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Le Jour Où La Pluie Viendra
"The Day the Rains Came" or "Am Tag als der Regen kam" or "La pioggia cadrà" is an adaptation of the French song "Le Jour où la pluie viendra". The latter is a Popular music, popular song released in 1957, composed and written by Gilbert Bécaud and Pierre Delanoë. Bécaud's version reached number 3 in Wallonia, in a tandem ranking, and number 20 in Flanders. In the United Kingdom, an English language version by Jane Morgan went to number one for a week in 1959. That version also reached number 4 in Canada and number 7 in Norway. In the US, Raymond Lefèvre was the first to release the song, but as instrumental under the English title. The song made number 14 on the ''Billboard chart, Billboard'' Honor Roll of Hits and number 17 on the Cashbox (magazine), Cash Box chart, while Lefèvre's and Morgan's versions were marked as bestsellers on both charts. Dalida's French language original was released in US under the English title. "The Day the Rains Came" also reached number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Bécaud
François Gilbert Léopold Silly (24 October 1927 – 18 December 2001), known professionally as Gilbert Bécaud (), was a French singer, composer, pianist and actor, known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances. His best-known hits are " Nathalie" and "Et maintenant", a 1961 release that became an English language hit as " What Now My Love". He remained a popular artist for nearly fifty years, identifiable in his dark blue suits, with a white shirt and "lucky tie"; blue with white polka dots. When asked to explain his gift he said, "A flower doesn't understand botany." His favourite venue was the Paris Olympia under the management of Bruno Coquatrix. He debuted there in 1954 and headlined in 1955, attracting 6,000 on his first night, three times the capacity. On 13 November 1997, Bécaud was present for the re-opening of the venue after its reconstruction. Biography Born in Toulon, France, Bécaud learned to play the piano at a young age, and then went to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheet Music
Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece. Like its analogs – printed Book, books or Pamphlet, pamphlets in English, Arabic, or other languages – the medium of sheet music typically is paper (or, in earlier centuries, papyrus or parchment). However, access to musical notation since the 1980s has included the presentation of musical notation on computer screens and the development of scorewriter Computer program, computer programs that can notate a song or piece electronically, and, in some cases, "play back" the notated music using a synthesizer or virtual instrumentation, virtual instruments. The use of the term "sheet" is intended to differentiate written or printed forms of music from sound recordings (on vinyl record, compact cassette, cassette, Compact disc, CD), radio or Television broadcasting, TV broadcasts or recorded live perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Singles
Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricket), dismissed for having handled the ball, in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is released in Japan. * January 20 ** Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (captured from Egypt on October 29, 1956). * January 26 – The Ibirapuera Planetarium (the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musikmarkt
''Musikmarkt'' was a magazine of the music industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, based in Munich. '' Die Welt'', a German newspaper, described the magazine as the music industry's thermometer. History and profile ''Musikmarkt'' was established by publisher Josef Keller Verlag in 1959. Uwe Lencher served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine for 23 years from 1973 to his death in April 1996. The magazine had its headquarters in Munich. The magazine was started as a bi-monthly publication. Then it was published weekly until 2014 when its frequency was switched to monthly. ''Musikmarkt'' determined the official German charts from its start in 1959 to the 1970s, when Media Control assumed the responsibility. The magazine also contained the weekly Top-100 charts for singles and albums when it was published on a weekly basis. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gondolier (song)
"Gondolier" is a song by the French singer Dalida, first released on an EP in December 1957. It was her second major hit after " Bambino". Reaching No. 1 on both the La Bourse des Chansons chart and the Music Hall chart in France, it was the title song for Dalida's 1958 album ''Gondolier''. The song also reached No. 1 on the Belgian and Canadian charts. Description The song's melody was composed by Peter De Angelis with lyrics by Jean Broussolle. It was released as a promotional single on February 22, 1957, but it received no promotion because of the prolonged success of "Bambino". As the song did not reach its audience, De Angelis and his colleague Bob Marcucci wrote the English language version which gained success in the US and UK in mid-1957. During an interview in 1958, Dalida said, "I heard on radio Petula Clark singing it in English, and I like it very much so I decided to use the song for my Christmas special show." At the end of 1957, Dalida used "Gondolier" as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Am Tag Als Der Regen Kam
"The Day the Rains Came" or "Am Tag als der Regen kam" or "La pioggia cadrà" is an adaptation of the French song "Le Jour où la pluie viendra". The latter is a popular song released in 1957, composed and written by Gilbert Bécaud and Pierre Delanoë. Bécaud's version reached number 3 in Wallonia, in a tandem ranking, and number 20 in Flanders. In the United Kingdom, an English language version by Jane Morgan went to number one for a week in 1959. That version also reached number 4 in Canada and number 7 in Norway. In the US, Raymond Lefèvre was the first to release the song, but as instrumental under the English title. The song made number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Honor Roll of Hits and number 17 on the Cash Box chart, while Lefèvre's and Morgan's versions were marked as bestsellers on both charts. Dalida's French language original was released in US under the English title. "The Day the Rains Came" also reached number 2 on Billboard's sheet music chart. There have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germana Caroli
Germana Caroli (born Germana Mazzetti, 18 August 1931 – 7 January 2024) was an Italian singer, mainly active in the 1950s. Life and career Born in Bologna on 18 August 1931, Caroli was noted by the composer and conductor while she was performing a song in a night club of her hometown. After studying singing, diction and acting, Caroli was entered into the Orchestra Fenati as vocalist, and with them she got a large success with the song "Ehi, tu" (1954), which subsequently launched her solo career.Enzo Giannelli. "Caroli, Germana". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990-2013. Caroli had the peak of her career between the late 1950s and the early 1960s, when she participated to the most important Italian musical events of the time, including Canzonissima, Festival di Napoli and the tenth edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. Caroli died on 7 January 2024, at the age of 92. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilla Pizzi
Adionilla Pizzi (; 16 April 1919 – 12 March 2011), known by her stage name Nilla Pizzi, was an Italian singer and actress. Born in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, she was particularly famous in Italy during the 1950s and 1960s. She is well known for winning the first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1951, singing "". In addition, the following year (1952), she finished first, second, and third with "", "", and "" respectively; a presently unbeaten record. Through her Sanremo performance career, she presented a total of thirty-one songs, as well as participating three more times as a guest and once as a presenter. Endowed with a charismatic, warm voice, she is considered the most successful Sanremo singer of all time. Life and career Early life and career beginnings Adionilla Pizzi was the daughter of Angelo, a farmer also responsible for municipal road maintenance, and Maria, a tailor and seamstress. She had two younger sisters. She was first employed in tailoring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Traversi
Anita Traversi (25 July 1937 – 25 September 1991) was a Swiss singer, best known for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1960 and 1964. Early career Born in Giubiasco, Traversi was encouraged by her father, a musician, and started singing with an orchestra in the mid-1950s, including with the orchestra of the Italian language Swiss radio channel. In 1956, she took part in the Swiss selection for the first Eurovision Song Contest, but "Bandanelle Ticinese" was not chosen. The same year she was a member of the Quintetta Radiosa, who sung the backing vocals for both of Lys Assia's entries, including the winner "Refrain". In 1959, Traversi obtained a recording contract in Italy, and went on to record a number of songs with Adriano Celentano, including the top 10 hit "Piccola". Anita Traversi represented Switzerland at several Song Festivals in the world with great success, as the Sopot International Song Festival (Poland), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), " Golden Orpheus" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Curtis
Roberta Corti (21 March 1936 – 15 June 2006), better known by her stage name Betty Curtis, was an Italian singer active from 1957 to 2004. Curtis grew up in the Zone 8 of Milan's borough Cagnola. She started singing in night clubs at an early age and was discovered by Teddy Reno in 1958. Her debut single was a rendition of With All My Heart performed with the Franco Pisano Orchestra. Curtis' song "Al di là", performed together with Luciano Tajoli, won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1961. Betty Curtis Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest, represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in Eurovision Song Contest 1961, 1961 with her San Remo winning song, which tied for fifth in Cannes.http://www.eurofestival.com/anno_2009.asp?anno=1961 . In 1965 she returned to Sanremo with "Invece no". Curtis's version of "Chariot" (I Will Follow Him) was used in the soundtrack of Martin Scorsese's film ''Goodfellas'' (1990). Discography Albums *1959: ''Lontano da te... lontano dal mare'' (C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Bertola
Jean Bertola (1922, La Roche-sur-Foron – 1989) was a French pianist, composer, singer, music arranger and artistic director. A talented pianist, he worked in a Lyon radio station putting music to texts sent by listeners. He later started arranging for many renowned artists including Charles Aznavour in his début. He won the disc prize in 1957. After a career in singing melodies, he became artistic director with the French label Polydor. A singer songwriter, he became close and artistic secretary for Georges Brassens Georges Charles Brassens (; ; 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. As an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his elegant songs with their harmonically complex music for voice and guitar and ... and backup vocalist on some of Brassens' albums in the 1970s. He released his own album ''Dernières chansons'' in 1982, with text and music from Brassens, and a second album in 1985 titled ''Le Patrimoine de Brassen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
