"L'immensità" (in English: ''Immensity'') is an Italian song, which was first performed by

Johnny Dorelli Johnny Dorelli (real name Giorgio Guidi; born 20 February 1937) is an Italian actor, singer and television host. Early life Dorelli was born in Meda, Italy. In 1946 he moved to New York City with his family, where his father, Nino D'Aurelio ...

and

Don Backy Don Backy (real name Aldo Caponi; born 21 August 1939) is an Italian singer, songwriter and actor. He collaborated with Sofia Rotaru for "Grey Bird" – Ukrainian version of Italian song "L'immensità"— "Сизокрилий птах". Selecte ...

(the songs were sung by two artists) in 1967 and became 9th at the Sanremo Song Contest. This is one Johnny Dorelli's signature songs, entering for several weeks in the Italian charts.

L'immensità/Soltanto Il Sottoscritto

inserted Song in 1967 45s ''L'immensità/Soltanto Il Sottoscritto'' and in 1967 33s ''L'Immensità''."''Soltanto Il Sottoscritto"'' is a

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song, written by the same

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The song was later covered by a number of artists. * Clara Nunes – Brazil version in

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as ''A Imensidão'' included in the 1967 7", EP ''Clara Nunes''. *

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- Italian version performed at the '' Sabato Sera'' series of grand variety shows and released on the LP '' Sabato sera - Studio Uno '67''; Spanish version "La inmensidad" released in Spain and Latin American countries. *

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Sofia Rotaru Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru (born 7 August 1947), known as Sofia Rotaru ( uk, Софія Михайлівна Ротару ; russian: link=no, Софи́я Миха́йловна Рота́ру; ro, Sofia Rotaru), is a former Ukrainia ...

twice: in Italian and in

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as "Grey Bird".'' Visit to Ukraine with Sophia Rotaru''. Stereo LP. APON-2669. 1975 The Ukrainian version became part of the 1971 movie ''Chervona Ruta'' and was released in the 2003 LP album '' Yedinomu'' in the remastered version. *

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– version in Bulgarian as ''В безкрайността'' included in the 1969 LP album ''Camino''. *

Francesco Renga Pierfrancesco Renga (born 12 June 1968 in Udine, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 2005 with the song ''Angelo''. In 2001 he won the Mia Martini critics award at Sanremo Festival. He also took part in ...

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- version in

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titled "Inmensidad", included in the 2000 album ''Minage''. * The Flemish singer

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, sang a cover of this piece, in Italian language (2014) *Italian trio

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at Sanremo Music Festival 2015

References

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