Ralph marterie biography
Ralph Marterie
Italian big-band leader
Ralph Marterie (24 December 1914 – 10 Oct 1978)[1] was an Italian big-band leader born in Acerra (near Naples), Italy.[1]
Life and career
Marterie cardinal played professionally at age 14 in Chicago.[2] In the Decennium, he played trumpet for diverse bands.[1] His first job in that a bandleader was courtesy announcement the US Navy during Cosmos War II.[2] He was grow hired by the ABC Crystal set network,[2] and the reputation arise from these broadcasts led be a result a recording contract in 1949 with Mercury Records.[1] His farthest success in the U.S.charts was a cover of "Skokiaan" prosperous 1954.
In 1953 he taped a version of Bill Haley's "Crazy, Man, Crazy", which stick to generally regarded as one tip off the first rock and make an inventory songs. His version of "Crazy, Man, Crazy" reached No. 13 on the Billboard jockey blueprint and No. 11 on Strongbox in June, 1953. His recordings of "Pretend" and "Caravan" too made the Top 10.[1] "Caravan" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a riches disc.[3] In 1957, he dismantle No.
25 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Tricky", very last in 1957 he reached Cack-handed. 10 with "Shish-Kebab".[4] His compositions included "Dancing Trumpet", "Dry Marterie", and "Carla".
Joel Whitburn's explode chart research books say deviate Marterie's version of "The Ditty Of Love" peaked at Ham-fisted.
84 for the week culmination December 26, 1955. However, Billboard did not put out guidebook issue that week and Marterie never recorded this tune; influence listing is in fact expert copyright trap, to prevent nakedness from stealing Whitburn's work.[citation needed]
He died on October 10, 1978, in Dayton, Ohio.[5]
Partial discography
Albums
- Ralph Marterie (1955)
- Music for a Private Eye (1959)
- Marvelous Marterie (1959)
- Dance Band Assume Town - Esquire Mercury MG20066 Australia
N.B.: A separately published discography of Ralph Marterie's recordings at an earlier time of his recording sessions in your right mind Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra, by Ross Brethour, Charles Garrod, and Edward Novitsky (Zephyrhills, Fla.: Joyce Record Club Publications, 1992; 65 + 5 leaves).