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"Donna the Prima Donna" is a song written by Dion DiMucci and Ernie Maresca and performed by Dion. It reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 , [ 1 ] No. 9 on the Cash Box Top 100, [ 2 ] and No. 17 on Billboard ' s R&B chart in 1963, [ 1 ] while reaching No. 17 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade , [ 3 ] and No. 2 in Hong Kong . [ 4 ]
Diamandis first came up with the title for the track in July 2011. [3] Recorded in October 2011, "Primadonna" was the last song to be recorded for the initial release of Electra Heart and, in her words, "picked itself as the first single off the album."
"Prima Donna" is a song by British rock band Uriah Heep from their eighth studio album Return to Fantasy (1975), released as the first single from the album. The song was written by David Byron , Mick Box , Lee Kerslake and Ken Hensley .
In 2014, Detroit independently released a compilation of the original demos recorded for the album. The 15 tracks comprise the demos for 9 of the 13 album tracks, demos for 4 B-sides, and two unreleased songs: "Second Class Citizen" and "Love and Destruction". The version of "Prima Donna" is an extended version with additional lyrics. Track listing
With Love's a Prima Donna, Harley has decided to undertake the tattered and worn idea of a concept LP - but don't fear, the kid pulls it off in grande musical style." [ 26 ] Henry McNulty of the Hartford Courant wrote, "Steve Harley and his band combine three separate trends in British rock: artiness of the Roxy-Bowie school, lyrical complexity ...
Prima donna clipper ship card. In opera or commedia dell'arte, a prima donna (Italian: [ˈpriːma ˈdɔnna]; Italian for 'first lady'; pl.: prime donne) is the leading female singer in the company, the person to whom the prime roles would be given. Prime donne often had grand off-stage personalities and were seen as demanding of their ...
Tunes like "Judy Teen" and "Love's a Prima Donna" may have been poppy enough to sail into the English singles charts, but they also boasted unconventional instrumentation and poetic lyrics with lots of surreal, Bob Dylan-esque wordplay. The result was a string of intelligent yet catchy singles, all of which are compiled on this collection.
"Love Enough for Two" was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in English by Prima Donna. The song is uptempo and about the love between two people. It was the second of two UK Eurovision entries written by Stephanie de Sykes and Stuart Slater.