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Buonasera signorina lyrics rocco granata biography
Rocco Granata
Italian-Belgian musician
Rocco Granata | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1938-08-16) 16 August 1938 (age 86) Figline Vegliaturo, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian Belgian |
| Occupation(s) | Accordionist, singer-songwriter |
Rocco Granata (born 16 August 1938) is an Italian-Belgian singer, songwriter, and accordionist.
Granata was born in Figline Vegliaturo, Calabria, southern Italy; but his parents immigrated to Belgium when he was aged ten. 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 United States. It sold over one million copies in Germany alone, and was awarded a gold disc.[1] It has been covered many times by artists such as Willy Alberti, Marino Marini, Ilham al-