Renato Micallef (born 19 November 1951) is a
Maltese pop singer
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. His full name is Nazzareno Alessandro Micallef Garrett. Renato has been active in the Maltese
music
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scene since the age of 12.
Renato has toured
North America
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,
Australia
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and the
United Kingdom
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where his website claims he won an award for Singer Of The Year in 1980.
In
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
, he represented Malta in the
Eurovision Song Contest
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,
finishing in 12th place with
Singing This Song
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. In 1990, he represented Malta again in the
Cavan International Song Festival, with the song ''Our Little World of Yesterday'', which won first prize.
He has also hosted his own
Television
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and
Radio
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including the popular ''Separju'' on Super One Radio and also toured with one of his favourite singers,
Shirley Bassey
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. His record releases include ''Ave Maria'' and ''Lovin' You''. Renato is also a very popular local entertainer and performs regularly in leading venues.
References
External links
* Eurovision 1975 website, http://www.eurovision-contest.com/1975/Malta/
* Performance of 'Singing This Song', http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3117796263490940038
* Gensna: A nation's music, http://www.timesofmalta.com/life/view/20090321/features/gensna-a-nations-music
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1951 births
Living people
Maltese pop singers
20th-century Maltese male singers
20th-century Maltese singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Malta
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1975