Conte, with whom he co-wrote among other songs the hits "Tripoli '66" for Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musica E Dischi
() was the oldest and longest-running music industry publication in Italy. In 1961, ''Billboard'' defined the publication as the "Italian record bible". History It was founded in October 1945 in Milan, Italy, on the initiative of the journalist and musicologist Aldo Mario De Luigi, a former record executive at La Voce Del Padrone-Columbia-Marconiphone (VCM, now EMI Italy). Originally, the magazine was published under the name ''Musica'' (''Dischi'' was added on the second edition) on a monthly basis. In the 1960s, started to issue a list of best-seller music recordings nationally. After the death of Aldo Mario in 1968, his son Mario De Luigi, already reviewer and editor of the magazine since 1958, became the director. In 1999, the official website was opened. On its 735th issue in December 2009, director Mario De Luigi announced that from March 2010 they would publish an online magazine and stop the publication of the physical magazine after 65 years. In June 2014, the mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie
"Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie" is a song by Eddie Cochran recorded and released as a single in January 1958 on Liberty Records. It was a minor hit for Cochran and stalled at number 94 on the Billboard charts. "Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie" was posthumously released in the United Kingdom in 1961 on the London Records label and rose to number 31. Composition and release "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie" was written by George Motola and Rickie Page. The song was first written as "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny" for The Georgettes, but they never recorded it. The recording session for the song was lengthy and difficult. It was released in January 1958 on Liberty Records with a B-side single "Pocketful of Hearts". Personnel * Eddie Cochran: vocal, guitar * Conny 'Guybo' Smith: electric bass * Earl Palmer: drums * Ray Johnson: piano (Cochran's official website lists Johnson someone who possibly participated in "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie" recording session) Covers The Stray Cats recorded a version of "Jeanie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Williamson (guitarist)
William F. Williamson (February 9, 1925 – March 22, 1996) was the American steel guitar player for Bill Haley and His Saddlemen, and its successor group Bill Haley & His Comets, from 1949 to 1963. Life and career A founding member of both the Saddlemen and the Comets, Williamson often acted as the band's emcee and comic relief during live concerts; he also played lead guitar on occasion. He was with the band when they recorded "Rock Around the Clock" in 1954 and appeared with the band when they performed the song on the Milton Berle Show and the Ed Sullivan Show in 1955. Williamson had the distinction of being the only Comet allowed to record lead vocal tracks during Haley's tenure at Decca Records (such as the song "Hide and Seek" on their 1956 album, '' Rock and Roll Stage Show'' and "B.B. Betty" on the 1958 '' Bill Haley's Chicks'' album. He also shared a number of songwriting credits with Haley. His wife, Catherine Cafra, was also credited as co-writer of a number of songs r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Grande
John Andrew Grande (January 14, 1930 – June 3, 2006) was a member of Bill Haley's backing band, The Comets. Life and career Born in South Philadelphia, Grande played piano and accordion with Bill Haley and the Saddlemen, later known as Bill Haley & His Comets, from 1949 to 1962-63. One of his jobs was to keep track of musical arrangements for the group as he was one of the few members who could read sheet music. Grande and steel guitarist Billy Williamson were both members of the country band, Southern Swingsters before convincing Bill Haley to start a new group, the Saddlemen in 1949. Grande was one of the original business partners who formed the Saddlemen (the other partners being Bill Haley himself (d. 1981) and steel guitarist Billy Williamson (d. 1995)). During the Labor Day weekend of 1952, the Saddlemen, realizing that their musical style was moving away from country and western decided to change their name to The Comets. Although primarily a piano player, Grande pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Haley
William John Clifton Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million-selling hits such as "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later, Alligator", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Rocket 88", "Skinny Minnie", and "Razzle Dazzle". Haley has sold over 60 million records worldwide. In 1987, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Early life and career Haley was born July 6, 1925, in Highland Park, Michigan, Highland Park, Michigan. In 1929, the four-year-old Haley underwent an inner-ear mastoid operation which accidentally severed an optic nerve, leaving him blind in his left eye for the rest of his life. It is said that he adopted his trademark kiss curl over his right eye to draw attention from his left, but it also became his "gimmick", and added to his popularity. As a result of the effects o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birth Of The Boogie
"Birth of the Boogie" is a 1955 song composed by Bill Haley with Billy Williamson and Johnny Grande. The song was released as a Decca single by Bill Haley and His Comets, peaking at #17 on the ''Billboard'' singles chart. Background "Birth of the Boogie" was recorded on January 5, 1955 and released as a Decca single, 29418, backed with "Mambo Rock". The single reached #17 on the ''Billboard'' chart and #18 on the ''Cash Box'' chart in April, 1955. The recording was produced by Milt Gabler at the Pythian Temple studios in New York City and appeared on the 1955 Decca albums ''Shake, Rattle and Roll'' and ''Rock Around the Clock''. The 1955 recording was included on the 1972 MCA career retrospective compilation album ''Golden Hits'' and the 1985 ''From the Original Master Tapes'' CD album. The track appeared in the 1992 Russian film ''Novyy Odeon''. Other versions Bill Turner & Blue Smoke performed the song live on ''The Frankie Waters Show'' in New York in 1997. The song has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusty Keefer
Rusty may refer to something covered with rust or with a rust (color). Rusty is also a nickname for people who have red hair, have a rust-hued skin tone, or have the given name Russell. Rusty may also refer to: People *Rusty Anderson (born 1959), American guitarist *Rusty Areias (born 1949), American politician *Rusty Bryant (1929–1991), American saxophonist * Rusty Cooley (born 1970), American guitarist * Rusty Crawford (1885–1971), Canadian ice hockey player *Rusty Cundieff (born 1960), American actor and director *Rusty Day (1945–1982), American musician *Rusty Dedrick (1918–2009), American trumpeter * Rusty DeWees (born 1960), American actor and comedian *Rusty Draper (1923–2003), American singer *Rusty Duke, American judge *Rusty Edwards (born 1955), American hymn writer and minister *Rusty Egan (born 1957), British drummer *Rusty Fein (born 1982), American figure skater *Rusty Frank, American dancer, choreographer, and historian * Rusty Fricke (born 1964), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickie Thompson
James Edward "Dickie" Thompson (December 13, 1917 – February 22, 2007) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter. Biography Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he took up the guitar in his teens, playing it left-handed and upside down and pioneering a technique of string bending. By the 1940s, he was well known for his performances in New York City jazz clubs, and started playing as a session musician.Kimberly Matas, "James "Dickie" Thompson: Complete guitarist is gone, but 'Dickie influence' lives", ''Arizona Daily Star'', March 9, 2007 Retrieved 27 October 2016 He began recording unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)
''Thirteen Women'' is a 1932 American pre-Code psychological thriller film, produced by David O. Selznick and directed by George Archainbaud. It stars Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne and Ricardo Cortez. The film is based on the 1930 bestselling novel of the same name by Tiffany Thayer and was adapted for the screen by Bartlett Cormack and Samuel Ornitz. Several characters were deleted from the film's final version, including those played by Leon Ames, Phyllis Fraser, and Betty Furness (in what would have been Furness's film debut at the age of 16). The film portrays only 11 women, not 13, with Fraser and Furness playing the two characters edited from the film.Hall, Mordaunt (1932) "Another Murder Mystery. Thirteen Women ...", part of multiple film reviews, ''The New York Times'', October 15, 1932. Retrieved November 22, 2017. The film premiered in October at the Roxy Theater in New York City on October 15, 1932, then released in Los Angeles, and a few other cities in November 1932. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Santercole
Gino Santercole (21 November 1940 – 8 June 2018) was an Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He was well known for his breakthrough hit "Questo vecchio pazzo mondo" ("This old crazy world"), a cover of P. F. Sloan's " Eve of Destruction", and for the song "Ma che freddo stasera (Such a Cold Night Tonight)" that he sang in the movie ''Yuppi du'' (1975). Life Early life Santercole was born in Milan, Italy, on 21 November 1940. His family is originally from the south eastern region of Apulia. Santercole's mother, Rosa, was the sister of the singer-songwriter, comedian, and movie director Adriano Celentano. Santercole lost his father as a child. He spent some years in college, and was then forced to go to work by himself. He was fond of rock n' roll, and in his free time he learned to play the guitar. Celentano recruited Santercole for his group, the Rock Boys, when his second guitarist, Ico Cerutti, left the group. Santercole became a Rock Boy just in time to par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
