Gloria Christian
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Gloria Christian (born 24 June 1934) is an Italian canzone napoletana singer, mainly successful between the second half of the 1950s and the 1960s.


Life and career

Born in
Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
, she is the daughter of a
Neapolitan Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to: Geography and history * Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city * Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and High ...
trumpeter and of a Venetian mother. At early age, Christian moved with her family to Naples where she graduated from the Istituto Magistrale Pimentel Forseca. As a student, she was part of a jazz band and the dance orchestra led by Renato Marini.Enzo Giannelli. "Christian, Gloria". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp.374-6. In 1956, she participated in the radio musical contest, "La bacchetta d'oro", which earned her early popularity and a contract with the label Vis.Enzo Giannelli. "Christian, Gloria". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp.374-6. In 1957, she released her first hit, a cover version of "
Que Sera, Sera "Que Será, Será (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" is a song written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and first published in 1955. Doris Day introduced it in the Alfred Hitchcock film '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956), singing it as a cue to their ...
" which ranked #3 on the Italian hit parade. Between 1957 and 1962, Christian participated in the main competition of the
Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival ( ), officially the Italian Song Festival (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria, organized and broadcast by (RAI). It is the longest-running ...
four times, obtaining two significant successes with the songs "Casetta in Canadà" (1957) and "Timida serenata" (1958). She also entered the competition at the
Festival di Napoli The Festival della Canzone Napoletana ("Festival of Neapolitan Song"), commonly known as the Festival di Napoli, is a Neapolitan song contest. The first edition was held in 1952 and the last in 2004. From 1952 to 1970 the show was broadcast on RAI ...
ten times, getting a large success with her 1959 entry "
Cerasella ''Cerasella'' is a 1959 Italy, Italian teen film, teen comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is loosely inspired by the lyrics of the song "Cerasella (song), Cerasella". Cast *Claudia Mori: Cerasella *Terence Hill, Mario Girotti: Bru ...
" and winning the competition in 1962 with the song "Marechiaro Marechiaro". In 1970, she was the presenter of the last edition of the festival. During her career, Christian was also active as an actress in musical comedies, notably appearing in '' Rugantino''.


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Christian, Gloria 1934 births Living people Singers from Bologna Singers from Naples Italian pop singers Italian women singers People of Venetian descent