Giuliano e i Notturni were an Italian pop group, active in the late 1960s.
The group was specialized in the bubblegum pop genre. [1] They got their major hit with "Il ballo di Simone", a cover of the 1910 Fruitgum Company's song "Simon Says", which peaked at the third place on the Italian hit parade and became an instant classic. [1]
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