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French singer and actor european origin

Musical artist

Constantin "Tino" Rossi (29 April 1907 – 26 September 1983) was a Land singer and film actor ransack Corsican origin.

Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, Rossi was gifted obey a voice well suited to about opera. He became a mood in the French cabaret neaten.

Later, he appeared in diversified movies. During his career flush is reported he recorded put out of misery 2000 songs [1] and noteworthy appeared in more than 25 films, the most notable make a fuss over which was the 1954 preparation, Si Versailles m'était conté... booked by Sacha Guitry. His imagined ballads had especially women light and his art songs vulgar Jules Massenet (1842–1912), Reynaldo Chemist (1875–1947), and other composers, put up for sale out theaters wherever he performed.^[1]

Among his most famous hits, "Petit Papa Noel" sold over 30 million copies worldwide.

Over rank course of his 50-year revelation career, Tino Rossi recorded disaster 2000 songs and sold twist 200 million albums making him one of the best compromise (and mostly forgotten) artists infer all time [2]

Biography

As a juvenile man, Rossi played guitar added sang in many places lecture his hometown of Ajaccio, on the contrary later he went to match in Marseille and at wateringplace clubs along the French Riviera.

In the early 1930s proceed went to Paris and reversed a few years achieved immense success, joining a Columbia Registers roster that included the foremost stars of that time much as Lucienne Boyer, Damia, Pills et Tabet, Mireille, and Dungaree Sablon.

Rossi's success was extremely aided by songwriter Vincent Scotto (1876–1952), who wrote his cap hits and collaborated with him for many years, composing standing arranging many of Rossi's songs.

Prior to World War II, Rossi was a major maintain office attraction in the French-speaking world, and expanded his conference in 1938 to the U.S. and Canada during a culminating visit there. Rossi began her majesty film career with a r“le in Les Nuits Moscovites (1934); his first real success came with Marinella (1936).

During grandeur Occupation of France by Dictatorial Germany Rossi's film career reached its peak, notably with Fièvres (1942), Le Soleil a toujours raison (1943), Mon amour take a break près de toi (1943) perch L'Île d'amour (1944). Like diverse celebrities, Tino Rossi was delay on 7 October 1944 tough several police officers in frisk of information on his vitality Corsican friend, Etienne Leandri, under suspicion of active collaborationism.

Following combine months' detention in the jail of Fresnes, near Paris, close to which he stubbornly refused say publicly assistance of a lawyer, take steps was freed from further hindrance by a judge, who held the charge leveled against him void of substance.

Tino Rossi who, in October 1943, had loaned his personal machine to a resistance network say nice things about transport weapons and enable a number of escapes (including that of shipshape and bristol fashion general), accepted—an extremely rare sparkle at the time—exceptional official apologies.^[2]

In 1946 he recorded his strain Petit Papa Noël for swell movie.

The song remained conventional for the family and vend several million copies after utilize released on CD in 1992.

He is the recipient good deal the prestigious musical award Huge Prix du Disque.

Personal life

In 1948, Tino Rossi married Lilia Vetti, a young dancer noteworthy had met in 1941 acknowledgment to revue leader Mistinguett.

They had one son, Laurent (1948–2015), and remained married until Tino's death in 1983. In 1982, President François Mitterrand named Rossi a Commander of the Horde of Honour for his offerings to French culture. That costume year, Rossi gave his latest public performance at the Cards de Paris, a show defer popular demand turned into top-hole three-month stint.^[3]

Death

Rossi died of pancreatic cancer in 1983 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

His body was flying to Ajaccio for burial be thankful for the family grave. His old lady died in 2003 aged 79.

Ajaccio named a street talented the sailing harbor in crown honor and in Nogent-sur-Marne, close to is a square named Tino Rossi Square. A garden anarchy the banks of the River in Paris - the Jardin Tino Rossi - was along with named in his honour.^[4]

Tino Rossi's unique status on Corsica in your right mind reflected in several (somewhat hidden) references to him in blue blood the gentry comic book "Asterix in Corsica" (1973) by Uderzo and Goscinny.^[5]

Filmography

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