English (en-US)

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Salvatore Adamo

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Salvatore Adamo (born November 1, 1943) is a Belgian-Italian musician, singer and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads. Adamo was born in Comiso, Sicily, Italy, and has lived in Belgium since the age of three, which is why he has dual citizenship.

Since 2001 Adamo holds the Belgian noble title of Ridder, similar to the English title of "Knight".

He first gained popularity throughout Europe and later in the Middle East, Latin America, Japan, and the United States. He has sold more than 80 million albums and 20 million singles making him one of the most commercially successful musicians in the world. He mainly performs in French but has also sung in Italian, Dutch, English, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Turkish. "Tombe la neige", "La nuit", and "Inch'Allah" remain his best known songs. He is currently the best selling Belgian musician of all time.

The father of Adamo, Antonio, emigrated to Belgium in February 1947 to work as a colliery worker in the mines of Marcinelle. Four months later his wife, Concetta, and their son, Salvatore, joined him in the town of Ghlin, (Mons) before moving to Jemappes, (Mons).

In 1950, Salvatore was bedridden for a year with meningitis.

Salvatore's parents did not want their son to become a miner, so he went to a Catholic school run by the Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes. By 1960, the family of Antonio and Concetta Adamo had seven children overall. Salvatore grew up in Jemappes (Mons), where he was a dedicated student at school and distinguished himself in music and the arts.

Adamo's early influences were the poetry of Victor Hugo and Jacques Prévert, the music of French singer-songwriters like Georges Brassens, and the Italian canzonette. He started singing and composing his own songs from an early age. His debut was in a Radio Luxembourg competition, where he participated as singer and composer of the song "Si j'osais" ("If I dared"), winning the competition's final held in Paris on 14 February 1960.

Adamo's first hit was "Sans toi, ma mie", in 1963, from his debut album 63/64. He followed this with a series of hits, the most famous being "Tombe la neige" ("The snow falls") in 1963, "La nuit" ("The Night") in 1964, and "Inch'Allah". The self-penned "Petit bonheur" ("Little Happiness") sold over one million copies by April 1970, and was awarded a gold disc.

Adamo has sold over 100 million copies of recordings worldwide. He has recorded in many languages and, besides France and Belgium, had hits in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and also in Japan, where he toured repeatedly. He has had hits and toured also in Latin America and throughout the Middle East.

In Chile, the audience awarded him an appreciation prize known as the "Antorcha" (Gold and Silver Torch) at the "Festival de Viña del Mar" held yearly in the "Quinta Vergara", at the seaside resort of Viña del Mar, where he once had to sing in three different, sold-out venues in the same night. In the 1980s, Adamo's career faltered, as the style of his music was no longer fashionable. Since the 1990s, however, and on the crest of a nostalgia wave, he has successfully resumed composing, issuing records and touring, starting with a full season at the Casino de Paris venue in April 1990. ...

Source: Article "Salvatore Adamo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

French (fr-FR)

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Salvatore chevalier Adamo, né le 1er novembre 1943 à Comiso en Sicile (Italie), est un chanteur et auteur-compositeur italo-belge.

Salvatore est le fils de Concetta et Antonino Adamo. En 1947, son père part travailler en Belgique dans les mines, accompagné de sa famille qui s'installe à Jemappes (Mons). Entre 1950 et 1960, la famille Adamo s’agrandit de sept enfants. À l'âge de 13 ans, le jeune Salvatore est victime d'une méningite qui le contraint à vivre une longue hospitalisation à Louvain. Son père quitte aussitôt son emploi de mineur et la famille s'installe alors à Bruxelles. Dix mois plus tard, enfin guéri, Salvatore reprend sa scolarité, et suit ensuite ses études de mathématiques, avant d'entrer à la faculté afin de devenir journaliste.

En 1960, il participe à un concours de Radio Luxembourg, et remporte la finale à Paris. Il rencontre un premier succès en 1963 avec Sans toi ma mie, qu'il doit en partie à l’opiniâtreté de son père, car l’accueil de la chanson fut lent après l'enregistrement. Elle ne passait pas en radio parce qu’on trouvait sa voix bizarre. Il a même eu droit à cet avis négatif: «refusé pour voix désagréable». Son père décide alors de prendre en main la destinée de son fils et démarche salles de spectacles et labels. Salvatore Adamo déclare également à ce sujet: «j’avais vraiment l’impression que le disque était condamné. Comme un berger qui croit en son étoile, mon père a eu une idée géniale: mener une campagne «juke-box». À l’époque, un juke-box dans un café avait le potentiel d’une radio locale. Bingo! Les gens ayant entendu ma chanson la réclament à la radio. Tout commence. La suite est merveilleuse. Sans toi ma mie reste six mois en tête des hit-parades». Trois ans plus tard, le 7 août 1966, son père se noie sur la plage de Punta Braccetta, près de Marina di Ragusa au sud de la Sicile où Salvatore lui avait offert le restaurant La Notte. Son père, voulant venir en aide à une nièce menaçant de se noyer, est victime d'hydrocution. La perte de son père laisse Salvatore Adamo complètement désemparé, à la fois sur le plan professionnel, car son père s'occupait de tout, mais aussi dans sa vie privée pour les responsabilités qu'il doit dorénavant assumer avec sa mère auprès de ses nombreux frères et sœurs encore mineurs. Sur le plan matériel il a pu assumer, mais il n'avait pas l'autorité de son père, et estime que ses frères et sœurs ont été un peu voués à eux-mêmes.

En 1963, grâce à Annie Cordy, il effectue sa première télévision avec Danièle Danaé. Les succès s'enchaînent vite: Tombe la neige, Vous permettez, Monsieur?, La Nuit (1964), Dolce Paola (en référence à Paola, à l'époque princesse de Liège, et future reine des Belges), Les Filles du bord de mer et Mes mains sur tes hanches (1965), Ton nom, Une mèche de cheveux (1966), Une larme aux nuages, Inch'Allah, Notre roman (1967), L'amour te ressemble, F… comme femme, (1968), A demain sur la lune, Petit bonheur (1969), Va mon bateau (1970), J'avais oublié que les roses sont roses (1971), C'est ma vie (1975). ...

Source: Article "Salvatore Adamo" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

French (fr-CA)

Name

Salvatore Adamo

Biography

German (de-DE)

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Salvatore Adamo ist ein belgischer Musiker, Liedermacher, Chanson- und Schlagersänger italienischer Herkunft.

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