| "Marina" | |
|---|---|
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| Song by Rocco Granata | |
| from the album Marina & Other Italian Favorites | |
| Released | June 1959 |
| Genre | Chanson |
| Length | 3:06 |
| Label | Barclay, Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Rocco Granata, Jean Broussolle |
"Marina" is a 1959 Italian song by Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter Rocco Granata, his first international hit and best known song. Originally released in 1959 as the B-side of "Manuela", the B-side became more played than the A-side, and by 30 January "Marina" interrupted "Oh! Carol" by Neil Sedaka for one week at the No.1 spot of Hitkrant's List of European number-one hits of 1960. The song sold millions of copies. It was #1 in Belgium, #31 in the US,[1] and #1 in Germany,[2] The Netherlands, Italy and Norway. It was the #2 jukebox play of the whole year in Automaten-Markt's records after "Seemann" by Lolita.[3][4]
- ^ Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000
- ^ The positions for the German Singles Charts are taken from Günter Ehnert: Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956–1980. Hamburg: Taurus Press 1990, S. 88
- ^ Billboard - Dec 31, 1960 - Page 37 "The top juke box tunes of 1960, according to Automaten-Markt, 1. "Seemann," by Lolita; 2. "Marina," by Rocco Granata; 3. "Wir wollen niemals auseinandergehn," by Heidi Brühl ...
- ^ Billboard - Nov 21, 1960 - Page 46 MARINA AND OTHER ITALIAN FAVORITES Rocco Granata. Laurie LLP 2003 — Rocco Granata bad his first international hit with "Marina," "