Adriano Celentano

Adriano Celentano born 6 January 1938 is an Italian musician singer composer actor and filmmaker He is dubbed il Molleggiato the springy one because of his dancing Celentanos many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and critical success With 150 million records sold worldwide he is one of the bestselling Italian musical artists 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 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 Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Cristoforo Gluck and this address later became the subject of the famous song Il ragazzo della via Gluck The boy from Gluck Street His parents were from Foggia in Apulia and had moved north for work His career as a singer started in 1959 Before his debut as an artist he was working as a watchmaker Heavily influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock n roll scene as well as by American actor Jerry Lewis Celentano started playing in a rock and roll band with Giorgio Gaber and Enzo Jannacci Along with Gaber and Jannacci he was discovered by Jolly Records AR Executive Ezio Leoni who signed him to his first recording contract and coauthored with Celentano some of his greatest early hits including 24000 baci Il tuo bacio è come un rock and Si è spento il Sole He first appeared on screen in Ragazzi del JukeBox a 1959 Italian musical film directed by Lucio Fulci with music by Ezio Leoni In 1960 Federico Fellini cast him as a rock and roll singer in his film La Dolce Vita In 1962 Celentano founded the Italian record label Clan Celentano which is still active with many performers such as Don Backy Ola the Janglers Ricky Gianco Katty Line Gino Santercole Fred Bongusto and his wife Claudia Mori As a film director Celentano frequently cast Ornella Muti Eleonora Giorgi and his wife Claudia Mori He and Mori have three children Rosita Giacomo and Rosalinda Celentano Rosalinda is most notable to worldwide audiences for playing Satan in Mel Gibsons The Passion of the Christ Celentano has also hosted several Italian television shows Celentano has retained his popularity in Italy for over 50 years selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies As part of his TV and movie work he created a comic genre with a characteristic walk and facial expressions For the most part his films were commercially successful indeed in the 1970s and part of the 1980s his lowbudget movies were top of Italian box office rankings As an actor critics point to Serafino 1968 directed by Pietro Germi as his best performance Source Article Adriano Celentano from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30