January 1938. Italy, the city of Milan, Gluck street (about which many songs will be composed later). A boy was born in a large, poor family of Celentano. The parents were happy, but they could not even imagine that this late child would glorify their surname throughout the world.
Yes, at the time of the birth of the boy, Judith's artistic mother, who has a beautiful voice, was already 44 years old. As people in the know later said, the woman’s pregnancy was difficult, the family was always afraid that a miscarriage would happen or the child would die in the womb. But fortunately for the parents and the child himself, on January 6, the baby was born.
In honor of the sister, who died of leukemia at the age of nine, the little screamer was named Adriano.
The difficult childhood of Adriano Celentano
Not everyone knows that the great Celentano has only a primary education. At the age of 12, the boy was already working in a watchmaker's workshop, performing various assignments, and little by little looking at his future profession.
Celentano carried his friendship with a watchmaker, who gave the little man the opportunity to earn money to help a half-starved family, through his whole life and even sang a song about her.
Rock-n-roll Adriano
Nevertheless, it cannot be said that Adriano became a musician suddenly, by some magical accident. No! He had a passion for music since childhood. The boy constantly sang something, and perhaps he would have become a “singing” watchmaker if one day he had not heard rock and roll. From the very first sounds, this musical style captivated the young man, and he promised himself to get into a rock band to sing the same songs.
Celentano's dream came true, he became the lead singer of the Rock Boys, which in 1957 won first place at the Italian rock and roll festival.
It was the beginning of a triumph. The guys began to be invited to all kinds of concerts, the country started talking about a young performer. Moreover, the newspapers painted not only the manner of performance of the new star, but also his movements "as if on hinges."
Such a popular singer could not go unnoticed by music businessmen, and in 1959 the Jolly company offered him a contract.
True, the young man was noticed not only by the producers, but also by the draft board. Instead of continuing to sing, Celentano went to serve in the army in Turin. And he served until 1961, when his producer turned to the Minister of Defense of Italy with a request to let the musician go to San Remo in order to take part in a song contest.
Celentano: Stolen Victory
In San Remo, two events took place that turned the musical ideas of that time, not only in Italy, but throughout the world.
The first event - the Italian song "24 thousand kisses" took all the top places in the world charts of rock and roll music (before that, the leaders were always Americans).
The second event is the second, instead of the first, place awarded for the fact that the singer turned his back to the judges and the audience for a few seconds. However, many young musicians picked up on this innovation and use it to this day.
Music and movies
Of course, after such a triumph, the musician had free money, which he immediately spent on creating his own record label, Clan Celentano, and immediately went on a tour of Europe (France, Spain).
Along with the growth of popularity, Adriano Celentano takes on new projects on television and cinema.
The first acting job, now a novice film artist, was the film "Guys and the Jukebox", in which the musician, in addition to other songs, performs "24 thousand kisses".
But acting fame for this talented person was brought by the film "Serafino", which was bought by all countries of the world that have at least one cinema at their disposal. Of course, the Soviet Union did not stand aside, in which Celentano fell in love as an artist and for a long time believed that this was his main occupation, and songs, for example, were a whim of a star.
In fact, Adriano always said that he was not an actor, but a singer. Foreign listeners of his songs, who do not know Italian, lose a lot, not understanding the words, and enjoying only the music and the peculiar voice of the singer. But Celentano attached great importance and attaches to the text. All his compositions tell about great love, the hard life of ordinary people, the protection of nature ... and even about the Chernobyl disaster.
Family
Adriano met his great and only love, Claudia Mori, on the set of the film "Strange Type". It was 1963.
On that happy day for both, Celentano came to the set in old slippers and a tattered, dirty shirt. Despite the fact that the appearance of the “cavalier” was very repulsive, the beauty Mori, popular at that time, fell in love with a bully and still does not part with him.
Moreover, in 1964, she agreed to a secret, albeit with a white dress, wedding, because the groom did not like reporters. And then, at his request, she abandoned her career as a film actress and became a housewife, devoting herself to her husband and three children.
And if it seemed to the public that the famous actor and singer always went only uphill, then this is the merit of his wife. In a recent rare interview given to the company that started making a film about him, Adriano said that there were much more downs and depressions in his career than ups, and only the support of his wife did not allow him to slide down, but made him stay afloat and climb up.
Children and grandchildren
From the marriage of the star couple, who have now lived together for 63 years, two girls and a boy were born.
The first, in 1965, was born Rosita, who later became a TV presenter.
The second was the boy Giacomo. The son, like his father, loves music. The guy even participated in one of the San Remo festivals, but did not achieve any special heights. Giacomo married for love a simple girl Katya Christiane. In a happy marriage, their son Samuele was born (parents hide the boy from the press and do not post his photos on social networks).
The third was the daughter Rosalind. The girl is filming. Despite the dissatisfaction and obvious rejection of the situation by her father, she does not hide her unconventional orientation.
Interesting! At a concert dedicated to his work, Adriano Celentano said that he was pleased with everything that had happened in his life, whether it was a career or a family.
In general, a great man is happy!
