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[1] [2] Villa was thus selected to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, with "Non andare più lontano". Following the festival, the biggest success and most popular song was " Cuore matto " by Little Tony , which sold 6 million copies and was the no.1 hit for nine consecutive weeks in the Italian hit parade.
Kuroneko no Tango" (Japanese: 黒ネコのタンゴ "Black Cat Tango"; [1] originally Italian: Volevo un gatto nero "I wanted a black cat") is a tango song recorded in 1969 by young children in Italy and Japan. The original Italian version came last in the Zecchino d'Oro competition on 11 March 1969.
The song premiered at the 22th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, where it was eliminated. The song, however, proved successful in Spain and Latin America . Carlos also recorded the song in Spanish.
Peppino Gagliardi (25 May 1940 – 9 August 2023) was an Italian singer who was best known for his musical hits titled “Che Vuole Questa Musica Stasera” and “Come le Viole” which have been featured in many films and have remained popular in Italy. His music remains popular throughout Italy, most notably in Rome. [1]
"Cuore matto" (transl. "Crazy Heart") is a song composed by Armando Ambrosino and Totò Savio, and performed by Little Tony. The song premiered at the seventeenth Sanremo Music Festival, in which Little Tony presented the song in couple with Mario Zelinotti. [1] The single peaked at first place for nine consecutive weeks on the Italian hit parade.
"Mattinata" (Italian pronunciation: [mattiˈnaːta]; English: "Morning") was the first song ever written expressly for the Gramophone Company (the present day EMI). Composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo in 1904, it was dedicated to Enrico Caruso, who was the first to record it in April, 1904 with the composer at the piano. Ever since, the piece has ...
The relatively recent history of Italy includes the development of an opera tradition that has spread throughout the world; prior to the development of Italian identity or a unified Italian state, the Italian peninsula contributed to important innovations in music including the development of musical notation and Gregorian chant.
In the second half of the 1960s Savio started composing songs, getting his first hit in 1967, Little Tony's "Cuore matto". In 1973 he co-founded the comedy group Squallor, serving as composer and also occasionally performing as a singer.