Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, professionally known as Dalida, was a French singer and actress, born in Egypt to Italian parents. She won the Miss Egypt beauty contest in 1954 and began a 31-year singing career in 1956, selling 170 million albums and singles worldwide. She died by suicide in 1987.
Génération 78 is a Dalida EP, recorded in duet with, as special guest, Bruno Guillain, was recorded in 1978 and was a radio/club disco hit.
Pensiamoci ogni sera is an Italian album by Dalida. It contains two of her best Top 10 hits in Italy: the #1 "La danza di Zorba" and "Il silenzio".
Piccolo ragazzo is an Italian album by Dalida. It shares some songs with the previous 1966's Pensiamoci Ogni Sera and contains two of Dalida's #1 hits, namely "Bang Bang" and "Mama", and her lover Luigi Tenco's "Ciao amore, ciao".
This is the last Dalida album from the 1960s. It contains hits like "L'an 2005" and "Les couleurs de l'amour". Like the album Le temps des fleurs, the songs of the album are more melancholic and most of them are ballads.
This album of Dalida went with a wind of changes in her career: the 1970s are coming, the label is no more Barclay Records but her brother Orlando's International Shows, then she is also changing her style for a more mature adult contemporary music. The success of this album is the proof: the Greek folklore summer hit "Darla dirladada", "Ils ont changé ma chanson" or "Lady d'Arbanville".
Une vie is an album by Dalida, which continues the adult contemporary style of her previous album and contains songs such as the Italian "Mamy blue", "Avec le temps" and "Les choses de l'amour".
Il faut du temps is an album by the singer Dalida. It was originally released in 1972.
Julien is a studio album of songs by Dalida recorded and released in 1973.
J'attendrai is the 31st studio album by Dalida.
Coup de chapeau au passé is the 29th full-length release by French singer Dalida. It was released in 1976, and produced by her brother, Bruno "Orlando" Gigliotti.
Femme est la nuit is a 1977 album by Dalida.
Olympia 77 is an album of songs by Dalida recorded live at the Olympia in Paris and released in 1977.
Salma ya salama is a studio album released by Dalida in March 1977 in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Egypt and other countries. The album was very successful and over two million copies were sold worldwide. To promote the album Dalida gave several live performances in Europe, the Middle East and in the Arab world. The tour was very successful as well.
Palais des Sports 80 is a live double album by Dalida, recorded live at the Palais des Sports in Paris in January 1980.
Olympia 81 is a French-language album released in 1981 by French singer Dalida. The album was highly successful and received a gold certification.
'Les p'tits mots' is a French language album released by Dalida in 1983.
Le visage de l'amour is the last album Dalida released a year before her death. It was also her first album to be made as a CD format. The name "Le visage de l'amour" is usually used by Dalida to describe her public and her fans, it was picked up by the big French artist Charles Trenet who decided to write a song for Dalida bearing this name. It eventually became the name of her last album.
De "Bambino" à "Il silenzio" was Dalida's first compilation album, released in France in 1967 by Barclay Records
