Los TNT

Los TNT

Background information
Origin	Attimis, Italy
Genres	Rock and roll Traditional Pop
Years active	1958–1966
Labels	RCA
Associated acts	Nelly & Tony, Tony Croatto, Los Vénetos, Haciendo Punto

Past members	Nelly Croatto Tim Croatto Tony Croatto

Los TNT 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 (born 1939), 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 went back 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.

References

↑ "Los TNT (Biografía)" (PDF) (in Spanish). eurovision-spain.com.
↑ "Spain 1964". ESC-History.com.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by José Guardiola with "Algo prodigioso"	Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964	Succeeded by Conchita Bautista with "Qué bueno, qué bueno"

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Artists

1960s	Conchita Bautista Victor Balaguer José Guardiola Nelly, Tim & Tony Conchita Bautista Raphael Raphael Massiel Salomé

1970s	Julio Iglesias Karina Jaime Morey Mocedades Peret Sergio y Estíbaliz Braulio Micky José Vélez Betty Missiego

1980s	Trigo Limpio Bacchelli Lucía Remedios Amaya Bravo Paloma San Basilio Cadillac Patricia Kraus La Década Prodigiosa Nina

1990s	Azúcar Moreno Sergio Dalma Serafín Zubiri Eva Santamaría Alejandro Abad Anabel Conde Antonio Carbonell Marcos Llunas Mikel Herzog Lydia

2000s	Serafín Zubiri David Civera Rosa Beth Ramón Son de Sol Las Ketchup D'NASH Rodolfo Chikilicuatre Soraya Arnelas

2010s	Daniel Diges Lucía Pérez Pastora Soler El Sueño de Morfeo Ruth Lorenzo Edurne Barei

Songs

1960s	"Estando contigo" "Llámame" "Algo prodigioso" "Caracola" "Qué bueno, qué bueno" "Yo soy aquél" "Hablemos del amor" "La, la, la" "Vivo cantando"

1970s	"Gwendolyne" "En un mundo nuevo" "Amanece" "Eres tú" "Canta y sé feliz" "Tú volverás" "Sobran las palabras" "Enséñame a cantar" "Bailemos un vals" "Su canción"

1980s	"Quédate esta noche" "Y sólo tú" "Él" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Lady, Lady" "La fiesta terminó" "Valentino" "No estás solo" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Nacida para amar"

1990s	"Bandido" "Bailar pegados" "Todo esto es la música" "Hombres" "Ella no es ella" "Vuelve conmigo" "¡Ay, qué deseo!" "Sin rencor" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "No quiero escuchar"

2000s	"Colgado de un sueño" "Dile que la quiero" "Europe's Living a Celebration" "Dime" "Para llenarme de ti" "Brujería" "Un Blodymary" "I Love You Mi Vida" "Baila el Chiki-chiki" "La noche es para mí"

2010s	"Algo pequeñito" "Que me quiten lo bailao" "Quédate conmigo" "Contigo hasta el final" "Dancing in the Rain" "Amanecer" "Say Yay!"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Spain did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1964

Countries

Final (by final results)	Italy (winner) United Kingdom Monaco Luxembourg France Austria Finland Norway Denmark Netherlands Belgium Spain Germany Portugal Yugoslavia Switzerland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Gigliola Cinquetti Matt Monro Romuald Hugues Aufray Rachel Udo Jürgens Lasse Mårtenson Arne Bendiksen Bjørn Tidmand Anneke Grönloh Robert Cogoi Tim, Nelly & Tony Nora Nova António Calvário Sabahudin Kurt Anita Traversi

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Non ho l'età" "I Love the Little Things" "Où sont-elles passées" "Dès que le printemps revient" "Le chant de Mallory" "Warum nur warum?" "Laiskotellen" "Spiral" "Sangen om dig" "Jij bent mijn leven" "Près de ma rivière" "Caracola" "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" "Oração" "Život je sklopio krug" "I miei pensieri"

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