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" | |||
| Released | February 1969 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Ricordi | |||
| Songwriters | 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]
Connie Francis, a former contestant in the Sanremo Music Festival herself, recorded the song with English lyrics and released it as a single in 1969 under MGM.[4] It was her 3rd non-charting single of the decade, and after its lackluster performance in the markets, she decided not to renew her contract with MGM, when the records company was taken over by Polydor.[5]
