Tintarella di luna (song)

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"Tintarella di luna"
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Single by Mina
from the album Tintarella di luna
Language Italian
B-side "Mai"
ReleasedSeptember 1959 (1959-09) [1]
Genre
Length3:00
Label Italdisc
Composer(s) Bruno De Filippi
Lyricist(s) Franco Migliacci
Mina singles chronology
"T'ho vista piangere"
(1959)		"Tintarella di luna"
(1959)		"Te vulevo scurdà"
(1959)

"Tintarella di luna" is a song recorded by Italian singer Mina. It was written by Bruno De Filippi and Franco Migliacci. The song became the first major hit for the singer. In Italy the song became number three in the chart, and its sales exceeded 200,000 copies. [3]

Contents

Later in 1960, the song was included on Mina's debut studio album of the same name. [4] Mina also recorded a French version called "Un petit claire de lune". [5]

"Tintarella di luna" was also performed in the 1960 musicarello Howlers in the Dock , in which Mina played. [2]

The song "Mai" was used as the b-side. It was written by Arturo Casadei, Aldo Locatelli, Silvana Simoni, and Aldo Valleroni. This song was not included in any studio album by Mina.

Charts

Chart performance for "Tintarella di luna"
Chart (1959–60)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [6] 47
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [7] 3

Cover versions

The song has been covered in Italian, French, Spanish or Portuguese by many artists, including Dalida, Celly Campello, Bob Azzam, and Os Mutantes.

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References

  1. ↑ "Tintarella di luna/Mai". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Ruggeri, Roberto (1990). "Mina". In Castaldo, Gino (ed.). Dizionario della Canzone Italiana L-Z (in Italian). Rome: Armando Curcio Editore. p. 510. ISBN   88-9750-877-4.
  3. ↑ "International" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. 22, no. 12. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. 3 December 1960. p. 49. ISSN   0008-7289.
  4. ↑ "Tintarella di luna". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  5. ↑ " Un petit claire de lune " at Discogs. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Mina – Tintarella di luna" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). pp. 306–308. ISBN   9781093264906.
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