81 years ago ‘La Befana’ gave Adriano Celentano to Italy in via Gluck
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Adriano Celentano turns 81. Celentano, an Italian composer, producer, comedian, actor, film director and TV host with popularity which spreads across generations and to countries where his works are seen or heard. He is dubbed “il Molleggiato” (the flexible one) because of his dancing.
Celentano has released many record albums which have enjoyed enormous commercial and critical success. He is reportedly the second best-selling Italian artist of all time, after Mina, having sold more than 150 million records over the course of his career.
He is often credited as the author of both the music and lyrics of his songs, although, according to his wife Claudia Mori, sometimes they were written in collaboration with others. Due to his prolific career and great success, both in Italy and the rest of the world, he is considered one of the pillars of Italian music.
Celentano is also recognized for being particularly perceptive of changes in the music business. He is credited for having introduced Rock’n’Roll to Italy – a genre that had great appeal on young people of that time. As an actor, Celentano has appeared in about 40 films, mostly comedies.
“Adriano Celentano è senza ombra di dubbio una degli artisti più conosciuti dell’intero panorama musicale italiano.
Sulla cresta dell’onda ormai da decenni ha realizzato centinaia di canzoni, decine di film e molti programmi tv. Adriano Celentano è nato a Milano il 6 gennaio 1938, al numero 14 di via Gluck, un luogo legato alla storia della musica leggera italiana grazie alla canzone autobiografica “Il ragazzo della via Cluck” del 1966. Il brano è una sintesi poetica della prima giovinezza del cantante trascorsa nella periferia di Milano dove la famiglia si era trasferita provenendo dalla Puglia.
Il 14 Luglio 1964 Adriano Celentano sposa Claudia Mori, attrice di cui si è innamorato sul set del film “Uno strano tipo” del 1963”. Le nozze avvengono in gran segreto, durante la notte, a Grosseto, nella chiesa di San Francesco.”
