Salvatore Adamo
A passion for music and an emotion-tinged vocal quality has made Salvatore Adamo one of the most commercially successful singers in Europe and one of the most famous Italian immigrants living in Belgium. Since his debut album, Vous Permettez Monsieur, transformed him into an internationally recognized celebrity, Adamo has sold over 80 million copies of his albums worldwide. Adamo, who emigrated to Belgium with his parents at the age of three, was raised in Jemappes and later moved to Brussels. A bright student, Adamo was able to avoid the coal mining industry that lured many Italian immigrants to Belgium and concentrate on his academic and musical studies. Adamo's influences included the music of Victor Hugo, Jacques Prevert, and George Brassens, and the Italian canzoetta and tango. While he recorded a collection of songs from Napoli, Adamo has sung in his adopted language of French. In the mid-'60s, he reached his commercial peak, placing a number of songs at the top of the music charts including "Sans Toi Mamie" in 1963 and "Vous Permettez Monsieur," "Quand les Roses," and "Dolce Paola" in 1964. He released a string of live albums and compilations throughout the '60s and '70s, but his career trailed off in the '80s, his style being no longer fashionable.
An adaptation of Adamo's composition, "Les Filles Du Bord de Mer," was recorded by Arno in 1993 and sparked a renewed interest in his work. That year, Adamo was made an honorary UNICEF ambassador and began to visit war-torn countries in this capacity. Almost certainly as a result, his 1998 comeback album, Regards, brought a sociopolitical edge to his music with songs commenting on racism and the civil war in Bosnia. In Belgium, the album was released with two songs -- "Laat Onze Kinderen Dromen (Let The Children Dream)" and "Il Zie Een Engel (I See An Angel)" -- sung in Dutch. After that, he continued to ride a wave of nostalgia-fueled success, eventually becoming at least as famous in the new millennium as he had been in his heyday. In 2001 he was knighted by King Albert II of Belgium for his services to the country's music industry. Adamo recorded several successful studio albums during the 2000s, including the obligatory duets album -- 2008's Le Bal des Gens Bien -- on which he re-recorded some of his biggest hits with a string of hot young artistes. He showed no signs of stopping as he moved into the early 2010s, with another new album, La Grande Roue, dropping in 2012.
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Si J'Osais (Album of 1962)
Französischer Chanson - Erschienen bei In Memoriam am 30.09.2023
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Sign Of Existance
Dance - Erschienen bei Rabbit Hole am 05.04.2024
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La Serpiente
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei SOULMUSIK RECORDS am 27.10.2023
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Olympia 77 - Enregistré En Public (Live)
Französischer Chanson - Erschienen bei Versailles am 20.04.1977
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Want Zonder Jou
World Music - Erschienen bei Chester Records am 05.10.2015
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Los Grandes de la Canción
Salvatore Adamo, Yaco Monti, Luis Aguile, Dúo Dinámico
World Music - Erschienen bei Latin Music Record am 12.01.1970
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Alleen Voor Jou
World Music - Erschienen bei Chester Records am 05.10.2015
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15 Grandes Canciones, Vol. 2
Pop - Erschienen bei SBM am 29.12.2014
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Jij Bent Alles Voor Mij
World Music - Erschienen bei Chester Records am 05.10.2015
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Ik Roep Jouw Naam
World Music - Erschienen bei Chester Records am 05.10.2015
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Les filles du bord de mer
Französischer Chanson - Erschienen bei Universal Music Division Label Panthéon am 02.04.2019
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Platinum Selection
Pop - Erschienen bei Retro Music Box am 03.08.2020
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Perduto amore
World Music - Erschienen bei Black Sheep Music am 11.08.2014
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Comprehension
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei MAZZERAH RECORDS am 19.04.2019
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