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- Rocco_Granata abstract "Rocco Granata (born 16 August 1938) is a 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. It has been covered many times by artists such as Marino Marini, Ilham al-Madfai, Dalida and Louis Armstrong.After the success of \"Marina\", Granata toured the world, including dates at Carnegie Hall. A feature film entitled Marina was released in 1960, which set the stage for a string of German hits. He also appeared in Italy at the Sanremo Festival in 1961.Granata later became a successful record producer. He owned the record labels Cardinal Records and Granata Records, and has produced Marva, Louis Neefs, Miel Cools, and De Elegasten.In 1989, Granata commissioned a dance remix of \"Marina\", which again topped the Belgian charts as well as those of Italy and Germany. He has appeared regularly on Belgian television, and served as a jury member for the 2002 Flemish preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest. In March 2000 he was awarded the ZAMU Lifetime Achievement Award by the Belgian music industry.Granata has released some 65 albums over the course of his career.In 2013 his early life was captured in another movie named Marina.".
- Rocco_Granata birthDate "1938-08-16".
- Rocco_Granata birthPlace Figline_Vegliaturo.
- Rocco_Granata birthPlace Italy.
- Rocco_Granata birthYear "1938".
- Rocco_Granata nationality Belgium.
- Rocco_Granata occupation Rocco_Granata__1.
- Rocco_Granata stateOfOrigin Belgium.
- Rocco_Granata thumbnail Rocco675.jpg?width=300.
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- Rocco_Granata wikiPageWikiLink A-side_and_B-side.
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- Rocco_Granata wikiPageWikiLink Marina_(2013_film).
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- Rocco_Granata wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rocco Granata and the International Quintet".
- Rocco_Granata wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rocco Granata".
- Rocco_Granata birthDate "1938-08-16".
- Rocco_Granata birthPlace Figline_Vegliaturo.
- Rocco_Granata birthPlace Italy.
- Rocco_Granata dateOfBirth "1938-08-16".
- Rocco_Granata name "Granata, Rocco".
- Rocco_Granata name "Rocco Granata".
- Rocco_Granata nationality "Belgian".
- Rocco_Granata occupation "Accordionist, singer-songwriter".
- Rocco_Granata placeOfBirth Figline_Vegliaturo.
- Rocco_Granata placeOfBirth Italy.
- Rocco_Granata shortDescription "accordionist, singer-songwriter".
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- Rocco_Granata description "accordionist, singer-songwriter".
- Rocco_Granata description "accordionist, singer-songwriter".
- Rocco_Granata subject Category:1938_births.
- Rocco_Granata subject Category:Accordionists.
- Rocco_Granata subject Category:Belgian_male_singers.
- Rocco_Granata subject Category:Belgian_songwriters.
- Rocco_Granata subject Category:Dutch-language_singers_of_Belgium.
- Rocco_Granata subject Category:Italian-language_singers.
- Rocco_Granata subject Category:Italian_emigrants_to_Belgium.
- Rocco_Granata subject Category:Laurie_Records_artists.
- Rocco_Granata subject Category:Living_people.
- Rocco_Granata subject Category:People_from_the_Province_of_Cosenza.
- Rocco_Granata hypernym Singer.
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- Rocco_Granata type MusicalArtist.
- Rocco_Granata type Person.
- Rocco_Granata type Singer.
- Rocco_Granata type Writer.
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- Rocco_Granata type Songwriter.