Zingara (song)

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"Zingara"
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Single by Bobby Solo
from the album Il Meglio Di Bobby Solo
B-side "Piccola ragazza triste"
ReleasedFebruary 1969
Genre Pop
Label Ricordi
Songwriter(s) Enrico Riccardi and Luigi Albertelli
Bobby Solo singles chronology
"Amore mi manchi"
(1969)
"Zingara"
(1969)
"Domenica d'agosto"
(1969)

"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]

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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]

Charts

Chart (1969)Peak

position

Argentina (CAPIF) [4] 4
Brazil (IBOPE) [5] 1
Italy (Musica e dischi) [6] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] 7

Track listing

Bobby Solo Version

7" single – SRL 10-527
  1. "Zingara" (Enrico Riccardi, Luigi Albertelli)
  2. "Piccola ragazza triste" (Cesare Gigli, Gianni Sanjust, Capuano, Bobby Solo)

Iva Zanicchi Version

7" single – REN NP 16327
  1. "Zingara" (Enrico Riccardi, Luigi Albertelli)
  2. "Io Sogno" (Salvatore Vinciguerra)

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References

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  2. Dario Salvatori (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN   8876054391.
  3. Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN   8884405033.
  4. "Billboard (4/26/69)" (PDF).
  5. "Billboard (4/12/69)" (PDF).
  6. "Hit Parade Italia".
  7. "Hit Parade Schweiz".