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Les Enfants du Pirée

1960 single by Dalida From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Les Enfants du Pirée" ("The Children of Piraeus") is a French song by singer Dalida, first released on EP in June 1960. It was a big international summer hit and remained one of major successes of her career. The song comes from the Greek movie Never on Sunday (Pote tin Kyriaki), nominated for 8 Oscars and won an Oscar for the music of Manos Hadjidakis, sung by Melina Mercouri who starred in the movie along Jules Dassin.

ReleasedJune 1960 (1960-06)
RecordedJune 2, 1960
StudioHoche
Quick facts Single by Dalida, from the album ...
"Les Enfants du Pirée"
Cover of EP
Single by Dalida
from the album Les Enfants du Pirée
ReleasedJune 1960 (1960-06)
RecordedJune 2, 1960
StudioHoche
Genre
Length2:34
LabelBarclay
ComposerManos Hadjidakis
LyricistJacques Larue
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It is also the title song of her eponymous album, the first one to be released in the 1960s.

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Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[1] 2
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[1] 1
Canada (BAnQ)[2] 2
France (Bourse des chansons)[3] 1
France (Music Hall Charts)[4] 1
Italy[5] 2
Netherlands[1] 2
Spain[6] 1
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