Adriano Celentano 75

The legendary Italian singer and actor Adriano Celentano Sunday marks his 75^th birthday anniversary.

The eve of his birthday Celentano decided to surprise his fans by posting in his blog previously unpublished video audition for a role in the famous film director Giuseppe De Santis’ They went to the East “(Italiani brava gente) (1965). Despite success, he did not appear in this film.

Celentano was born January 6, 1938 in the north of Milan, the son of immigrants from the southern Italian region of Puglia. As a child, he was not very fond of music. He worked as an apprentice in the workshop of his uncle. However, acting in amateur productions, vaudeville, young Adriano conquered the audience parody singer Louis Prima. After that he was invited to amateur contests, and in 1950 he played his first two “smash hit.” It was a rock-and-roll and Celentano, like many others, began to imitate the masters of this area, such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis. He performed their songs, accompanying himself on the guitar.