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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. During the festival, following the elimination of his song performed with his partner Dalida, singer-songwriter Luigi Tenco committed suicide. [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.
The Zecchino d'Oro International Festival of Children's Song has been held every year since 1959, first as a national (Italian) event, and after 1976 as an international one. The 1964 songs were recorded for an LP titled The Little Dancing Chicken, (an English translation of "Il Pulcino Ballerino", the award-winning song that year). The LP was ...
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.
Cuore matto... matto da legare (Italian for Mad heart... mad as a hatter) is a 1967 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Mario Amendola. It is named after the Little Tony 's hit song " Cuore matto ".
Verdi was the composer of the Italian Risorgimento, the movement to unify Italy in the 19th century. Later in the century is also the time of the early career of Giacomo Puccini, perhaps the greatest composer of pure melody in the history of Italian music. Frontispiece from the score of Cavalleria rusticana, a masterpiece of Italian Verismo ...
Italian term Literal translation Definition Lacuna: gap: A silent pause in a piece of music Ossia: from o ("or") + sia ("that it be") A secondary passage of music which may be played in place of the original Ostinato: stubborn, obstinate: A repeated motif or phrase in a piece of music Pensato: thought out: A composed imaginary note Ritornello ...
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.