# Nini Rosso

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Nini Rosso Nini Rosso (1969) Born Raffaele Celeste Rosso (1926-09-19)September 19, 1926 Turin, Italy Died October 5, 1994(1994-10-05) (aged 68) Rome, Italy Occupations Musician composer singer Musical career Genres Light music jazz Instruments Vocals trumpet Years active 1948 – 1994 Label Durium Musical artist

**Raffaele Celeste "Nini" Rosso** (19 September 1926[1] – 5 October 1994)[2] was an [Italian](/source/Italian_people) [jazz](/source/Jazz) [trumpeter](/source/Trumpet) and [composer](/source/Composer).[2]

## Biography

Rosso was born in [Turin](/source/Turin), Italy.[2] His parents attempted to send him to [university](/source/University), but at 19 he chose the trumpet over academia, and left home.[1] He was a [partisan](/source/Partisan_(military)) during the [World War II](/source/World_War_II) Liberation from [Nazist](/source/Nazist) and [Fascist](/source/Fascist) occupation, and operated in [Valle Maira](/source/Maira_Valley) with Giorgio Bocca[3] and Detto Dalmastro,[4] partisan commander of the [anti-fascist](/source/Anti-fascist) brigade [Giustizia e Libertà](/source/Giustizia_e_Libert%C3%A0) attached to the [Partito d'Azione](/source/Action_Party_(Italy)) of northern Italy. After his employment in a [nightclub](/source/Nightclub) was terminated by the police, he returned home, but soon after departed again to relaunch his career. He soon became one of the best-known jazz trumpeters in Italy, reaching the crest of his popularity in the 1960s.[1] He became known in the [UK](/source/United_Kingdom) in 1962 when his [recording](/source/Sound_recording_and_reproduction) of "Concerto Disperato" was [covered](/source/Cover_version) by [Ken Thorne](/source/Ken_Thorne) and his Orchestra and became a [hit](/source/Hit_record) under the title "The Theme from '[The Legion's Last Patrol](/source/The_Legion's_Last_Patrol)'".[1] Rosso's original was quickly released on the [Durium](/source/Durium) label and also made the [charts](/source/Record_chart), but was less successful than the cover. His 1965 worldwide hit "[Il Silenzio](/source/Il_Silenzio_(song))" went to number 1 in Italy, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and sold over five million copies by the end of 1967. In the US it peaked in November 1965 on position 32 of the Billboard Chart. It was awarded a [gold disc](/source/Music_recording_sales_certification).[5] He also [acted](/source/Actor) in the 1960s.

Rosso died of [lung cancer](/source/Lung_cancer) in 1994, at the age of 68.[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-3) [Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer)), ed. (1992). *[The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)* (First ed.). [Guinness Publishing](/source/Guinness_Publishing). p. 2149. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-85112-939-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85112-939-0).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-stampa_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-stampa_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-stampa_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-stampa_2-3) ["Si cercano fotografie su Nini Rosso per la mostra in programma a Cuneo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000305/https://www.lastampa.it/2015/07/01/cuneo/si-cercano-fotografie-su-nini-rosso-per-la-mostra-in-programma-a-cuneo-HvRWSikIlzQnBcOsG20r6K/pagina.html). *[La Stampa](/source/La_Stampa)* (in Italian). Turin: [La Stampa](/source/La_Stampa). [GEDI Gruppo Editoriale](/source/GEDI_Gruppo_Editoriale). 1 July 2015. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1122-1763](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1122-1763). Archived from [the original](https://www.lastampa.it/2015/07/01/cuneo/si-cercano-fotografie-su-nini-rosso-per-la-mostra-in-programma-a-cuneo-HvRWSikIlzQnBcOsG20r6K/pagina.html) on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Giorgio Bocca"](http://anpi.it/b356/). *ANPI*. Retrieved 8 October 2021.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Benedetto Dalmastro"](http://anpi.it/b1533/). *ANPI*. Retrieved 8 October 2021.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_5-0)** Murrells, Joseph (1978). [*The Book of Golden Discs*](https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/195) (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. [195–196](https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/195). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-214-20512-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-214-20512-6).

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