UJohnny Hallyday ungumlingisi, umculi, umqambi. Ngisho nangesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe, wanikezwa isihloko se-rock star yaseFrance. Ukwazisa izinga likasaziwayo, kwanele ukwazi ukuthi ngaphezu kuka-15 Johnny's LPs afinyelele isimo seplatinamu. Wenze izinkambo ezingaphezu kuka-400 futhi wathengisa ama-albhamu eyedwa ayizigidi ezingu-80. Umsebenzi wakhe wawuhlonishwa amaFulentshi. Unikeze isiteji ngaphansi nje kwe-60 […]

U-Annie Cordy ungumculi nomlingisi odumile waseBelgium. Phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe omude wokudala, wakwazi ukudlala kumafilimu asebeziwa njengezakudala. Kunemisebenzi ekhaliphile engaphezu kuka-700 ebhange lakhe lomculo. Isabelo sengonyama sabalandeli baka-Anna sasiseFrance. UCordy wayekhonzwa futhi ekhulekelwa lapho. Ifa elicebile lokudala ngeke livumele "abalandeli" ukuthi bakhohlwe […]

ULou Monte wazalelwa esifundazweni saseNew York (USA, Manhattan) ngo-1917. Inezimpande zesiNtaliyane, igama langempela nguLouis Scaglione. Uthole udumo ngenxa yezingoma zombhali wakhe ezikhuluma nge-Italy nezakhamuzi zakhona (ethandwa kakhulu phakathi kwalaba abahlakazekile bezwe lonke ezifundazweni). Isikhathi esiyinhloko sokudala yi-50s kanye ne-60s yekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Iminyaka yokuqala […]

Umculi odumile wase-Italy uMassimo Ranieri unezindima eziningi eziphumelelayo. Ungumbhali wezingoma, umlingisi kanye nomethuli wezinhlelo ze-TV. Amagama ambalwa ukuchaza zonke izici ithalenta le ndoda akunakwenzeka. Njengomculi, waduma njengomnqobi weSan Remo Festival ngo-1988. Lo mculi uphinde wamela izwe kabili ku-Eurovision Song Contest. UMassimo Ranieri ubizwa ngokuthi ophawulekayo […]

Ngokungangabazeki, uVasco Rossi uyisihlabani se-rock esikhulu kunazo zonke e-Italy, u-Vasco Rossi, obe ngumculi wase-Italy ophumelele kakhulu kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1980. Futhi umfanekiso ongokoqobo futhi ohambisanayo we-triad yocansi, izidakamizwa (noma utshwala) ne-rock and roll. Enganakwa abagxeki, kodwa ekhonzwe abalandeli bakhe. URossi wayengumculi wokuqala wase-Italy ukuvakashela izinkundla (ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980), wafinyelela […]

Ngokuvamile, amaphupho ezingane ahlangana nodonga olungangeneki lokungaqondi kahle kwabazali endleleni eya ekufezekeni kwabo. Kodwa emlandweni we-Ezio Pinza, konke kwenzeka ngenye indlela. Isinqumo esiqinile sikababa savumela umhlaba ukuba uthole umculi omkhulu we-opera. Wazalelwa eRoma ngoMeyi 1892, u-Ezio Pinza wanqoba umhlaba ngezwi lakhe. Usaqhubeka nokuba yibhesi yokuqala yase-Italy […]