Marlene Chetcuti
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Marlene Chetcuti was born on 23 August, 1963 in Tal-Pietà and grew up in Naxxar. She is a Country Music Singer and is known as Marlene.
Marlene started her career from the young age of 10 years. She began taking part in festivals and choirs singing with soprano Antoinette Miggiani inside the Manoel Theatre at Valletta. And was even playing guitar and sang in churches for several years.
Started by classical music which then switched to pop music and Italian songs, Later over the years began to join with a known bands accord Malta where she give shows with them. Most insperat music that was country music that her voice so fit for it. From there she continued with her line in the country music and today is very famous for it.
In 1991 she was named and took part in festivals Passaporto Per San Remo and came first in her category, and she got a country song of singer Patsy Cline. Participated inside San Remo with the same song which was very welcome and was invited as Guest for the end of the evening.
There she meat ascertainable with various singers and international fame including Rocky Roberts and Tony Dallara.
In Malta took part in many television programs as well as singing and interviews. Got interviewed on BBC Radio Suffolk in England also where her fame continued. She got a good feedback from people which remained strong call to listen more from her voice.
She has now been in the Country music scene since 1984, and sang various places abroad, including San Remo, England, Holland, Germany, Australia as well as inside Nashville in America.
Marlene worth mentioning that for the second time in August of 2008 went to Nashville where once again sang in several popular night clubs including Crossroads, Legends Corner, and Nashville Nightlife known where she was invited to sing as a guest singer. In this nightclub were great singers popular in country music, including Brenda Best accompanied with her live band who performed and recorded songs with the cream of country music.
With out mentioning that Marlene was very welcome and with a great applause many compared her voice with the singer Tammy Wynette and Patsy Cline. Nowadays she is still in contact with these artists where they introduced her as a talented singer from Malta.
Marlene issued a brilliant album entitled Country & Me. It was an anthology of her favorite passages that were among the ingredients in the show that offers Marlene when invited to sing. Include with Maltese famous musicians as well as famous singer Bayzo.
In 2011, Marlene released her second album entitled of You're My World. Recorded in Creative Studio and encompasses 12 track which includes among other known versions of some of her favorite singers Tanya Tucker, Connie Smith and Patsy Cline. Among the most well-known passages even by those who are not so familiar with Country music, Marlene brilliantly interprets the songs You Needed Me (Ann Murray), Funny Face (Donna Fargo) and the title track You're my World of Cilla Black in 1964 was interpreted for the first time the original English version of The Mio Mondo. This collection is dedicated to Norbert, that Marlene refers as her Rock.
The past year 2012 Marlene had the opportunity to go and sing in Australia in Queensland and Sydney where it was very well accepted.
So much accepted that once again, has been invited to go and perform again in March 2013. where she gave concerts inside Sydney and Adelaide.
Marlene is well known for country music and no need of any introduction in Malta. She is famous and knows as Malta's No.1 First Lady Of Country Music. Singing in various localities in Malta and Gozo and private functions.
To contact Marlene you can email her on normar@melita.com or facebook on Marlene Chetcuti.
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