adriano celentano his nickname is. the flexible one and it's not hard to see why he's a unique performer a combination of musician and comedian with a touch of stop stick. it's quite silly in a way but behind it all there's a certain humanity and a certain a certain depth a lot of the humor is very physical his the way he has sort of a rubber face that he can that he can twist and contort. to to go to the extremes that sort of comedy and tragedy i think that's what makes him a unique challenge time i was born in milan in one nine hundred thirty eight he began his career as a musician landing number one hits like. he's appeared in more than thirty films. he's also worked as a director and millions of italians with his t.v. show. his first big break in films came in fellini's nine hundred sixty classic la dolce vita it was a perfect showcase for celentano as talents. i. i think the shame that he never went on to do more serious roles afterwards because he definitely shows in that film that he has deeper talent than only

that is of course adriano celentano singing his biggest hit as good on the italian actor and singer celebratess eightieth birthday on saturday. and for more on the big birthday we're joined here in the studio by adrian kennedy who i think today we're going to call you know ok thanks. biggest fan of soon to say yes i have based my whole career on a careful study of the italian entertainer and this lot to learn here is quite a very good work ethic of course made forty films or than fifty top selling albums and still making music twenty six the one of his albums was the best selling album of the year despite only being released in mid november but perhaps what does best is just be chairman tanno he's the archetype of the tally in match show but he managed to do that with a lot of grace and good humor so it's difficult not to like him now in many of his most popular films he played alongside the chanting or c. and we're going to take a look back at some of the highlights of his successful sixty year career. ok. i. got. on the piano and then thomas nickname is in wanted to or the flexible one and i