Rocco Granata

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Rocco Granata
Born (1938-08-16) 16 August 1938 (age 85)
Figline Vegliaturo, Italy
NationalityItalian
Belgian
Occupation(s)Accordionist, singer-songwriter

Rocco Granata (born 16 August 1938) is an Italian-Belgian singer, songwriter, and accordionist.

Granata was born in

gold disc.[1] It has been covered many times by artists such as Willy Alberti, Marino Marini, Ilham al-Madfai, Dalida and Louis Armstrong
.

After the success of "Marina", Granata toured the world, including dates at

Sanremo Festival
in 1961.

Granata later became a successful record producer. He owned the record labels Cardinal Records and Granata Records, and has produced Marva, Louis Neefs, Miel Cools, and De Elegasten.

In 1989, Granata commissioned a dance remix of "Marina", which again topped the Belgian charts as well as those of Italy, France and Germany. He has appeared regularly on Belgian television, and served as a jury member for the 2002 Flemish preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest. In March 2000 he was awarded the ZAMU Lifetime Achievement Award by the Belgian music industry.

Granata has released some 65 singles over the course of his career.

In 2013 his early life was captured in another movie named Marina.[2]

Singles

References

  1. ISBN 0-214-20512-6
    .
  2. ^ "Marina official website – a new film by Stijn Coninx". Marinafilm.be. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. ^ nl:Rocco Granata#Singles
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000
  5. ^ first week Archived 9 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine and second week on the Cash Box Top 100. Archived 20 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ The positions for the German Singles Charts are taken from Günter Ehnert: Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956–1980. Hamburg: Taurus Press 1990, S. 88

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