My Choice - Joe Grech: Il-Kaccatur (The Hunter)

Il-Kaċċatur (The Hunter) - a 1967 Maltese song by the famous and popular Maltese singer, Joe Grech.

Joe Grech is a Maltese singer born in Cospicua in 1934. His daughter Marcelle is also a versatile singer.

He was the first singer to win the first Malta Song Festival in 1960, a festival which was organized by the Zghazagh Haddiema Nsara.

In 1965 the "Impresa Valente" chose Joe Grech to represent Malta in the Italian Festival of Martina Franca. Another Maltese singer, Tony Agius, also participated in this festival. In those days, it was very rare for a Maltese singer to participate in an Italian festival, let alone win a trophy as the Best Foreign Singer of this Italian festival. The then Italian High Commissioner of Italy for Malta, Signor Antonio Spada, presented a trophy to Joe Grech.

In 1967 Joe, managed to establish himself as one of Malta's most popular pop singers. His 45 rpm entitled " Il- Kaccatur", The Hunter sold very well and also made a tremendous success in countries where the Maltese and the Gozitans had a diaspora, especially Australia.

"Il-Kaccatur" was composed by Joseph Ciappara with lyrics by Dr.George Zammit. Joe Grech was accompanied by the orchestra of Spiro Zammit. Incidentally "Il-Kaccatur" was designated as the "B" side of the record, with Carmen Schembri singing "L-Ghanja tal-Emigranti", The Emigrants' Song, being the "A" side.

Joe Grech, together with Mary Rose Darmanin, won this festival with the song "Serenata". Roger Moore was the guest of honour in this 8th. Malta Song Festival, which was also held at the Radio City Opera House in Hamrun in1967.

In 1971 Joe was the first Maltese singer to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Marija l-Maltija" a song composed by Joe himself.

In 1976, Joe performed at the Royal Ballroom of Melbourne, and on the 12 March 1977, Joe gave a spectacular show at the Sydney Opera House.

Many Maltese living abroad refer to Joe as "the Voice of Malta". His voice reminds the Maltese immigrants of their homeland. So much so, that many have returned to Malta together with their children, to see for themselves what Joe has been singing about all these years.

The Knights Hospitaller also known as Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of the Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Order Of St.John, Knights of Malta and Chevaliers of Malta awarded Joe Grech the Cross of Merit in 2002.

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[mychoicealfred6]

@zammit1980 Minn zmien Adam u Eva, dejjem kien hawn min igorr u il-garr ser jibqa' ghax mhux kulhadd ghandu opinjoni wahda. Kulhadd ghandu d-dritt jikkritika u l-ohrajn iridu jitghalmu jisimghu ghax huma wkoll jikkritikaw dak li ma jaqblux mieghu.

[zammit1980]

inhosni kburi nisma din is song . imma illum habba xebba pufti kulhadd jilhaq salib haddiehor hawn ma tista tamel xejn dejaqtuna u xebbajtuna .

[mychoicealfred6]

@beadsstitcher I hadn't heard it for a while myself. Glad you enjoyed it Maria.,

[beadsstitcher]

OMG....Last time I heard this song was in the 70's.It was sooooo popular back then.I love it.Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful memory.

[mychoicealfred6]

@ShirleyJean1000 I also dislike hunting but this song was put out years ago and the music is nice. No, Joe is not related to me. Thanks Shirley

[ShirleyJean1000]

A very lively and upbeat song and wonderfully sung by this artist. However, I'm afraid "hunting" is not a sport that I could ever embrace. I even hate to kill a fly. Guess I'm just strange. At any rate I did enjoy the music and know the pictures shown depicted it. By the way, is Joe Grech a relative of yours?