Salvatore Adamo

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1943-11-01 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Comiso, Sicily, Italy

Also Known As Adamo

Salvatore Adamo

Biography

Salvatore Adamo (born November 1, 1943) is a Belgian-Italian musician, singer and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads. Adamo was born in Comiso, Sicily, Italy, and has lived in Belgium since the age of three, which is why he has dual citizenship. Since 2001 Adamo holds the Belgian noble title of Ridder, similar to the English title of "Knight". He first gained popularity throughout Europe and later in the Middle East, Latin America, Japan, and the United States. He has sold more than 80 million albums and 20 million singles making him one of the most commercially successful musicians in the world. He mainly performs in French but has also sung in Italian, Dutch, English, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Turkish. "Tombe la neige", "La nuit", and "Inch'Allah" remain his best known songs. He is currently the best selling Belgian musician of all time. The father of Adamo, Antonio, emigrated to Belgium in February 1947 to work as a colliery worker in the mines of Marcinelle. Four months later his wife, Concetta, and their son, Salvatore, joined him in the town of Ghlin, (Mons) before moving to Jemappes, (Mons). In 1950, Salvatore was bedridden for a year with meningitis. Salvatore's parents did not want their son to become a miner, so he went to a Catholic school run by the Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes. By 1960, the family of Antonio and Concetta Adamo had seven children overall. Salvatore grew up in Jemappes (Mons), where he was a dedicated student at school and distinguished himself in music and the arts. Adamo's early influences were the poetry of Victor Hugo and Jacques Prévert, the music of French singer-songwriters like Georges Brassens, and the Italian canzonette. He started singing and composing his own songs from an early age. His debut was in a Radio Luxembourg competition, where he participated as singer and composer of the song "Si j'osais" ("If I dared"), winning the competition's final held in Paris on 14 February 1960. Adamo's first hit was "Sans toi, ma mie", in 1963, from his debut album 63/64. He followed this with a series of hits, the most famous being "Tombe la neige" ("The snow falls") in 1963, "La nuit" ("The Night") in 1964, and "Inch'Allah". The self-penned "Petit bonheur" ("Little Happiness") sold over one million copies by April 1970, and was awarded a gold disc. Adamo has sold over 100 million copies of recordings worldwide. He has recorded in many languages and, besides France and Belgium, had hits in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and also in Japan, where he toured repeatedly. He has had hits and toured also in Latin America and throughout the Middle East. In Chile, the audience awarded him an appreciation prize known as the "Antorcha" (Gold and Silver Torch) at the "Festival de Viña del Mar" held yearly in the "Quinta Vergara", at the seaside resort of Viña del Mar, where he once had to sing in three different, sold-out venues in the same night. In the 1980s, Adamo's career faltered, as the style of his music was no longer fashionable. Since the 1990s, however, and on the crest of a nostalgia wave, he has successfully resumed composing, issuing records and touring, starting with a full season at the Casino de Paris venue in April 1990. ... Source: Article "Salvatore Adamo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Actor

2017
Les Belges ça ose tout

as Self (archive footage)

2016
Amanda

as Self

2012
Lili David

as Lui-même

2001
Star Academy

as Self

1998
1996
De pé a pá

as Self

1991
Musik liegt in der Luft

as Self - Singer

1990
Stars 90

as self

1987
Téléthon

as Self

1987
1987
1982
1979
Die Pyramide

as Self - Musician

1977
Telespiele

as Self

1977
Fan School

as Self

1976
1975
Numéro un

as Self

1975
Numéro un

as Self (archive footage)

1975
Système 2

as Self

1975
1975
1974
1972
Midi trente

as Self

1972
1972
A Kettle of Colour

as Self - Musician

1971
1971
Dalli Dalli

as Self - Singer

1971
Dalli Dalli

as Self

1971
Disco

as Self

1971
Samedi soir

as Self

1970
The Comeuppance

as Philippe

1969
1968
1968
Night-Club

as self

1968
Starparade

as Self

1967
Les Arnaud

as André Arnaud

1967
Europarty

as Self

1966
1964
1964
1963
1963
1961
1959
Discorama

as Self

1957
1957
1955
Was bin ich?

as self

Sound

2007
Mineurs

as Music

1967
Les Arnaud

as Songs

1967
Les Arnaud

as Vocals