Gigliola Cinquetti

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gigliola Cinquetti, 1966

Gigliola Cinquetti ( [dʒiˈʎːɔla tʃiŋˈkwetːi] ; born December 20, 1947 in Verona ) is an Italian singer. She took part in the Sanremo Festival twelve times , winning twice, nine times in the Canzonissima competition , which she won once, three times in Un disco per l'estate and twice in the Eurovision Song Contest , which she won in 1964 as the first Italian participant.

Career

Cinquetti began her career at the age of 15 when she entered and won two songs (including Le strade di notte by Giorgio Gaber ) at the Castrocaro Music Festival. Her first single was Penso alle cose perdute at the end of 1963 . With the song Non ho l'età (per amarti) by Mario Panzeri, Nisa and Gene Colonnello, Cinquetti then presented himself at the Sanremo Festival in 1964 (together with Patricia Carli ) and won the competition. Shortly afterwards she was able to win the Eurovision Song Contest with the song . This was followed by other singles such as Il primo bacio che darò or Caro come te and in 1965 the singer presented Ho bisogno di vederti in Sanremo . She also sang songs by Georges Brassens and Enzo Jannacci . Her singles in German were also very successful. The German version of Non ho l'età bears the misleading Italian title Luna nel blu . Between 1964 and 1966, her recordings appeared in Germany on the Italia label .

In about the same period, she starred in a handful of music-centric feature films in which the black-haired, little singer played mostly tender, morally impeccable and family-focused fiancés. Some television works are also in Cinquetti's catalog raisonné.

She was able to repeat her victory in Sanremo in 1966 with Dio, come ti amo (together with Domenico Modugno ). The following year, their single La rosa nera was successful. After Cinquetti's contribution Sera performed poorly after the Sanremo Festival in 1968 , her songwriters switched to more catchy, lower-level songs, including La pioggia ( Sanremo 1969 ) or Il treno dell'amore . But the singer wanted to break away from her clichéd role and worked with Maurice Chevalier for a French album as early as 1969 ; In 1971 and 1972 she released two albums, Cantando con gli amici and Su e giù per le montagne , which made northern Italian folk music known in the south of the country; Stasera ballo liscio from 1973 contained light dance music.

With Alle porte del sole , Cinquetti won the Canzonissima competition in 1973 , and was successful a second time at European level in 1974 when she took second place behind ABBA with Sì (“Yes”) in the Eurovision Song Contest . The broadcast of Cinquetti's performance was censored in Italy, however, in order not to influence the ongoing referendum on the introduction of divorce. The song was then also successful in the UK under the title Go (Before You Break My Heart) .

With the album Pensieri di donna in 1978 Cinquetti presented herself as a mature woman with feminist traits who had finally outgrown her role , but could not achieve any success. She then switched her activities to television for a few years until she returned to the Sanremo Festival in 1985 and again in 1989 . In 1991 she moderated the Eurovision Song Contest in Rome with Toto Cutugno , and in 1995 she was among the participants of the Sanremo Festival for the last time. After disappointing sales, she retired to television.

In 2014 she published the autobiographical book In viaggio con lei . The following year, a new album was released on December 20th for the singer's birthday.

Discography

Albums (Italy)

  • 1964 - Gigliola Cinquetti (CGD)
  • 1967 - La rosa nera (CGD)
  • 1967 - Gigliola per i più piccini (CGD)
  • 1968 - Gigliola Cinquetti e il trio Los Panchos in Messico (CBS)
  • 1969 - Il treno dell'amore (CGD)
year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT DE DE UK UK
1971 Cantando con gli amici IT7 (13 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
1972 Io le canto so IT19 (4 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
1973 Stasera ballo liscio IT3 (24 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
  • 1972 - Su e giù per le montagne (CGD)
  • 1974 - Gigliola Cinquetti (CGD)
  • 1975 - Gigliola e la banda (CGD)
  • 1978 - Pensieri di donna (CGD)
  • 1982 - Il Portoballo (CGD)
  • 1991 - Tuttintorno (Dischi Ricordi)
  • 1995 - Giovane vecchio cuore (Mercury Records)
  • 2015 - December 20 (Lela)

Singles (selection)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT DE DE UK UK
1964 Non ho l'età (per amarti)
Gigliola Cinquetti 		IT1 (18 weeks)
IT 		DE3 (6 weeks)
DE 		UK17 (17 weeks)
UK
CGD
winning contribution to the Sanremo Festival 1964
winning contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 1964
The primo bacio che darò
Gigliola Cinquetti 		IT11 (2 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
German version: I don't want to know who you are
Oh why - DE31 (3 weeks)
DE 		-
Italia
1965 Ho bisogno di vederti
La rosa nera 		IT7 (4 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
contribution to the Sanremo Festival 1965
German version: I always have to think of you
1966 Dio, come ti amo IT5 (9 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
(in the version by Domenico Modugno in 1st place )
Winner's contribution to the Sanremo Festival 1966
1967 La rosa nera
La rosa nera 		IT5 (16 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
1969 La pioggia
Il treno dell'amore 		IT2 (15 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
contribution to the Sanremo Festival 1969
Il treno dell'amore
Il treno dell'amore 		IT25 (1 week)
IT 		- -
CGD
1970 Romantico blues IT14 (7 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
contribution to the Sanremo Festival 1970
1971 La domenica andando alla messa
Cantando con gli amici 		IT25 (1 week)
IT 		- -
CGD
Rose nel buio IT9 (10 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
contribution to the Sanremo Festival 1971
Qui comando io IT13 (7 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
1972 Gira l'amore IT10 (14 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
contribution to the Sanremo Festival 1972
German version: Simsalabim
1973 La spagnola
Stasera ballo liscio 		IT20 (3 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
1974 All porte del sole
L'edera e altre fantasy 		IT1 (16 weeks)
IT 		- -
CGD
winning contribution to Canzonissima 1973
German version: On the road of the sun
Go (Before You Break My Heart) - - UK8 (10 weeks)
UK
CBS
English version of Sì
Sì
L'edera e altre fantasie / On the road of the sun 		- DE13 (13 weeks)
DE 		-
CGD / CBS
contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Yes
on the road of the sun 		- DE45 (1 week)
DE 		-
CBS
German version of Sì
1985 Chiamalo amore IT14 (5 weeks)
IT 		- -
Baby Records
contribution to the 1985 Sanremo Festival

Filmography

  • 1964: Canzoni, bulli e pupe
  • 1965: Questi pazzi, pazzi italiani
  • 1966: Testa di rapa
  • 1966: Dio, come ti amo
  • 1968: Il professor Matusa ei suoi hippies
  • 2001: The Crusaders 4 - The robe of Jesus (I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa)

bibliography

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d Enrico Deregibus (Ed.): Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana . Giunti Editore, Milan 2006, ISBN 978-88-09-75625-0 , Gigliola Cinquetti, p. 115 f .
  2. ↑ Enrico Lancia, Gigliola Cinquetti article , in: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario des Cinema Italiano. Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, Rome 1999. pp. 80/81
  3. ↑ a b chart sources:
personal data
SURNAME Cinquetti, Gigliola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Verona