Miranda Martino

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Miranda Martino
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Martino in Radiocorriere magazine, 1962
Born29 October 1933 (1933-10-29) (age 90)
Occupation(s)Singer
Actress
Relatives Adriana Martino (sister)

Miranda Martino (born 29 October 1933) is an Italian singer and actress.

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Life and career

Born in Moggio Udinese from Neapolitan parents, Martino started her career as singer in 1956. [1] In 1957, she debuted at the Festival di Napoli and in 1959 she made her first appearance at the Sanremo Music Festival, with the song "La vita mi ha dato solo te". [1] In the same year she obtained her first commercial success with the song "Stasera tornerò", [1] which ranked 11 in the Italian Hit Parade. [2] Then she entered the two following editions of the Festival di Sanremo and in 1961 three of her songs entered the Top Ten ("Erano nuvole", "Frenesia" and "Serenatella c'o sì e c'o no"). [2] In 1963 she obtained a critical and commercial success with the album Napoli, in which she covered twelve canzoni napoletane re-arranged by Ennio Morricone. [1] In 1965, she made her theatrical debut and from then she focused her career on stage acting and, less prolifically, on films. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Dizionario Completo Della: Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore. 8 October 2010. ISBN   978-88-09-75625-0.
  2. 1 2 Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989.