"(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" is a popular 1968 song originally written by the Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Battisti under the title "Il paradiso". It was first recorded by the Italian singer Ambra Borelli and released as a single through Dischi Ricordi under alias La Ragazza 77. Although her version did not chart, it was later covered by other artists to much success, most notably by Patty Pravo and Amen Corner in 1969.
"Save Your Love" is a song which, when performed by duo Renée and Renato, was a UK number-one hit in December 1982. It remained at the top of the chart for four weeks before being overtaken by Phil Collins' cover of "You Can't Hurry Love". The song was written by Johnny Edward and his wife Sue. Edward also produced the song and released it on his own label, Hollywood Records.
Nicoletta Strambelli, known professionally as Patty Pravo, is an Italian singer. She debuted in 1966 and remained most successful commercially for the rest of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Having suffered a decline in popularity in the following decade, she experienced a career revival in mid-late 1990s and reinstated her position on Italian music charts. Her most popular songs include "La bambola" (1968), "Pazza idea" (1973), "Pensiero stupendo" (1978), and "...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" (1997). She scored fourteen top 10 albums and twelve top 10 singles in her native Italy. Pravo participated at the Sanremo Music Festival ten times, most recently in 2019, and has won three critics' awards. She also performed twelve times at the Festivalbar.
"Ne me quitte pas" is a 1959 song by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages. A well-known adaptation, with English lyrics by Rod McKuen, is "If You Go Away".
Dennis "Danny" de Munk is a Dutch actor, singer, musical actor and former child star.
Josina van de Wijdeven, known as José Hoebee, is a Dutch pop singer. She was a member of Luv', a famous Dutch girl group in the late 1970s and early 1980s that scored hits in more than 15 countries. In late 1981, she went solo and was successful in her homeland and in the Flanders region of Belgium between 1982 and 1985. She formed a duo known as Bonnie & José with Bonnie St. Claire to record Dutch cover versions of ABBA's songs.
U.O.Me is the third single by the Dutch girl group Luv', released in early 1978 by Philips Records. It appears on the 1978 debut album, With Luv' and is considered as Luv's real breakthrough in Benelux. This record is also credited as U.O.Me , U.O.Me or U.O.Me .
Gerrit den Braber was born in Rotterdam and was a Dutch songwriter and lyricist.
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 bambola" is an Italian pop song written by Franco Migliacci, Bruno Zambrini and Ruggero Cini, and performed by Patty Pravo. The song had been previously refused by several artists, including Gianni Morandi, Little Tony, Gigliola Cinquetti, Caterina Caselli and The Rokes.
"Pensiero stupendo" is a song written by Ivano Fossati (lyrics) and Oscar Prudente (music), and performed by Patty Pravo.
"Autostop" is a 1979 Italian-language song performed by Patty Pravo, written by her then-husband Paul Jeffery, Maurizio Monti, and Pravo herself under her birth name Nicoletta Strambelli. It was released as the only single from Pravo's 1979 LP Munich Album, with English-language songs "New York" and "Cry, Cry, Gotta Worry" as the B-sides in Italy and Germany, respectively. The single was a moderate chart success in Italy.
Pazza idea is a studio album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 1973 by RCA Italiana.
Ermal Meta is an Italian singer and songwriter.
"...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" is a 1997 song performed by Italian singer Patty Pravo. It was composed by Roberto Ferri and Gaetano Curreri, with lyrics written by Vasco Rossi.
Bye Bye Patty is the first live album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 1997 by Epic Records.
Una donna da sognare is a studio album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 2000 by Sony Music.
Ronell Langston Plasschaert, known professionally as Ronnie Flex, is a Dutch hip hop performer and rapper.
Mai una signora is a studio album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 1974 by RCA Italiana.
Oltre l'Eden... is a studio album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 1989 by Fonit Cetra.
