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One of the band's major hits, the song consists of the alternating between soul-style vocal cues and choral moments. The first top ten hit in the band's career, the song got an additional gold disc in , when it named a nostalgia-based Rai 2 variety show presented by Fabio Fazio and Claudio Baglioni.
The song was also linked to a contest organized by the magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, in which the readers should have identified four popular singers hidden among the choirs; in the last episode of the television show it was revealed they were Pupo, Ornella Vanoni, Giuni Russo and Gigliola Cinquetti. The song marked the solo debut as a singer of Dario Baldan Bembo, a former Equipe 84 member already well known as a session-man and a composer. The song was major hit, ranking 2 on the Italian hit parade.
Un giorno mi dirai topic "Un giorno mi dirai" English: The successes encouraged Enrico Riccardi to copy Battisti's style in Riccardi's composition "Fiume azzurro", which earned another place in the top of annual record sales in Italy. If you'll do all I tell you, Before tomorrow your friends Will win the day: Your belly is swollen. Tell me who is the father, the father of this child. A mezzanotte torna il marito or, Il suo marito tornato a casa Trova la Emma seduta al balcon. That's a splendid idea!
It eventually was Bindi's major hit, whose version topped the Italian hit parade for several months. Look up arrivederci in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Arrivederci Good-bye may refer to: The Balsamo's major hit, it topped the Italian hit parade, selling over a million of copies. Alessandro Dell'Orto September 16, Retrieved 7 May Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana.
The song premiered at the 20th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, with a double performance by Endrigo and Iva Zanicchi, and placed at the third place. It was also praised by critics, with the Corriere della Sera musical critic Vincenzo Buonassisi describing it as "the only Sanremo Festival song which tried to say something new, to touch open issues for the consciousness of the people of today". Background The song was inspired by a hit song, Bobby Russell's "Honey I miss you ", and it describes the despair and hopelessness of a lover waiting for his beloved.
This version, chosen as open Originally part of the revue Gran baraonda, starring Wanda Osiris and Alberto Sordi, it was popularized by the vocal group Quartetto Cetra, as to become a classic of Italian music. Un bacio a mezzanotte A Kiss At Midnight. Retrieved 8 September De Bernardi, and the film Profumi e balocchi directed by Angelo Jacono. The song premiered at the 14th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with a double performance of Robertino and Bobby Rydell.
Robertino's version was sung with a fake English accent according to the fashion of the time. We need to agree on something, some kind of faith or hope, otherwise we are not going anywhere".
The song premiered at the 11th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with a double performance of Adriano Celentano and Little Tony, and placed at the second place. It is regarded as the first rock and roll song to enter the competition at the Sanremo Festival.
During his performance, Celentano created a large controversy for performing part of the song with his back to the public. Background The song premiered at the 40th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, where it was first supposed to be performed by Patty Pravo; during the rehearsals Pravo complained about the lyrics and asked major changes, and eventually refused to perform the song.
Retrieved 1 November The song won the newcomer section as well as the critics award at the 40th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.
Maria Pia Fusco 6 March The song premiered at the 11th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, with a double performance by Donaggio and Teddy Reno, and placed at the sixth place. The song premiered at the first edition of the children song festival Zecchino d'Oro. In spite of not winning the competition, the song got a large commercial success thanks to the version recorded by Johnny Dorelli, at the time very popular thanks to the two Sanremo Music Festival he had just won in couple with Domenico Modugno, with the songs "Volare" and "Piove Ciao, ciao bambina ".
The song was one of the band's major hits, its lyrics were praised by critics for their realism and for their original vocabulary, while the music and the arrangements reprised the style and the structure of Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale", of whom Dik Dik had previously led to success with an Italian language cover, "Senza luce". Franco Mondini 5 November E penso a te English: And I think of you is a song composed in by Lucio Battisti based on the lyrics by Mogol.
Initially sung by Bruno Lauzi, it was subsequently re-recorded by numerous other artists. The most popular version remains the one which its author, Lucio Battisti, gave in The song Meaning The lyrics recount the nostalgic thoughts of a man who is in love with a somewhat distant woman. The song does not say who she is: The protagonist, in any case, can't help but think of her constantly: During the day, the protagonist is at work, then comes home, and has a date with his current girlfriend, but keeps on thinking to his The song premiered at the ninth edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, with a double performance by Wilma De Angelis and Betty Curtis, and placed at the eighth place.
The song won the 38th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, and marked the return to music of Ranieri after a decade devoted to acting.
The song won the 35th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. Chiara Ugolini 8 January The song won the 40th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, where it was also performed in an English-language soul adaptation titled "Angel of the Night" by Dee Dee Bridgewater. The song premiered at the 40th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, where it placed third. In late , Matalon had her drop the name Baby Gate in favour of Mina. In , Mina made her Festival della canzone italiana in Sanremo debut with two songs.
She turned to slow emotional love songs for the first time. Video performances of the song were included in the musicarellos Io bacio At the Sanremo song festival, Mina performed two songs. As her songs and movies were already popular abroad, Mina started to tour Spain and Japan, [35] and performed on Venezuelan TV in Meanwhile, her version of the mambo rhythm " Moliendo Cafe " and the surf pop "Renato" peaked at 1 and 4 respectively on the Italian charts. In Mina's TV and radio career was interrupted by RAI , the Italian public broadcasting service, as she refused to cover up her relationship and resulting pregnancy with the married actor Corrado Pani.
Mina's record sales were unaffected and due to public demand, RAI ended the ban. A reminder of her previous adolescent image, her single "Suna ni kieta namida" "Tears Disappear in the Sand" , sung in Japanese, peaked at 1 on the Japanese singles chart and earned Mina the title of Best International Artist in Japan. The first episode of the Studio Uno live Saturday night series showcased Mina's new blond look with shaved eyebrows.
Her recordings of included the scatting performance of "Spirale Waltz", the theme song for the film The 10th Victim. Morricone started to repeat a short musical theme of just three notes by his term a micro-cell [48] on an upright piano. He had copied the snippet of melody from the siren of a police car in Marseilles. After a few bars Mina grabbed the lyrics sheet and started to sing as if she had known the tune before. Composed in this way, "Se telefonando" is a pop song with eight transitions of tonality that builds tension throughout the chorus.
The single peaked at 7 on the Italian chart and was 53rd in the annual list of sales. The album Studio Uno 66 featured the song as one of the standout tracks along with "Ta-ra-ta-ta" and "Una casa in cima al mondo". It was the fifth biggest selling album of the year in Italy. She founded the independent record label PDU in collaboration with her father. The first record issued under the label was Dedicato a mio padre Dedicated to My Father. The lyrics talk about the manic attention of the press on an artist's private life.
She celebrated the 10th anniversary of her career with a concert at La Bussola, backed by the Orchestra Augusto Martelli. Canzonissima was a Saturday night prime time variety show that aired on Rai Uno from September to January The song was performed as part of a musical fantasy, back to back with "Quelli che hanno un cuore", her intense version of " Anyone Who Had a Heart ".
After a break of three months, Mina returned and recorded the song "Non credere" "Disbelieve" , composed by Luigi Clausetti and Pietro Soffici, with lyrics by Mogol , in April.
One of the first introductions of the new repertoire was the Senza Rete live televised concert from the Auditorio A in Naples on 20 January The material provided by Mogol-Battisti was the core for five albums. Mina was the biggest seller of The latter two albums were recorded during a break from live performances to give birth to her daughter Benedetta.
Mina's comeback took place at RAI's variety series Teatro 10 in spring One of the highlights of the series was a selection of Battisti's songs performed in duet with the composer. The successes encouraged Enrico Riccardi to copy Battisti's style in Riccardi's composition "Fiume azzurro", which earned another place in the top of annual record sales in Italy. The song is an easy listening dialogue between Mina's singing and Lupo's declamation.
The lyrics' theme are hollow words. These intertwine the lady's lamentation of the end of love and the lies she has to hear with the male protagonist's recitation. In the dialog she scoffs at the compliments he gives her, calling them parole — just words. The single was released in April and topped the Italian charts. It was covered by numerous Italian and French duets.
Mina said she would be retiring from public appearances after an exclusive concert at the La Bussola Club on 16 September. Thousands of people turned up at the nightclub's doorstep. Mina lost her husband Virgilio Crocco in a car accident in She continued her career with the top Italian chart hits "E poi She recorded the theme song "Fa presto, fa piano" "Works Quickly, Works Quietly" for the film La sculacciata , issued in Mina's last live TV appearance was the final episode of the Milleluci series on 16 March Her last appearance on TV was her performance of "Ancora ancora ancora".
The video was the final number of the "Mille e una luce" show on 1 July Mina gave her last public performance on 23 August at the Bussoladomani theatre. It was recorded and issued as Mina Live ' Mina continued to release albums on a yearly basis with her son Massimiliano Pani as the producer.
Between and , she published a double album each year. From the mids, the design of the album covers was trusted to Balletti alone. A large part of her work has consisted of covering well-known songs; she has dedicated tribute albums to The Beatles , Frank Sinatra , Renato Zero , Domenico Modugno , Lucio Battisti , Enzo Jannacci , the Neapolitan song , and sacred music. Starting in , all of her records included the jazzy piano playing of Danilo Rea. After leaving the stage, her greatest chart successes have been duets.
In , "Questione di feeling", a duet with Riccardo Cocciante , was the 13th biggest-selling single of the year in Italy and became an evergreen as a hit song is called in Europe. The duet album Mina Celentano , recorded with Adriano Celentano , was the biggest-selling album of in Italy.
The break in Mina's TV appearances lasted until , when she released footage of her recording sessions. The videos were broadcast over the Wind internet site on 30 March. This resulted in millions of visits to the site on that night, and additional millions on following days. After that event, Mina's singles started to chart in Italy again.
The track "Succhiando l'uva" , written for her by Zucchero , peaked at 3 on the chart. Mina's cover of "Don't call me baby Can't take my eyes off you " reached 4 in Italy.