Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian naturalized French singer and actress. Leading an international career, Dalida has sold over 140 million records worldwide. Her best known songs include "Bambino", "Gondolier", "Les Enfants du Pirée", "Le Temps des fleurs", "Darla dirladada", "J'attendrai", "La Danse de Zorba", "Bang Bang", "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans", "Le Jour où la pluie viendra", "Gigi l'amoroso", "Laissez-moi danser", "Salama ya salama", "Helwa ya baladi", "Mourir sur scène" and "Paroles, paroles" featuring spoken word by Alain Delon.
Norman Newell was an English record producer and lyricist, who was mainly active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also the co-writer of many notable songs. As an A&R manager for EMI, he worked with musicians such as Shirley Bassey, Dalida, Claude François, Vera Lynn, Russ Conway, Bette Midler, Judy Garland, Petula Clark, Jake Thackray, Malcolm Roberts, Bobby Crush and Peter and Gordon.
Nolwenn Le Magueresse, known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy, is a French singer-songwriter, musician, and actress.
"Génération 78" is a song by French singer Dalida featuring French singer Bruno Guillain. It is a megamix of Dalida's previous hits, remixed in disco style, including a new piece written by Jeff Barnel that permeates throughout the song. First released on single in March 1978, it soon became #1 hit in France and achieved success in Europe and Canada.
Helmut Lotti, is a Belgian tenor and singer-songwriter. Lotti performs in several styles and languages. Once an Elvis impersonator, he has sung African and Latino and Jewish music hit records, and he crossed over into classical music in the 1990s. In 2023 he brought a selection of his favourite Heavy Metal songs at Graspop Metal Meeting.
Gondolier is the third French language studio album by French singer Dalida. The album contains Dalida's second #1 hit, the famous exotical Gondolier. The album contains other minor hits such as "Buenas noches mi amor", "Histoire d'un amour" and the pop-rock oriented "Le jour où la pluie viendra".
Les Gitans is the fourth studio album by French-Italian singer Dalida, released by Barclay Records, catalogue number 80 094, in 1958. In 2002, Sammel released a remastered version in CD and 10" (25 cm) vinyl record (LP), catalogue number 981 109-7. In 2004, Universal Records released a remastered CD, catalogue number 981 108-5, as part of a compilation containing re-releases of all of Dalida's studio albums recorded under the Barclay label.
Olympia 71 is an album of songs by Dalida recorded live at the Olympia in Paris in 1971 and released in 1972.
De "Bambino" à "Il silenzio" was Dalida's first compilation album, released in France in 1967 by Barclay Records
"Piove " is a song composed by Domenico Modugno with Italian lyrics by Eduardo Verde. It won first prize at the 1959 Sanremo Music Festival, where it was performed by both Modugno and Johnny Dorelli. Performed by Modugno, it represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 held in Cannes, placing sixth.
"The Way of Love" is a song written by Jacques ("Jack") Dieval, with English lyrics by Al Stillman. It was originally a 1960 French song titled "J'ai le mal de toi", and it was first recorded in English by Kathy Kirby in 1965. The best-known English version was by Cher whose recording reached No. 7 in the US.
The discography of the Belgian band Hooverphonic includes twelve studio albums, two live albums, one EP, three compilation albums and many singles.
The discography of Belgian singer-songwriter Stromae consists of three studio albums, one extended play, 21 singles and five promotional singles.
"Come prima" is an Italian song, with lyrics by Mario Panzeri and music by Vincenzo Di Paola and Sandro Taccani. First made popular by Tony Dallara in Italy in 1957, a version by the Marino Marini Quartet was a hit in the United Kingdom in 1958.
Miguel is the second album by Dalida. It contains eight songs, including her big success "Miguel". The songs "Maman, la plus belle du monde", "Quand on n'a que l'amour" and "Tu n'as pas très bon caractère", continue in a more pop style than her first album
The discography of the Sanremo Music Festival winners includes all the winning singles of the annual Festival della Canzone Italiana, an Italian song contest better known as the Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Ligurian city of the same name since 1951 and broadcast by RAI. As of 2024, the Festival has awarded 74 songs, but from 1953 to 1955, from 1957 to 1971, in 1990 and in 1991, each entry was performed by two different acts, resulting in two different releases for each winning song, for a total of 94 singles.
La fête est finie is the third studio album by French rapper Orelsan, released on 20 October 2017 by 7th Magnitude, 3e Bureau and Wagram Music. It was his first solo album in over six years, having worked on two studio albums with Casseurs Flowters after releasing his second studio album Le chant des sirènes in September 2011. A re-release of the album with 11 additional tracks, entitled La fête est finie - Épilogue, was released on 15 November 2018.
"Makin' Love" is a song written and originally released by American country singer Floyd Robinson. He released it as a single in 1959 and was featured on his self-titled debut album the following year.
Love in Portofino is the sixth and last studio album of 1950s by French singer Dalida. It was released in December 1959 through Barclay Records.
