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"Marina" is a 1959 Italian song by Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter Rocco Granata, his first international hit and best known song. Originally released in 1959 as the B-side of "Manuela", the B-side became more played than the A-side, and by 30 January "Marina" interrupted " Oh!
Marina is a biographical film released in 2013 and directed by Stijn Coninx. The film is based upon the life of the Italian singer Rocco Granata who moved to Belgium when he was a young boy. It features Matteo Simoni as Rocco Granata and Evelien Bosmans as Helena. Most part of the film is in Italian as Rocco's parents did not speak the Dutch ...
Marina is a 1960 West German musical film directed by Paul Martin and starring Giorgia Moll, Rocco Granata and Bubi Scholz. [1] It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Heinrich Weidemann.
Rocco's father was a coal miner, but Granata pursued music instead. He played accordion and toured Belgium with his band, 'The International Quintet'. He then released the songs "Manuela" / " Marina " as a single in 1959; the B-side became an international hit , reaching #1 in Belgium and in Germany as well as charting across Europe and in the ...
This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (April 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This is a list of the German Media Control Top100 Singles Chart number-ones of 1960. Issue date Song Artist 2 January ...
"Marina (Rocco Granata song)" Rocco Granata: April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 "Personalità" Caterina Valente: May 7 "Scandalo al sole (Theme from A Summer Place)" Percy Faith: May 14 May 21 May 28 June 4 June 11 June 18 June 25 July 2 July 9 July 16 July 23 July 30 "Il nostro concerto" Umberto Bindi: August 6
Marini's recordings in the late 1950s and early 1960s included covers of Domenico Modugno's "Volare" and "Ciao ciao bambina" and Rocco Granata's "Marina". In 1960, he won the first and the second prizes in the Naples song festival with "Serenata a Margellina" and "Uè uè uè che femmena".
Cardinal Records was the name of a record label from Belgium founded in 1964 by Rocco Granata & Craeynest. [1] [2] Significant artists on the label included Louis Neefs and Jacques Raymond ("Ray Mondo"). [3] In later years, Granata became the label's sole owner. The label in this later period concentrated primarily on Granata's own work. [2]