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Use dmy dates|date=October 2011BLP sources|date=March 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Adriano Celentano| image = Adriano Celentano 2008.jpg| caption =| background = solo_singer| birth_date = Birth date and age|1938|01|06|df=yes| death_date =| origin = Milan , Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Italy | instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar | genre = Pop music|Pop , Rock music|rock | occupation = Singer-songwriter , musician , actor , film director|director , television presenter | years_active = 1957–present| label = Jolly, Clan Celentano| associated_acts = I Ribelli , Mina (singer)|Mina | website = URL| http://www.clancelentano.it Adriano Celentano (IPA-it|adri'ano t?elen'tano; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian people|Italian singer , songwriter , comedian , actor , film director and TV Master of Ceremonies|host .
Celentano is the best-selling artist in Italy with Mina (singer)|Mina , and the best-selling male italian singer with more than 150 million records to date http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/09_dicembre_21/celentano_scoperto-grazie-blog_e9fa3342-ee3b-11de-9127-00144f02aabc.shtml L'inglese inventato di Celentano spopola negli Usa e su Internet - Corriere della Sera http://www.ilgiornale.it/spettacoli/toh_usa_scoprono_celentano_rapper/22-12-2009/articolo-id=408815-page=0-comments=1 Toh, gli Usa scoprono il Celentano rapper - Spettacoli - ilGiornale.it.
Biography
Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Gluck, about which he later wrote 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.de iconcite web |url= http://www.laut.de/wortlaut/artists/c/celentano_adriano/biographie/index.htm |title=BIOGRAFIE: Adriano Celentano |accessdate=19 May 2009
According to urban legend, before beginning his singing career, Celentano was a student of Ghigo Agosti during Agosti's 1955-1956 Northern Italian tour, which was also guitarist Giorgio Gaber 's debut.
Heavily influenced by his idol Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock revolution and by the American actor Jerry Lewis , http://www.clancelentano.it/xmondo/storia02.php dead link|date=March 2012 he has retained his popularity in Italy for the last 40 years, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies. In the latter respect, he has also been a creator of a comic genre, with his characteristic walking and his facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful; indeed in the 1970s and part of the 1980s, he was the king of the Italian box office in low budget movies. As an actor, critics point to Serafino (1968), directed by Pietro Germi , as his best performance.
As a director he frequently casts Ornella Muti , Eleonora Giorgi and his wife Claudia Mori . He and Claudia have three children; Rosita, Giacomo and Rosalinda Celentano , most notable to worldwide audiences for playing Satan in Mel Gibson 's The Passion of the Christ . He also often works as a host on several Italian television shows.
He has released forty album s, comprising twenty nine studio albums, three live album s, and eight compilation album|compilation s. His most famous songs are "La coppia piu' bella del mondo", which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a music recording sales certification|gold disc ;cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | page= 217 | isbn= 0-214-20512-6 " Azzurro (song)|Azzurro " (1968), written by Paolo Conte ; and " Prisencolinensinainciusol " (1972).
Celentano was referenced in the 1979 Ian Dury and the Blockheads song and single, " Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 ", as one of the aforementioned "reasons to be cheerful," and in Fellini 's 1986 film Ginger and Fred .
Adriano Celentano has been a vegetarian since 2005 and defends animal rights .cite web |url= http://www.ivu.org/people/music/celantano.html |title=Adriano Celentano |accessdate=19 May 2009 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090518151837/ http://www.ivu.org/people/music/celantano.html| archivedate= 18 May 2009 | deadurl= no
Discography
Albums
;Studio albums
1960: Adriano Celentano with Giulio Libano and his Orchestra - Jolly LPJ 5008
1960: Furore - Jolly LPJ 5017
1962: Peppermint Twist - Jolly LPJ 5021
1963: A New Orleans - Jolly LPJ 5025
1965: Non mi dir - Clan, ACC 40002
1966: La festa (album)|La festa - Clan, ACC 40006
1966: Il ragazzo della via Gluck (album)|Il ragazzo della via Gluck - Clan, ACC 40007
1968: Azzurro/Una carezza in un pugno - Clan, ACC 40011
1968: Adriano rock - Clan, BF 501
1969: Le robe che ha detto Adriano - Clan, BF 502
1969: Pioggia di successi
1970: Il forestiero - Clan, BFM 700
1971: ''Er più - Storia d'amore e di coltello - Clan, BFM 602
1972: I mali del secolo - Clan, BFM 701
1973: La storia di uno... Adriano Celentano
1973: Nostalrock - Clan, CLN 65764
1975: Yuppi du - Clan, CLN 69120
1976: Svalutation - Clan, CLN 86013
1977: Disco dance - Clan, CLN 86026
1977: Tecadisk - Clan, CLN 86033
1978: Ti avrò - Clan, CLN 20053
1978: Geppo il folle - Clan, CLN 20099
1979: Il concerto di Adriano - Clan, CLN 22203
1979: Soli - Clan, CLN 20150
1980: ''Un po' artista un po' no - Clan, CLN 20201
1980: Tu non mi lascerai
1981: Deus - Clan, CLN 20257
1982: Uh... uh... - Clan, CLN 20324
1982: ''Storia d'amore
1983: Atmosfera - Clan, CLN 20380
1984: I miei americani - Clan, CLN 20445
1985: Joan Lui - Clan, CLN 20485
1986: I miei americani 2 - Clan, CLN 20545
1987: La pubblica ottusità - Clan, CLN 20699
1991: Il re degli ignoranti - Clan, 9031 74439-1
1994: Quel punto - Clan, 4509 97319-1
1996: Arrivano gli uomini - Clan, CLCD 74321 381192
1998: Mina Celentano - Clan/PDU, 90011 (by Mina (singer)|Mina and Adriano Celentano)
1999: ''Io non so parlar d'amore - Clan, CLN 13641
2000: Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno - Clan, CLN 20482
2002: Per sempre - Clan, CLN 20511
2004: ''C'è sempre un motivo - Clan, CLN 20551
2005: ''C'è sempre un motivo + L'Indiano - Clan, CLN 20551
2007: Dormi amore, la situazione non è buona - Clan, CLN 2058
2011: Facciamo finta che sia vero - Clan, CLN 2098
;Collection albums
1969: Pioggia di successi - Clan, BF LP 506
1970: Adriano hits - Clan, BF LP 600 nostal rock
1973: La storia di uno...Adriano Celentano - Clan, CLN 68215
1975: Il meglio di Adriano Celentano - Clan, CLN 69133
1978: Celentanando - Clan, 1978 CGD / CLAN
1979: ''Antologia ('57-'80) - Clan, CLN 22504
1980: Il tempo se ne va compilation musica
1982: Il cinema di Adriano - Clan, CLN 25037
1983: Le volte che Adriano è stato primo - CLN 20391
Persondata | NAME =Celentano, Adriano | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =6 January 1931 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Celentano, Adriano Category:1938 births Category:Living people Category:People from Milan Category:Italian male singers Category:Italian comedians Category:Italian film actors Category:Italian songwriters Category:Italian buskers Category:Italian vegetarians Category:Italian-language singers Category:Sanremo Music Festival winners Category:David di Donatello winners?