Gilda (Italian singer)

Gilda (born May 31, 1950 in Masserano , Biella province , as Rosangela Scalabrino ) is an Italian musician.

Career

Already at the age of 14 Gilda made a name for herself as a singer in the vicinity of her home town. While she was studying medicine in Turin, she tried her luck in the Milanese music scene and in 1969 recorded her first own single Nu ferru de calzetta . After another single, she submitted the song Ragazza del Sud for the Sanremo Festival in 1974 , but was not approved. At the 1975 Sanremo Festival , she tried the same song again and not only made it through the preselection, but unexpectedly won it. In 1976 Gilda's debut album Bolle di sapone was released .

After the album was released, the musician soon withdrew from the public. In Turin she took over the management of an inn. It was only in later years that she returned to music and appeared publicly on various occasions, for example at the Orchidee del Principato festival in her home town of Masserano in 2017 .

Discography

Albums

1976 - Bolle di sapone (Radio Records, RR 5300 161)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	Title album	IT	Remarks
1975	Ragazza del Sud	IT20 (2 weeks) IT	B-side: Nina la bionda Sides Records, 5003 003

1969 - Nu ferru de calzetta / Tu chi parti e vai luntanu (Sun SUA 3015)
1972 - Far tacere il cuore / La ragazza dell'estate (City, C 6263)
1980 - Canto di una notte sull'Aspromonte / Revival (Radio Records, ZBRR 7198)

Web links

Gilda at Discogs (English)

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b Matteo Pria: Gilda, la "Ragazza del sud" non ha smesso di cantare. In: LaStampa.it . GEDI, February 5, 2019, accessed on July 18, 2019 (Italian).
↑ Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Singoli 1960-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-326490-6 , pp. 226 .
↑ Nu ferru de calzetta / Tu chi parti e vai luntanu. In: Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana. Retrieved July 18, 2019 (Italian).
^ Far tacere il cuore / La ragazza dell'estate. In: Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana. Retrieved July 18, 2019 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Gilda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Scalabrino, Rosangela (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian musician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 31, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Masserano , Province of Biella

[pria-1] Matteo Pria: Gilda, la "Ragazza del sud" non ha smesso di cantare. In: LaStampa.it . GEDI, February 5, 2019, accessed on July 18, 2019 (Italian).

[2] Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Singoli 1960-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-326490-6 , pp. 226 .

[3] Nu ferru de calzetta / Tu chi parti e vai luntanu. In: Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana. Retrieved July 18, 2019 (Italian).

[4] Far tacere il cuore / La ragazza dell'estate. In: Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana. Retrieved July 18, 2019 (Italian).