Adriano Celentano#Discography

{{Infobox person

| name = Adriano Celentano

| image = Celentano 1961 Salsomaggiore Terme.jpg

| caption = Celentano in 1961

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1938|01|06}}

| birth_place = Milan, Kingdom of Italy

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Singer-songwriter
actor
film director
screenwriter
producer
television presenter

}}

| years_active = 1957–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Claudia Mori|1964}}

| children = 3, including Rosalinda Celentano

| website = {{URL|ilmondodiadriano.it}}

| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|disco|rock and roll{{cite journal|first=Maria|last=Kouvarou|year=2015|title=American Rock with a European Twist: The Institutionalization of Rock'n'Roll in France, West Germany, Greece, and Italy (20th Century)|journal=Historia Crítica|issue=57|pages=75–94|issn=0121-1617|doi=10.7440/histcrit57.2015.05|doi-access=free}}}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano|drums}}

| label = {{hlist|Jolly|Clan Celentano}}

| associated_acts = {{hlist|I Ribelli|Mina}}

}}

Adriano Celentano ({{IPA|it|adriˈaːno tʃelenˈtaːno|lang}}; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian singer-songwriter, actor, showman, and filmmaker. He is dubbed Il Molleggiato ('the springy one') because of his energetic dancing.{{Cite web|title=MINA e CELENTANO: la tigre e il molleggiato di nuovo insieme nel 2016 » » aLLMusicItalia|url=http://www.allmusicitalia.it/news/mina-e-celentano-la-tigre-e-il-molleggiato-di-nuovo-insieme-nel-2016.html|first=Jennifer|last=Engelmann|website=allmusicitalia.it|date=21 October 2015|access-date=2016-02-23|language=it-IT|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307132355/http://www.allmusicitalia.it/news/mina-e-celentano-la-tigre-e-il-molleggiato-di-nuovo-insieme-nel-2016.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=L'inglese inventato di Celentano spopola negli Usa e su Internet - Corriere della Sera|first=Emanuela|last=Di Pasqua|url=http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/09_dicembre_21/celentano_scoperto-grazie-blog_e9fa3342-ee3b-11de-9127-00144f02aabc.shtml|website=corriere.it|date=21 December 2009|access-date=2016-02-23|archive-date=26 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526034436/http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/09_dicembre_21/celentano_scoperto-grazie-blog_e9fa3342-ee3b-11de-9127-00144f02aabc.shtml|url-status=live}}

Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and critical success. With around 150 million records sold worldwide, he is the second best-selling Italian musical artist.{{cite web |url=http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/09_dicembre_21/celentano_scoperto-grazie-blog_e9fa3342-ee3b-11de-9127-00144f02aabc.shtml |title=L'inglese inventato di Celentano spopola negli Usa e su Internet – Corriere della Sera |newspaper=Corriere della Sera |accessdate=15 October 2012 |archive-date=26 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526034436/http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/09_dicembre_21/celentano_scoperto-grazie-blog_e9fa3342-ee3b-11de-9127-00144f02aabc.shtml |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Paolo Giordano |url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/spettacoli/toh_usa_scoprono_celentano_rapper/22-12-2009/articolo-id=408815-page=0-comments=1 |title=Toh, gli Usa scoprono il Celentano rapper – Spettacoli |language=it |publisher=ilGiornale.it |date=22 December 2009 |accessdate=15 October 2012 |archive-date=17 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117053600/http://www.ilgiornale.it/spettacoli/toh_usa_scoprono_celentano_rapper/22-12-2009/articolo-id=408815-page=0-comments=1 |url-status=live }} 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.

Early life

Celentano was born on 6 January 1938 in Milan, Italy, at 14 Via Cristoforo Gluck, a street close to the Central Station and this address later became the subject of the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" ('The boy from Gluck Street'). His parents, Leontino Celentano and Giuditta Giuvia, were from Foggia, Apulia, and had moved north for work.{{cite web |url=http://www.laut.de/wortlaut/artists/c/celentano_adriano/biographie/index.htm |title=BIOGRAFIE: Adriano Celentano |access-date=19 May 2009 |language=de |archive-date=26 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626135319/http://www.laut.de/Adriano-Celentano |url-status=live }} His career as a singer started in 1959. Before his debut as an artist, he was working as a watchmaker.{{Cite web |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |title=High Five: 5 European stars with first jobs you probably wouldn't have expected {{!}} DW {{!}} 24.06.2016 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/high-five-5-european-stars-with-first-jobs-you-probably-wouldnt-have-expected/g-19223225 |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902215545/https://www.dw.com/en/high-five-5-european-stars-with-first-jobs-you-probably-wouldnt-have-expected/g-19223225 |url-status=live }}

Career

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Heavily influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock 'n' roll scene as well as by American actor Jerry Lewis,[http://www.clancelentano.it/xmondo/storia02.php Clancelentano.it] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722030141/http://www.clancelentano.it/xmondo/storia02.php |date=22 July 2011}}. 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 A&R Executive Ezio Leoni, who signed him to his first recording contract and co-authored with Celentano some of his greatest early hits, including "24.000 baci", "Il tuo bacio è come un rock", and "Si è spento il Sole". He first appeared on screen in Ragazzi del Juke-Box, 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 (1960).

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.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

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 Gibson's 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 low-budget movies were top of Italian box office rankings. As an actor, critics point to Serafino (1968), directed by Pietro Germi, as his best performance.

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He has released 40 albums, consisting of 29 studio albums, three live albums, and eight compilations. Among his most popular songs there are "La coppia più bella del mondo", which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a 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= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/217 217]

| isbn= 0-214-20512-6

| url-access= registration

| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/217

}} "Azzurro" (1968), written by Paolo Conte, "Svalutation" (1976), and "Prisencolinensinainciusol" (1972), which was written to mimic the way English sounds to non-English speakers despite being almost entirely nonsense.{{cite web |date=4 November 2012 |title=It's Gibberish, But Italian Pop Song Still Means Something |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/11/04/164206468/its-gibberish-but-italian-pop-song-still-means-something |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318092600/http://www.npr.org/2012/11/04/164206468/its-gibberish-but-italian-pop-song-still-means-something/ |archive-date=18 March 2017 |access-date=19 March 2013 |website=NPR Music |publisher=}}

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.

After 18 years without live performances, Celentano's 2012 live concert was broadcast on Mediaset channel Canale 5, attracting over 9 million viewers.{{cite web |url=http://www.gazzettino.it/spettacolo/musica/celentano_a_verona_spazio_alla_musica_il_pubblico_fischia_i_sermoni/notizie/224334.shtml |title=Celentano a Verona: il pubblico fischia i sermoni – Il Gazzettino |publisher=Gazzettino.it |date=8 October 2012 |access-date=2012-11-10 |archive-date=11 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211060633/http://www.gazzettino.it/spettacolo/musica/celentano_a_verona_spazio_alla_musica_il_pubblico_fischia_i_sermoni/notizie/224334.shtml |url-status=live }}

Personal life

Celentano has been a vegetarian since 2005 and has defended animal rights.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ivu.org/people/music/celantano.html |title=Adriano Celentano |access-date=19 May 2009 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090518151837/http://www.ivu.org/people/music/celantano.html| archive-date= 18 May 2009 | url-status= live}}[https://archive.today/20230122125741/https://www.thefocus.news/opinion/adriano-celentano-fake-english-song/ "Adriano Celentano’s fake English song explained: What does Prisencolinensinainciusol mean?"]. thefocus.news. Retrieved 22 January 2023. A football fan, Celentano is a well-known Inter Milan supporter.{{Cite web |last=Zullo |first=Leo |date=2021-12-17 |title=Adriano Celentano in Serie A: non indovinerai mai quale calciatore imita il cantante |url=https://www.calciotoday.it/2021/12/17/adriano-celentano-serie-a-fiorentina-imitazione-ritiro/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=CalcioToday.it |language=it-IT |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108045341/https://www.calciotoday.it/2021/12/17/adriano-celentano-serie-a-fiorentina-imitazione-ritiro/ |url-status=live }} Although influenced by American culture, Celentano cannot speak English; he told la Repubblica that for years he wanted to learn the language but could not commit, and not knowing English is a "real pain".{{Cite web |last=Fallows |first=James |date=2009-12-24 |title=A musical Christmas treat |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2009/12/a-musical-christmas-treat/32442/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=The Atlantic |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604115804/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2009/12/a-musical-christmas-treat/32442/ |url-status=live }}

When the Barilla pasta company introduced a spring-form pasta in the 1970s, it was named cellentani for Celentano. As Barilla trademarked the name, other companies call the shape cavatappi.This story was related to chef Davide Oldani on his TV show Alle origini della bontà (24 November 2018) by Italo Bardiani, at the time one of the technicians at Barilla research lab. – http://www.acfans.it/blog/minipost/barilla-da-un-errore-e-nata-la-pasta-cellentani/

Discography

Studio albums

Adriano Celentano con Giulio Libano e la sua orchestra (1960)
Furore (1960)
Peppermint twist (1962)
A New Orleans (1963)
Non mi dir (1964)
Il ragazzo della via Gluck (1966)
Azzurro / Una carezza in un pugno (1968)
Adriano rock (1968)
Il forestiero (1970)
Er Più – Storia d'amore e di coltello (1971)
I mali del secolo (1972)
Nostalrock (1973)
Yuppi du (1975)
Svalutation (1976)
Disco dance (1977)
Tecadisk (1977)
Ti avrò (1978)
Geppo il folle (1978)
Soli (1979)
Un po' artista un po' no (1980)
Deus (1981)
Uh... uh... (1982)
Atmosfera (1983)
I miei americani... (1984)
Joan Lui (1985)
I miei americani... 2 (1986)
La pubblica ottusità (1987)
Il re degli ignoranti (1991)
Quel punto (1994)
Arrivano gli uomini (1996)
Mina Celentano (with Mina) (1998)
Io non so parlar d'amore (1999)
Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno (2000)
Per sempre (2002)
C'è sempre un motivo (2004)
C'è sempre un motivo + L'Indiano (2005)
Dormi amore, la situazione non è buona (2007)
Facciamo finta che sia vero (2011)
Le migliori (with Mina) (2016)
Adrian (2019)

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable"
Year !Title !Role !Notes
1959 \|Ragazzi del Juke-Box \|Adriano \|Supporting role
1959 \|Go, Johnny, Go! \|Himself \|Cameo appearance
1959 \|Juke Box: Urli d'amore \|Singer \|Cameo appearance
1960 \|Howlers in the Dock \|Adriano \|Leading role
1960 \|La Dolce Vita \|Singer \|Cameo appearance
1960 \|Sanremo - La grande sfida \|Himself \|Leading role
1961 \|Io bacio... tu baci \|Himself \|Cameo appearance
1963 \|The Monk of Monza \|Adriano \|Supporting role
1963 \|Uno strano tipo \|Peppino \|Leading role
1964 \|Super rapina a Milano \|Sergio \|Leading role, directorial debut
1964 \|I malamomdo \|Himself \|Documentary film
1966 \|Per un pugno di canzoni \|Singer \|Cameo appearance
1968 \|Serafino \|Serafino Fiorin \|Leading role
1968 \|The Most Beautiful Couple in the World \|Himself \|Cameo appearance
1971 \|Er Più: Storia d'amore e di coltello \|Ninetto Patroni \|Leading role
1972 \|White Sister \|Annibale Pezzi \|Leading role
1973 \|The Five Days \|Meo Cainazzo \|Leading role
1973 \|Little Funny Guy \|Peppino Cavallo \|Leading role
1973 \|Rugantino \|Rugantino \|Leading role
1975 \|Yuppi du \|Felice della Pietà \|Leading role; also director and writer
1976 \|The Con Artists \|Felix Brianza \|Leading role
1976 \|Lunatics and Lovers \|Sprint Boss \|Supporting role
1977 \|L'altra metà del cielo \|Father Vincenzo \|Leading role
1977 \|Ecco noi per esempio \|Clic Colombo \|Leading role
1978 \|Loggerheads \|Herman/ Gustav \|Leading role
1978 \|Geppo il folle \|Geppo \|Leading role; also director and writer
1979 \|Velvet Hands \|Guido Quiller \|Leading role
1980 \|The Taming of the Scoundrel \|Elia Codogno \|Leading role
1980 \|La locandiera \|Ripafratta Knight \|Leading role
1981 \|Asso \|Asso/ Varesino/ God \|Multiple roles
1981 \|Madly in Love \|Barnaba Cecchini \|Leading role
1982 \|Grand Hotel Excelsior \|Taddeus \|Leading role
1982 \|Bingo Bongo \|Bingo Bongo \|Leading role
1983 \|Segni particolari: bellissimo \|Mattia \|Leading role
1983 \|Sing Sing \|Alfredo Boghi \|Leading role
1984 \|Lui è peggio di me \|Leonardo \|Leading role
1985 \|Joan Lui: Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì \|Joan Lui \|Leading role; also director and writer
1986 \|Il burbero \|Tito Torrisi \|Leading role
1992 \|Jackpot \|Furio \|Leading role; also writer

class="wikitable"

Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1959

|Ragazzi del Juke-Box

|Adriano

|Supporting role

1959

|Go, Johnny, Go!

|Himself

|Cameo appearance

1959

|Juke Box: Urli d'amore

|Singer

|Cameo appearance

1960

|Howlers in the Dock

|Adriano

|Leading role

1960

|La Dolce Vita

|Singer

|Cameo appearance

1960

|Sanremo - La grande sfida

|Himself

|Leading role

1961

|Io bacio... tu baci

|Himself

|Cameo appearance

1963

|The Monk of Monza

|Adriano

|Supporting role

1963

|Uno strano tipo

|Peppino

|Leading role

1964

|Super rapina a Milano

|Sergio

|Leading role, directorial debut

1964

|I malamomdo

|Himself

|Documentary film

1966

|Per un pugno di canzoni

|Singer

|Cameo appearance

1968

|Serafino

|Serafino Fiorin

|Leading role

1968

|The Most Beautiful Couple in the World

|Himself

|Cameo appearance

1971

|Er Più: Storia d'amore e di coltello

|Ninetto Patroni

|Leading role

1972

|White Sister

|Annibale Pezzi

|Leading role

1973

|The Five Days

|Meo Cainazzo

|Leading role

1973

|Little Funny Guy

|Peppino Cavallo

|Leading role

1973

|Rugantino

|Rugantino

|Leading role

1975

|Yuppi du

|Felice della Pietà

|Leading role; also director and writer

1976

|The Con Artists

|Felix Brianza

|Leading role

1976

|Lunatics and Lovers

|Sprint Boss

|Supporting role

1977

|L'altra metà del cielo

|Father Vincenzo

|Leading role

1977

|Ecco noi per esempio

|Clic Colombo

|Leading role

1978

|Loggerheads

|Herman/ Gustav

|Leading role

1978

|Geppo il folle

|Geppo

|Leading role; also director and writer

1979

|Velvet Hands

|Guido Quiller

|Leading role

1980

|The Taming of the Scoundrel

|Elia Codogno

|Leading role

1980

|La locandiera

|Ripafratta Knight

|Leading role

1981

|Asso

|Asso/ Varesino/ God

|Multiple roles

1981

|Madly in Love

|Barnaba Cecchini

|Leading role

1982

|Grand Hotel Excelsior

|Taddeus

|Leading role

1982

|Bingo Bongo

|Bingo Bongo

|Leading role

1983

|Segni particolari: bellissimo

|Mattia

|Leading role

1983

|Sing Sing

|Alfredo Boghi

|Leading role

1984

|Lui è peggio di me

|Leonardo

|Leading role

1985

|Joan Lui: Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì

|Joan Lui

|Leading role; also director and writer

1986

|Il burbero

|Tito Torrisi

|Leading role

1992

|Jackpot

|Furio

|Leading role; also writer

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218084852/http://www.celentano.it/ Official website]
{{IMDb name|id=0147983|name=Adriano Celentano}}
[http://imusic.am/artist/4813 Adriano Celentano discography] at imusic.am
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070420185612/http://www.music-city.org/Adriano-Celentano/discography/ The complete Adriano Celentano discography (from Music City)]
{{in lang|it|en|ru}} [http://www.celentano.ru Adriano Celentano – Russian Pages]
{{in lang|it|en|nl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090709103953/http://www.celentano.nl/ Adriano Celentano – International]
{{in lang|it}} [http://www.acfans.it Unofficial fanclub]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080310012304/http://tf.org/person/790 Adriano Celentano Filmography]

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