"Zingara" | ||||
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Single by Bobby Solo | ||||
from the album Il Meglio Di Bobby Solo | ||||
B-side | "Piccola ragazza triste" | |||
Released | February 1969 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Ricordi | |||
Songwriter(s) | Enrico Riccardi and Luigi Albertelli | |||
Bobby Solo singles chronology | ||||
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"Zingara" (Italian for Gypsy woman) is a song composed by Enrico Riccardi and Luigi Albertelli. The song won the nineteenth edition of the Sanremo Music Festival 1969, with a double performance by Bobby Solo and Iva Zanicchi. [1] The Solo's version peaked at first place for two weeks on the Italian hit parade. [2]
The song also named a musicarello film with the same name, directed by Mariano Laurenti and starred by the same Bobby Solo and by Loretta Goggi. [3]
Chart (1969) | Peak position |
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Argentina (CAPIF) [4] | 4 |
Brazil (IBOPE) [5] | 1 |
Italy (Musica e dischi) [6] | 1 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] | 7 |
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