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| Salma ya Salama | ||||
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| Released | March 1977 | |||
| Recorded | July 1976 | |||
| Genre | World music, pop, adult contemporary | |||
| Label | Orlando International Shows, Sonopresse | |||
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Salma ya salama is a studio album released by French singer Dalida in March 1977. To promote the album, Dalida gave several live performances in Europe, the Middle East and in the Arab world.
"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.
"Génération 78" is a song by French singer Dalida featuring French singer Bruno Guillain. It's 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.
Loin de moi is Dalida's ninth album. This album represents Dalida's slow shift from her exotica style to a more pop-rock genre. This album, not as successful as the previous, contains hits like "Avec une poignée de terre" and "Nuits d'Espagne".
Il Silenzio is an album by Dalida. It marked her comeback to a more successful career. It contains her success "Il Silenzio ", "Scandale dans la famille" and the Greek flavoured "La danse de Zorba".
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.
Julien is a studio album of songs by Dalida recorded and released in 1973.
Olympia 74 is an album of songs by Dalida recorded live at the Olympia in Paris and released in 1974.
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.
Dédié à toi is a French studio album released by Dalida in 1979.
Palais des Sports 80 is a live double album by Dalida, recorded live at the Palais des Sports in Paris in January 1980.
Special Dalida is a French studio album released by Dalida at the start of 1982.
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
"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.
"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.
