Raffaele Celeste "Nini" Rosso (19 September 1926[1] – 5 October 1994)[2] was an Italian jazz trumpeter and composer.[2]
Nini Rosso | |
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 Nini Rosso (1969) | |
| Born | Raffaele Celeste Rosso September 19, 1926 San Michele Mondovì, Italy |
| Died | October 5, 1994 (aged 68) Rome, Italy |
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| Years active | 1948 – 1994 |
| Labels | Durium |
Biography
editBorn in San Michele Mondovì, Italy,[2] Rosso's parents had attempted to send him to university, but at 19 he chose the trumpet over academia, and left home.[1] He was a partisan during the Liberation of Nazist and Fascist World War II and operated in Valle Maira, with Giorgio Bocca,[3] and Detto Dalmastro,[4] partisan commander of anti-fascist brigade Giustizia e Libertà to Partito d'Azione of north Italy. After his employment in a nightclub was terminated by the police, he returned home, but soon after departed again to relaunch his career. He soon became one of the best-known jazz trumpeters in Italy, reaching the crest of his popularity in the 1960s.[1] He became known in the UK in 1962 when his recording of "Concerto Disperato" was covered by Ken Thorne and his Orchestra and became a hit under the title "The Theme from 'The Legion's Last Patrol'".[1] Rosso's original was quickly released on the Durium label and also made the charts, but was less successful than the cover. His 1965 worldwide hit "Il Silenzio" went to number 1 in Italy, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and sold over five million copies by the end of 1967. In the US it peaked in November 1965 on position 32 of the Billboard Chart. It was awarded a gold disc.[5] He also acted in the 1960s.
Rosso died of lung cancer in 1994, at the age of 68.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2149. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ a b c d "Si cercano fotografie su Nini Rosso per la mostra in programma a Cuneo". La Stampa (in Italian). Turin: La Stampa. GEDI Gruppo Editoriale. 1 July 2015. ISSN 1122-1763. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Giorgio Bocca". ANPI. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Benedetto Dalmastro". ANPI. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 195–196. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
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