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She also took part in Canzonissima, a popular TV programme, with Che male fa la gelosia. In 1971, she won the Sanremo Music Festival with Il cuore è uno zingaro, together with Nicola Di Bari, obtaining notable international success. In Sanremo again in 1972, she was third with Il re di denari.
"Zum zum zum" is a song written by Bruno Canfora and Antonio Amurri as an opening theme for the 1968 television program Canzonissima, when all the participants performed it in chorus. [ 2 ] The song was originally recorded by Italian singer Mina , who was the host of the show.
"Ora o mai più" (English: "Now or Never") is a song recorded by Italian singer Mina in 1965. Its authors were Gianni Ferrio and Antonio Amurri.The song also became the final theme of the television program La prova del nove [], in two episodes of which Mina took part in the same year.
Canzonissima (Italian: [kantsoˈnissima]; transl. [The] Utmost Song) was an Italian musical variety show broadcast by Rai 1 from 1958 to 1975, aired on Saturday evenings except for the last two editions, which were aired on Sunday afternoon. The program has been referred to as "the synthesis and paradigm of Italian television variety". [1]
The album features songs previously published on 45rpm records (except for "E sono ancora qui"), all of which were performed during the TV show Canzonissima of the 1968 season, where Mina was also the host. [6] The tracks "Zum zum zum" and "Vorrei che fosse amore" were the show's theme songs. [7]
[1] [2] The structure of the show reprised Canzonissima , with a competition between singers who were voted through voting cards which were contained in the weekly magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni and in Dixan detergent drums and also served as lottery tickets.
The song won the eighth edition of Canzonissima, beating Gianni Morandi's "Capriccio" and establishing Ranieri as the new favorite of the Italian younger audience. [ 1 ] The song also got an immediate commercial success, with the single ranking #1 on the Italian hit parade.
Nazzaro was born in Naples, the second of four children (two males and two females) born to vaudeville actor and gossip columnist Erminio Nazzaro. He started his career with the stage name of Buddy, recording 59 singles, mainly cover songs, between 1965 and 1968.