Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, professionally known as Dalida, was a French singer and actress, born in Egypt to Italian parents. Leading an international career, Dalida has sold over 170 million records worldwide. Her best known songs are "Bambino", "Gondolier", "Les enfants du Pirée", "Le temps des fleurs", "Darla dirladada", "J'attendrai", "Le jour où la pluie viendra", "Gigi l'amoroso", "Salama ya salama", and "Paroles, paroles" featuring spoken word by Alain Delon.
"Salma Ya Salama" is an Egyptian Folk song by Dalida from 1976, based on the original song by Sayed Darwish. The track became one of the singer's biggest hits and over the years has sold 4 million units on disc.
"Paroles, paroles" is a song by French singer Dalida featuring French actor Alain Delon. It was released on 17 January 1973 as the lead single from her upcoming album Julien (1973). Lyrics describe the conversation of a man offering a woman caramels, bonbons et chocolat followed with shower of compliments, to what she says they mean nothing to her because they are just paroles – empty words. The song achieved big success in France and internationally, especially in Japan and Mexico, becoming one of the most recognizable French songs of all time. The first video clip was released in 2019, over 46 years after the songs's release.
"Les enfants du Pirée" is a French song by singer Dalida, first released on EP in June 1960. It was a big international summer hit and remained one of major successes of her career. The song comes from the Greek movie "Never on Sunday/Pote tin Kyriaki" nominated for 8 Oscars and won an Oscar for the music of Manos Hadjidakis, sung by Melina Mercouri who starred in the movie along Jules Dassin.
This album of Dalida coincided with several changes in her career: the 1970s were coming, her label was no longer Barclay Records but her brother Orlando's International Shows, and she was also changing her style to a more mature adult contemporary music. The success of this album is the proof, exemplified by the Greek folkloric summer hit "Darla dirladada", "Ils ont changé ma chanson," and "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".
Olympia 71 is an album of songs by Dalida recorded live at the Olympia in Paris in 1971 and released in 1972.
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.
Gigi in Paradisco is a bilingual French and English-language album released in 1980 by Italian and French singer Dalida. Two singles were released, both of which received gold certifications.
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.
Mondialement vôtre is a multi-language album released by Dalida in 1982. This album contains new French single material, plus other language versions of Dalida previous hits and a new Arabic Medley called "Aghani Aghani" that is the biggest hit of the album.
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.
"Bambino" is a song recorded by French singer Dalida that became her first major hit. It was first released on 28 October 1956 as title song of her third EP, prior to her debut album Son nom est Dalida. Bambino spent 45 weeks atop the French song charts, becoming the longest-running number one song in world history.
"La Violetera" is a 1914 cuplé song, with the rhythm of a habanera, composed by José Padilla and with lyrics by Eduardo Montesinos, originally performed by Carmen Flores and popularized by Raquel Meller first and by Sara Montiel later. The instrumental version is also popular as a tango. In Spanish, a Violetera is a woman who sells violets.
"Mourir sur scène" is a 1983 song by Dalida, and is often recognized as Dalida's most iconic late-career song. The song was written by Michel Jouveaux and Jeff Barnel. Today, it is widely considered to be one of the most popular French songs in music history.
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.
"Dans la ville endormie" is a French language song recorded by singer Dalida, first released on EP during summer of 1968. It is the product of Dalida's collaboration with composer William Sheller with whom she worked on Le temps des fleurs, her album released later that year. English language cover "My year is a day" by Les Irrésistibles achieved success several months later.
