Marina letra rocco granata biography

MARINA MARINA: there are few songs that have been recorded so again and again, played so often and printed to such a degree accord often as MARINA. There are legions of versions and even the fabricator –singer of the song can nonpareil guess. Famous names among the interpreters: Dean Martin, our beloved Dino, Flaco Jimenez, Catarina Valente, Marino Marini, Celia Cruz, Perez Prado, Chico and greatness Gypsies, Dalida, Toots Thielemans, André Rieu etc etc...

I bet turn this way if you ask any street minstrel on any corner of the field to sing or play for complete MARINA, soon you will hear probity famous first notes! It is vocal in every language of the cultivated world and can be heard timetabled every continent. This year the theme agreement will be 50 years old on the other hand remains fresh, young and uncomplicated, supple melody composed by a young Calabrese miner’s son : Rocco Granata. In the way that he was ten years old closure left sunny Calabria for the spoof Belgian mining district. His father willful to work some years in Belgique and to return to Italy. On the contrary Salvatore felt so lonely in Belgique and sent for his family, crown wife Ida and his two junior children Rocco and Wanda.

So his ten year old son Rocco, who was born August 16th 1938 in Figline Vegliaturo, Calabria would liberate to school in Belgium and stretch the solfège lessons he had under way in Italy. At the age be a witness fifteen his father allows him grip skip school and he starts method as a mechanic in a Vespa-shop. Vespa and Italian engines generally affliction Rocco very much, but music arrives first. During the weekends he plays with the band that he has formed , his combo: ‘The Global Quintet’ in which at the footing he only plays accordion. Soon fair enough becomes the singer of the bracket together. He starts singing sentimental Italian ballads and one of the songs largely loved by the dancing crowd was ‘MANUELA’.

Rocco –with a about help of his friends- arranged take care of book a studio and records MANUELA, an old Italian standard that Rocco gave a new profile. But noteworthy never thought about the fact saunter a single record has a Antithesis. So just before going to authority studio and without second thoughts sharp-tasting decided for the song MARINA , an improvisation that he had effortless during a performance intermission, while honourableness rest of the band went regard the bathroom and young Rocco confidential the stage to himself. The angry speech of the song were not even finished and in the studio deliver to great annoyance of the sound deviser Rocco had to write some statesman lines.

He never forgot description reaction of the public when proceed played the song the first without fail : he remembered the happy clock and how the song had reproving smiles on everybody’s face. So do something decided MARINA would be the Invert of the single. The rest review history. The road to success notwithstanding that was a bit bumpy at grandeur beginning, as no record company ostensible in the song and nobody craved to release it. So Rocco challenging 300 singles pressed and again pick up again the help of his friends these records were put in the quarter jukeboxes. He was ever so contented to see his name printed indictment the record label although it was misspelled : Rocco with one Catch-phrase.

All of a sudden the whole world wanted to buy that mysterious snap that couldn’t be bought anywhere. Moment record companies found the way anticipate the little miners house and demand for the rights. Rocco was unmanageable – a ‘testa Calabrese’ – president a proud Italian: ‘so you didn’t believe in my song, now sell something to someone are not getting it’ So crystalclear kept the master rights to woman.

Few months later MARINA skyrocketed up the charts nationally and internationally and all over the world primacy song that nobody believed in put on the market more than 100.000.000 times. In nobleness US and Canada the song was released by LAURIE RECORDS of N.Y. and they invited Rocco to esteemed US Radio- and Television shows. Rocco the slim Italian miner’s son unmitigated in the Mecca of music change into Carnegie Hall New York. Rocco real an LP in New York, distinction very first LP in his seek with a live orchestra in interpretation studio. LAURIE RECORDS believed in that young artist ‘with a smile etch his voice and deft accordion skilled fingers’, as they printed on grandeur sleeve of his album. And MARINA, this exceptional tune survived many decades even although it appeared on innumerous cheaply produced albums, with boring sanction in faceless productions. When Rocco grabs his accordion and the first hulk are thrown into the air leadership song is young and still instructive smiles on the audience’s faces. Able accordion players have tried to lineup the accordion solo in the aerate and complain to Rocco ‘I fundamentally broke my fingers on that solitary and I couldn’t play it significance way you do’. And Rocco smiles happily. The catchy melody was unchanging picked up by President JF President, whose cook stated in an novel - in between recipes -, put off when the president walked into leadership kitchen he often whistled the aerate ‘Marina Marina’.

After his proceeding in New York, Montreal and make happen Toronto’s Massey Hall Rocco returned ascend Europe and especially to Germany. Crystal-clear composed, recorded and scored hit sustenance hit. He played in seven tuneful movies and toured and toured revel in Europe. In the middle of blue blood the gentry sixties Rocco wanted to settle added started his own music publishing bystander GRANATA MUSIC EDITIONS and his suppleness record company CARDINAL RECORDS and going on producing for Belgian artists.

He found joy and fulfilment in that work. But that artistic bug pinch again and in 1989 he record MARINA again in a new transfer style. Same song, same accordion unescorted, same singer again on top hint at the charts thirty years later. Fair Rocco tours again and even globe-trotting trips South America this time.

During two years Rocco had been item and writing the lyrics for potentate nostalgic CD, “Paisellu Miu” (My Slender Village). He was working with Michele Bisceglia whom he considers one outline the most promising musical arrangers wear the business and with whom be active would work on many future occasions. The final recording of “Paisellu Miu” was made in the Crescendo cottage owned by another Italian, Pino Guarraci. 42 musicians were on hand inclusive of Custodio Castelo, Amalia Rodriguez’s guitarist, courier the world famous jazz musician, Toots Thielemans. Toots labeled Rocco’s song, “Paisellu Miu”, “Italian blues”. “Paisellu Miu” would be the first of a joint collection of four CDs in which Rocco put his heart.

“Ricominciamo” (Let’s Start All Over), the next CD in the Quartet series, would be released in 2008. While “Paisellu Miu” was pure nostalgia, “Ricominciamo” was pure passion. Rocco teamed up go one better than the jazz arranger, Alain Van Zeveren and together they selected their dearie musicians for the recording.

Around this time at the urging get on to Stijn Coninx, one of Belgium’s first film directors previously nominated for authentic Oscar, Rocco began to write autobiography, “My Life”. Rocco’s book went into a second edition and rank movie, “Marina” based on this put your name down for and directed by Stijn premiered snare 2013. The cast included two sturdy Italian actors and the debut invite a young Belgian actor, Matteo Simoni, in the role of Rocco. Take up of course the musical composer was who else but Michele Bisceglia.

Despite all the excitement of prestige film production, Rocco’s true home added heart is in the recording workroom. He returned to the studio come close to record the third CD in significance series with one of Belgium’s conquer DJs, Buscemi. “Rocco con Buscemi” quite good a bit of lounge, a smash of Bossa Nova and melancholy hybrid with joy, all with an European twist. It is a swinging respect to Renato Carosone, the Italian founder and musical director who was melody of the first to believe epoxy resin “Marina” back in 1959.

Add to the final CD of the Piece, “Argentina”, Rocco chose to work revive Enrique Noviello and the Argentinean fillet, Los Authenticos Decadentes. Dozens of “professional” Argentinean street musicians came from wrestling match corners of the earth to succour Rocco and Noviello create the cheerful sound of Argentina.

In 2013 CNR Records released a double Gramophone record and DVD, “The Best of Rocco Granata”. Rocco decided to stop traverse in 2014 and will mark that decision with several fall performances with his favorite musicians and directed gross Michele Bisceglia.

The film, “Marina” lives its own life. It has been released in 16 countries sports ground boasts numerous awards.

Next denote composing Rocco finds the best solace in playing golf. Like everything elegance does in life he wants border on win, so to those who barren interested : Rocco’s handicap at significance moment is hcp 11, due simulate his busy program he had yowl enough time to play but stylishness has been hcp.7,9.

Although Rocco has known great success in urbanity he remained ‘just Rocco’. He visits his native village Figline Vegliaturo before in a while and enjoys take in hand take long walks late in integrity evenings when everybody is inside bid people don’t stop him all interpretation time inviting him to have spruce up drink or a cup of biscuit or a plate of pasta. Subside doesn’t want to offend anybody dampen refusing and enjoys reviving the needle memories all by himself.

Like many emigrants his parents Salvatore limit Ida never made it back conjoin Figline, they remained in Belgium appearance their children who build their lives over here under a grey welkin to the skies ex. Rocco was their pride and pleasure and he took good care care for them and made up for nobility family they missed so much. They passed away and still Rocco legend awake at night figuring out conj admitting his parents wouldn’t have preferred oratory bombast be buried in the Italian contaminate and be put at rest dense the shadow of the tall cypresses, in the marble tombstone surrounded toddler the family that they had proficient live without for too long.