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'''Joe Vella Il-Bokser''' was born in the rural village of Manikata, and started folk singing at the age of thirteen on his father's farm under pomegranate and carob trees in the same Maltese village.[[File:DSC05966.JPG|340px|thumb|right|Joe Vella Il-Bokser]] | '''Joe Vella Il-Bokser''' was born in the rural village of Manikata on the 2nd of August 1951, and started folk singing at the age of thirteen on his father's farm under pomegranate and carob trees in the same Maltese village.[[File:DSC05966.JPG|340px|thumb|right|Joe Vella Il-Bokser]] | ||
He emigrated to Sydney, Australia as a young man. He became Australia's super middleweight boxing champion in 1976, hence his nickname, when he beat Fiji-born Alipate Korovou at the South Sydney Rugby League Club. He lost the same title to Korovou in 1977. He later took the occupation of a taxi driver. | |||
He emigrated to Sydney, Australia as a young man. He became Australia's super middleweight boxing champion in 1976, hence his nickname, when he beat Fiji-born Alipate Korovou at the South Sydney Rugby League Club. He lost the same title to Korovou in 1977. | |||
Vella started folksinging in 1977, with [[Ninu Galea Il-Kalora]] and [[Salvu Galea Tal-Kalora]], and then sang with [[Loretu Vella Tas-Siċċu]] and [[Saver Bonanno Tal-Manikata]]. | Vella started folksinging in 1977, with [[Ninu Galea Il-Kalora]] and [[Salvu Galea Tal-Kalora]], and then sang with [[Loretu Vella Tas-Siċċu]] and [[Saver Bonanno Tal-Manikata]]. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rECeXMf2ZD0 | *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rECeXMf2ZD0 Folk singing session in Sydney. | ||
[[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]] | [[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]] | ||
[[Category:Singers from Malta]] | [[Category:Singers from Malta]] | ||
[[Category:Għannejja]] | [[Category:Għannejja]] | ||
Revision as of 09:12, 19 July 2013
Joe Vella Il-Bokser was born in the rural village of Manikata on the 2nd of August 1951, and started folk singing at the age of thirteen on his father's farm under pomegranate and carob trees in the same Maltese village.
File:DSC05966.JPG
Joe Vella Il-Bokser
He emigrated to Sydney, Australia as a young man. He became Australia's super middleweight boxing champion in 1976, hence his nickname, when he beat Fiji-born Alipate Korovou at the South Sydney Rugby League Club. He lost the same title to Korovou in 1977. He later took the occupation of a taxi driver.
Vella started folksinging in 1977, with Ninu Galea Il-Kalora and Salvu Galea Tal-Kalora, and then sang with Loretu Vella Tas-Siċċu and Saver Bonanno Tal-Manikata.
External Links
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rECeXMf2ZD0 Folk singing session in Sydney.