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

Miranda Martino (1962)

Life and career edit

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]

Discography edit

Albums
  • 1958: Magic Moments At La Capannina di Franceschi
  • 1959: 20 canzoni di Sanremo '59 (with Nilla Pizzi and Teddy Reno)
  • 1959: Miranda Martino
  • 1959: Napoli '59. Le 20 canzoni del festival (with Nilla Pizzi, Elio Mauro, Stella Dizzy and Teddy Reno)
  • 1959: Il mio vero amore (EP)
  • 1962: Miranda Martino
  • 1963: Napoli
  • 1964: Le canzoni di sempre
  • 1966: Napoli volume II°
  • 1967: Operetta primo amore
  • 1970: Donna...Amore...Dolore
  • 1971: Passione...
  • 1977: Ottimo Stato
  • 1977: La Valzerite
  • 2000: Napoli mia bella Napoli

Filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Dizionario Completo Della: Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore. 8 October 2010. ISBN 978-88-09-75625-0.
  2. ^ a b Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989.

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