Los TNT
Los TNT | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Attimis, Italy |
Genres | Rock and roll Traditional Pop |
Years active | 1958–1966 |
Labels | RCA |
Past members | Nelly Croatto Tim Croatto Tony Croatto |
Los TNT (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlos ˈte ˈene ˈte]) were an Italian-Uruguayan rock 'n' roll band, popular in the 1960s. The band consisted of two brothers and a sister from Udine, Italy: Edelweiss "Tim" Croatto (born 1936), Hermes "Tony" Croatto (1939 - 2005), and Argentina "Nelly" Croatto (born 1941). The acronym and word play TNT comes from their nicknames. The family emigrated to La Paz, Uruguay in 1946, and in 1953 they moved to Montevideo, where they started to sing.[1]
In 1959 they moved to Buenos Aires, and they were discovered and hired by Argentine record label RCA Victor in 1960. Their first single was "Eso", which sold more than 100,000 copies in Argentina and became a success also in Mexico and most South American countries. Their first album, Los Fabulosos TNT, was published late in 1960. The second album, La Gira Triunfal por Latinoamérica de los TNT was published right after a tour through Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Chile, in 1961.
In 1962 they moved to Spain to work with record label Belter, and in 1964 they were chosen by broadcaster TVE to represent the country (as Nelly, Tim & Tony) at the 9th Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. With the song "Caracola", they placed 12th in a field of 16.[2]
Nevertheless, in Spain they were not as successful as in Latin America and they returned to Argentina. In 1965 they recorded their last single with RCA, which included the songs "Yo No Me Marcho de Aquí" and "Llévame, Llévame".
In 1966 the band dissolved as Tim decided to leave to establish his own record label. Nelly and Tony continued to sing together, as Nelly y Tony or Los Vénetos, first established in Argentina and from 1970 in Puerto Rico. In 1974, Nelly got married and dissolved the duo; meanwhile Tony Croatto continued to work as an entertainer in Puerto Rico until his death in 2005.
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Preceded by | Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 | Succeeded by |
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- Alejandro Abad
- Alfred
- Amaia
- Remedios Amaya
- Soraya Arnelas
- Azúcar Moreno
- Bacchelli
- Victor Balaguer
- Barei
- Conchita Bautista
- Beth
- Blanca Paloma
- Braulio
- Bravo
- Cadillac
- Blas Cantó
- Antonio Carbonell
- Chanel
- Rodolfo Chikilicuatre
- David Civera
- Anabel Conde
- D'Nash
- Sergio Dalma
- La Década
- Daniel Diges
- Edurne
- ESDM
- José Guardiola
- Mikel Herzog
- Julio Iglesias
- Karina
- Las Ketchup
- Patricia Kraus
- Marcos Llunas
- Ruth Lorenzo
- Lucía
- Lydia
- Massiel
- Micky
- Miki
- Betty Missiego
- Mocedades
- Jaime Morey
- Manel Navarro
- Nebulossa
- Nina
- Peret
- Lucía Pérez
- Ramón
- Raphael
- Rosa
- Salomé
- Paloma San Basilio
- Eva Santamaría
- Sergio and Estíbaliz
- Pastora Soler
- Son de Sol
- Tim, Nelly and Tony
- Trigo Limpio
- José Vélez
- Serafín Zubiri
- "Algo pequeñito"
- "Algo prodigioso"
- "Amanece"
- "Amanecer"
- "¡Ay, qué deseo!"
- "Baila el Chiki Chiki"
- "Bailar pegados"
- "Bailemos un vals"
- "Bandido"
- "Bloody Mary"
- "Brujería"
- "Canta y sé feliz"
- "Caracola"
- "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)"
- "Colgado de un sueño"
- "Contigo hasta el final"
- "Dancing in the Rain"
- "Dile que la quiero"
- "Dime"
- "Do It for Your Lover"
- "Eaea"
- "Él"
- "Ella no es ella"
- "En un mundo nuevo"
- "Enséñame a cantar"
- "Eres tú"
- "Estando contigo"
- "Europe's Living a Celebration"
- "La fiesta terminó"
- "Gwendolyne"
- "Hablemos del amor"
- "Hombres"
- "I Love You Mi Vida"
- "La La La"
- "Lady, Lady"
- "Llámame"
- "Nacida para amar"
- "No estás solo"
- "No quiero escuchar"
- "La noche es para mí"
- "Para llenarme de ti"
- "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!"
- "Que me quiten lo bailao"
- "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?"
- "Quédate conmigo"
- "Quédate esta noche"
- "¿Quién maneja mi barca?"
- "Say Yay!"
- "Sin rencor"
- "SloMo"
- "Sobran las palabras"
- "Su canción"
- "Todo esto es la música"
- "Tu canción"
- "Tú volverás"
"Universo"- "Valentino"
- "La venda"
- "Vivo cantando"
- "Voy a quedarme"
- "Vuelve conmigo"
- "Y sólo tú"
- "Yo soy aquél"
- "Zorra"
- Note: Entries scored out signify where Spain did not compete