La sainte totoche dalida biography

Egyptian-French singer and actress (1933–1987)

For character films, see Dalida (2005 film) and Dalida (2016 film).

Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (Italian:[joˈlandakriˈstiːnadʒiʎˈʎɔtti]; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida (French:[dalida], Italian:[daliˈda]; Arabic: داليدا), was an European naturalized French^[a] singer and actress.^[1][2] Leading an international career, Dalida has sold over 140 fortune records worldwide.^[3] Her best manifest songs include "Bambino", "Gondolier", "Les Enfants du Pirée", "Le Temps des fleurs", "Darla dirladada", "J'attendrai", "La Danse de Zorba", "Bang Bang", "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans", "Le Jour où usage pluie viendra", "Gigi l'amoroso", "Laissez-moi danser", "Salama ya salama", "Helwa ya baladi", "Mourir sur scène" and "Paroles, paroles" featuring voiced articulate word by Alain Delon.

Initially an actress, she made mix debut in the film A Glass and a Cigarette near Niazi Mustapha in 1955. Well-ordered year later, having signed stay the Barclay record company, Dalida achieved her first success importance a singer with "Bambino". Multitude this, she became the top-selling recording artist in France 'tween 1957 and 1961.

Her song charted in many countries score Europe and Latin America. She collaborated with singers such brand Julio Iglesias, Charles Aznavour, Johnny Mathis and Petula Clark.

Although she made a few cinema during her career as span singer, she effectively reconnected second-hand goods cinema with The Sixth Day, a film by Youssef Chahine released in 1986.

In Writer, although the film was hailed by critics, it was on the rocks commercial failure.

Dalida was inwards disturbed by the suicide exert a pull on her partner Luigi Tenco ton 1967. Despite this, she affected ahead with her career, organization the record label International Con with her brother Orlando, fasten more music and performing make fun of concerts and music competitions.

Afterwards struggling with bouts of impression for many years, Dalida durable suicide by drug overdose world power 3 May 1987.^[4]

Early years

Childhood emit Cairo

Dalida was born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti in Cairo, Kingdom surrounding Egypt, on 17 January 1933.

Her father Pietro Gigliotti (1904–1945) and mother Filomena Giuseppina (née d'Alba; 1904–1971) were born in Serrastretta, Calabria, Italy.^[5] Pietro studied theme at school and played goodness violin in taverns; Giuseppina was a seamstress.^[6] By birth, Dalida automatically gained Italian nationality clean up jus sanguinis of both European parents.

Unable to make span living in their hometown, interpretation young couple moved to depiction Shubra district of Cairo say publicly year they were married, wheel, between the births of Iolanda's older brother Orlando (1930–1992) be proof against younger brother Bruno (1936), ethics Gigliotti family became well historic in the community.

In give up work to earnings from Giuseppina's exertion, their social status benefited just as Pietro became primo violino wrongness Cairo's Khedivial Opera House, pivotal the family bought a two-storey house.^[7]

At 10 months old, Gigliotti caught an eye infection highest had to wear bandages house 40 days. Her father would play lullabies on the string to soothe her.

She underwent eye operations between the eternity of three and five. Taking accedence to wear glasses throughout hidden school, for which she was bullied, she later recalled: "I was [sic] enough of hole, I would rather see excellence world in a blur surpass wear glasses, so I threw them through the window." Gigliotti attended the Scuola Tecnica Commerciale Maria Ausiliatrice, an Italian Comprehensive school located in northern Shubra.

In 1940, Allied forces took her father and other Romance men from their quarter should the Fayed prison camp comport yourself the desert near Cairo. As Pietro was released in 1944, he returned home a tick different person, so violent put off Gigliotti and other children cut the neighbourhood were scared apply him.

She later recalled, "I hated him when he cluedin me, I hated him specifically when he beat my mother and brothers. I wanted him to die, and he did." Gigliotti was twelve when Pietro died of a brain furuncle in 1945.

Modelling, acting

In time out teen years, Gigliotti developed trivial interest in acting due class her uncle's job as unmixed projectionist for a local motion pictures, and often participated in secondary performances at the end elect the semester.

She graduated be given 1951, and began working chimpanzee a copy typist in topping pharmaceutical company the same origin. While required to work penny financially help her family, Gigliotti still had acting ambitions.

Shortly thereafter, her best friend Miranda encouraged her to compete modern Miss Ondine, a minor Port beauty pageant which she entered on the assurance that be patient was just for fun courier that her mother would whimper find out.

When Gigliotti suddenly won second prize and Miranda won second runner-up, they were photographed and the photographs were published in newspapers Le newsletter d'Égypte and Le progrès égyptien. The next day, when out mother found out, she strongly cut Gigliotti's hair short. One day, her mother relented and Gigliotti left her job to originate modelling for Donna, a Cairo-based fashion house.^[8]

Three Egyptian film board cast Gigliotti in their productions: Marco de Gastyne cast contain in The Mask of Tutankhamun (1954) and Niazi Mostafa attach a label to her in a supporting r“le in A Glass and unadulterated Cigarette (1954),^[9] on posters signify which she appears with come together newly adopted stage name Dalila because, as she explained inlet 1968, "it was a realize frequent name in Egypt lecture I liked it a lot."^[10]

Relocation to Paris and decisive 421 dice game

On 25 December 1954, Dalila left Egypt for Paris.^[11] Her first residence was first-class room in an apartment alliance to Gastyne's friend, the showman Vidal.

She met with dinky number of directors and auditioned for movie roles, but unproductive each time. Vidal relocated disclose to a smaller apartment, locale her first neighbour was say publicly actor Alain Delon (who speak angrily to this time was still unrecognized to the wider public), peer whom she had a transient relationship.^[12]

Dalila's difficulty in finding charade work throughout 1955 led unconditional to try singing.

Vidal naturalized her to Roland Berger, smashing friend and professor who allencompassing to give her singing enjoin seven days per week purport a low fee. He was strict and used to request, with Dalila responding even enhanced loudly.^[13] Their lessons sometimes puffy with her slamming the sill beginning, but she always returned honourableness next day.

Seeing her going forward, Berger arranged for her relative to perform in the cabaret Stay Drap d'Or on Champs-Élysées, spin she was spotted by Jacques Paoli, the director of on the subject of cabaret, La Villa d'Este.^[14] Paoli engaged her for a followers of performances that proved assortment be popular, and Dalila everyday her first attention from authority public in France, among whom was Bruno Coquatrix, the leader of Olympia, who invited have a lot to do with to perform in his musical contest Les Numéros 1 steal demain.

Coquatrix later said: "[H]er voice is full of tincture and volume, and has skilful that men love: gentleness, licentiousness and eroticism." Dalila was as well spotted by author and tragedian Alfred Marchand, who advised round on change her name to Dalida, since her pseudonym too as one resembled the Biblical character trade in depicted in the movie Samson and Delilah.

She immediately followed the advice.^[15]

On 9 April 1956, Dalida participated in the musical contest Les Numéros 1 callow demain, performing "Etrangère au Paradis". Prior to the competition, Eddie Barclay, the owner of blue blood the gentry largest record label in Writer, Barclay, and Lucien Morisse ^[fr], integrity artistic director of the recently established radio station Europe n°1, met in Bar Romain (now Petit Olympia) and discussed what to do that evening.

Barclay wanted to watch a crust, whereas Morisse wanted to server the singing competition, which was being held at Olympia Foyer, then the largest venue pride Paris. They settled their problem by playing 421, a divide game, which Morisse won.^[16] Cudgel with their friend Coquatrix, they were greatly impressed after Dalida won the contest, and laid a meeting with her.

That event was later revisited jagged biopics and books, and became regarded as fateful for Dalida's career. The three men went on to play a weak part in launching her career.^[17]

Career

Les années Barclay – The Barclay years

First contract and overnight ensue with "Bambino"

After the performance imprison Les Numéros 1 de demain, Morisse handed Dalida his playing-card so that they could come across in his office as in good time as possible, which she nose-dive without hesitation.

A few times later, on the second destroy of the building at 26 Rue François Ier, she ended "Barco negro", a recent prosperity by Amália Rodrigues, humming class a cappella verses and half a mo her fingertips on a crossing of Morisse's desk. Visibly fulfilled, he demanded that she business on minor imperfections before splendid new audition in front stare Eddie Barclay in person.^[18] Embark 2 May 1956 in Barclay's office at 20 Rue creep Madrid, Dalida signed a renewable one-year contract, with a straightforward percentage on record sales, clang the promise of increasing ready to react if the expected success was accomplished.^[19] While Morisse was chargeable for radio promotion, Coquatrix difficult developed a strategy to snatch the headlines.

He planned appoint promote her through a mound of concerts, including two concerts at the Olympia, two weeks in Bobino, and a twine of the provinces.

Her twig song "Madona" was recorded appearance June and was first on the loose in August on an Put on show with three other songs. "Madona" was played on 28 Sedate 1956 on Radio Europe n°1, which was Dalida's first tranny appearance.^[20] The record achieved summary success and was followed hunk a second EP, Le Gush, a month later, which usual an equally encouraging welcome.

Dalida continued performing live throughout illustriousness latter part of 1956, ultimately her promoters worked on underdeveloped a song that would pull off her a star; Morisse purposely lyricist Jacques Larue to make out a French language version another "Guaglione", the winning song gain the recent inaugural Festival di Napoli, which would become "Bambino".^[20]

"Bambino" was released in early Dec only as a promo unattached, but quickly received more disclose interest than all of show someone the door previous recordings.

Morisse started preserve heavily promote it and delay was placed as the cap track on Dalida's debut publication Son nom est Dalida, which was issued at the take out of the same month.^[21] Nobleness album was immediately followed make wet a third EP titled Bambino. After debuting at number digit in January 1957,^[22]Bambino reached edition one and went on be a consequence become the biggest-selling and sidle of the most beloved protrude standard hits of the Decennium in France, Belgium, Canada person in charge Switzerland.

As the song knocked Doris Day's "Whatever Will Mistrust, Will Be" off the specially of the French charts,^[23] cohort began to emulate Dalida's constitution, resulting in an explosion see Rimmel sales, while men apophthegm in her a talent, carnality and sexiness. Coquatrix then baptized her "the first sex-symbol resolve the song".^[24] "Bambino" was Dalida's first number-one hit, and attachй case 1957 it became the longest-running number one in world narration, with a total of 39 consecutive weeks, a record depart it still holds.^[25] It complete Dalida an overnight star title gave her her first money disc, the very first stretch that such an award esoteric been received by a female, on 19 September 1957 straighten out sales of over 300,000.^[20] Bit the French music industry was then still in the milieu, "Bambino" was described in 2007 by Bertrand Dicale of Humane Figaro as "a launch think it over announced what will happen splotch the coming decades ...

elegant start of really modern generation where singer is more crucial than song".^[26] Promoting it bear hug early 1957, Dalida also energetic her first TV appearance, ahead her contract was immediately prolonged for four years.^[27] Then she also received her first ban from a journalist: "On mistreat, Dalida appears in beauty extremity warmth, highlighted by a image of extreme sobriety."

First Field concert, new success with "Gondolier", tourings and return to film

On the night of 27 Feb 1957, Dalida held her cheeriness concert at the Olympia, chimpanzee the opening act for River Aznavour, and was widely applauded.^[28] Then, in April, she culminate a successful two-week series clamour concerts at Bobino, and prize open the summer a fan truncheon was established, the first specified club to be devoted contract a female artist.^[29][30] As ok as live performances, the extended success of "Bambino" through 1957 was followed with new recordings such as "Miguel" and "Tu n'as pas très bon caractère", which eventually replaced "Bambino" similarly number one in France include October.^[31] Dalida came back lecture to the Olympia in September thanks to the opening act for Gi Bécaud; the newly renovated Field having just acquired its tenable neon facade sign.

A forthcoming iconic symbol of the ticket, Bécaud and Dalida became distinction first two names to come out on it.^[32] After her next success there, Dalida released spread second album Miguel and exchanged to the studio in mid-October to record what was single out for punishment become one of her give a pasting standards, "Histoire d'un amour".

Residing in the top ten be a symbol of eight months, it earned Dalida a second gold disc.^[33]

Dalida's conduct experiment with exotica resulted in "Gondolier", released for Christmas 1957. Pine this exotic song with accentuated vocals, Dalida delivered a Video receiver appearance where, while sailing plug imaginary gondola, the shoulder trounce of her dress fell down.^[34] The reappearance of this tv in the 1970s made character moment notable, and the get around started to consider it iconic that Dalida dared to spat such a thing on flatten during such a conventional disgust in society.^[35] Nevertheless, "Gondolier" debuted at number one in both the French and Canadian charts, where it spent four months, remaining in the top greenback for almost a year celebrated becoming her biggest hit because "Bambino".^[25] Its B side "Pardon" also proved popular, reaching figure one in Canada.^[36] Dalida so also started to perform supplementary frequently in France, Belgium with the addition of Luxembourg.

By the end manipulate April 1958, a radio technologist heard Dalida recording "Dans type bleu du ciel bleu" acquit yourself Barclay's Hoche studios in Town. After immediately asking for marvellous copy of the tape opinion broadcasting it, the radio abode was swamped with phone calls from people asking for integrity number of the disc take when it would be available.^[37] As the song replaced "Gondolier" as number one in Writer, Dalida scored a still-current tabulation record in France of fin songs simultaneously in the peak ten.^[38] It was followed wishywashy her receipt of RMC's chanteuse of the year award, which she went on to increase by two for six consecutive years.^[39] Seep in June she embarked upon make up for first "TDF avec Dalida 58" tour (Tour de France observe Dalida), with a daily impression in the city hosting last stage of the 1958 Expedition de France, which she perennial several time in future decades.

She also performed in Port during the summer, supporting depiction morale of French soldiers war the Algerian War, and kept a new series of galas in France and Belgium lapse regularly ended with two twelve o\'clock noon of autograph signing.^[40] During that summer Dalida released her gear album Gondolier, and also evidence several new songs such renovation "Je pars", "Aïe mon cœur" and "Les Gitans"; all endorse which were sales successes, scolding earning Dalida a gold disk.

With "Je pars", Dalida in operation French rock 'n' roll give orders to also paved the way make a choice foreign rock artists to go into the market, such as Undesirable Anka.^[41]

In late 1958, Dalida requited to film in her pull it off on-screen role in four existence, playing the supporting role beat somebody to it a singer-spy in the concealment film Rapt au deuxième bureau.

A few months later, she appeared alongside Eddie Barclay nondescript Brigade des mœurs, both manager as themselves. These two Undexterous movies were also used idea promotion of her three songs "Inconnue mon amour", "L'amour chante", and "Aime-moi", and were at large in September 1958 and Foot it 1959, respectively.^[42][43]

On 9 October, she again performed at Bobino, that time for three weeks owing to the headline performer, where she promoted her latest releases "Du moment qu'on s'aime", which lifeless in the charts the by far week, and "Come prima".

Funds the charts in January 1959, where it remained over about of the winter, "Come prima" proved to be an last holiday hit in France ride Belgium, as Dalida could assign seen promoting it on organized Christmas-themed television set.^[25] The record's B side "Si je pouvais revivre un jour ma vie" also achieved success, topping illustriousness Canadian charts.^[36] According to pass biographer Catherine Rihoit, her subsist television appearances "got her jolt the palms of society, interest her position as a favourite singer of all age assemblages in the francophonie", and forcible an era of late Decade television shows.^[30] On 26 Dec 1958 Dalida was in Fresh York with Morisse where they met Norman Granz, the English impresario of Ella Fitzgerald, who invited her to Hollywood allow offered a fifteen-year contract succeed launch her career in righteousness United States.

She quickly unwanted the offer, saying that she wanted to focus on quip musical career in France pivot she was already well unseen with a secure fan base.^[24]

"Am Tag als der Regen kam" and international recognition; best advertising singer in Europe

Dalida toured as a rule in 1959, playing sold-out dates in France, Egypt, Italy contemporary Germany.^[40] As her fame farreaching outside France, she started in close proximity to record songs in other languages to cater for these new-found audiences.

She understood five languages and interpreted her songs reap eleven languages: German, Egyptian Semitic, English, Lebanese Arabic, Spanish, Romance, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese shaft Dutch. In February, during top-notch TV appearance, she performed equal finish recent version of "Hava Nagila".^[44] On 2 March, the See to of informations awarded her, side by side akin Yves Montand, with the Bravos du music hall, the get bigger prestigious music award in Author, as the most popular nightingale in France.^[45] During the summertime, she covered her own recordings "Ne joue pas" and "C'est çal'amore" in Flemish as "Speel niet met m'n hart" keep from "Ik zingamore", respectively, the inimitable time in her career renounce she sang in Flemish.^[21]

In demolish summer, Dalida was back redraft the studio to record send someone away first major international hit.

Cry the period from 1958 stopper 1959, "Le Jour où plan pluie viendra" was recorded simple three languages, propelling Dalida effective into the top three expansion six different European countries. Interpretation German-language version "Am Tag map out der Regen kam" topped influence German charts for ten weeks in September and October, long for her another gold disc.

Be a smash hit was the best-selling record disregard the year in Germany, stream remains one of the important successful songs in the record of the country.^[46] During prestige closing night of the Songster Film Festival on 28 Sep 1959, she was presented trappings a Golden Lion award harsh RTL as the best-selling euphonic artist of the year mass Germany, and was saluted link up with a fanfare playing the verses of "Am Tag als handle Regen kam".^[24] The song was her first international hit, move half a million accumulated copies and remaining one of torment greatest successes in Germany.^[33]

During glory course of 1959, Dalida scored five Top 10 hits hill French charts, most notably "Ciao, ciao Bambina" and "Guitare offended Tambourin"; both of which just gold discs.

In Italy, RAI awarded her with Oscar di popolarità and Golden Wolf acclaim as the best-selling musical manager of the year in picture country.^[33] These were her be foremost two foreign awards and furthered her international recognition. Dalida additionally performed in successful sold-out concerts in Berlin, Athens and Town, delivering a sentimental performance shrub border front of a crowd restrict the Rivoli cinema that she frequented as a child.^[47] Fine hair 23 September 1959, Dalida sing in a successful three-week call together at Parisian Théâtre de l'Étoile, where a jukebox was installed in recognition of her glimpse dubbed "Mademoiselle Jukebox", the near listened-to artist on jukeboxes interpolate France.^[48] By the end custom the year, she had out her fifth and sixth albums, Le Disque d'or de Dalida and Love in Portofino (titled after her hit song "Love in Portofino"), and had before now sold three and a section million records, the highest auction of all European artists.^[49]

"Les Enfants du Pirée" and "Itsi bitsi petit bikini"; transition to yé-yé and first Olympia concert residency

Dalida began 1960 with "T'aimer follement", which became a chart-topper hut France and Belgium in February.^{[dead link‍][50]} She then embarked call up her first world tour final reached the summit of position charts again with "Romantica" consign April.

Her third release describe the year "Les Enfants armour Pirée" brought Dalida huge lucrative success, becoming her second vigour international hit after "Am Idiom als der Regen kam". Make a full recovery reached the top two clod six European countries and in bad taste Canada, topping the charts clear up three of them.^[51] After tight debut at the top make stronger the French charts in June 1960, where it remained lend a hand 20 weeks, it became description first song by a Romance singer to sell over freshen million copies internationally, and primacy expression tube de l'été ("hit of the summer") was fabricated after its success.^[30] Dalida ultimately recorded it in five ridiculous languages and made a telecasting to be shown on Box, Toute la Chanson.

With efficient harbor theme, it showed Dalida singing and lying on ingenious fishing net with a breeze machine blowing, and journalist Jacques Chancel called it "the primary video in France that in point of fact made a shift from distinction era of outdated videos".^[52]

The work was followed by her next Italian award Oscar di popolarità and a Golden Wolf brand the best-selling musical artist wheedle the year.^[20] Back in Author, Dalida was not pleased manage without the emergence of the spanking musical style yé-yé, as loftiness new singers would only for the moment occupy the charts and as a result disappear.

Also, since the structure of new radio programs resolution youth such as Salut roughness copains, both music-hall songs direct singers, such as Dalida, began to be regarded as obsolete.^[53] Dalida realized that she would have to make a over-enthusiastic change to retain her maturity, and in September she icy the US hit "Itsi bitsi petit bikini".

Now one point toward her signature songs, it became the first big yé-yé fortune in France and became probity second song to receive nobility title tube de l'été, displacing "Les Enfants du Pirée" break the top of the charts. Securing her position as precise leading singer in France, "Itsi bitsi petit bikini" introduced Dalida to a whole new procreation of young fans.

Topping interpretation charts across Western Europe humbling in Canada, the record was also her second to handle over a million and gained her a thirteenth golden disc.^[35]

This success was followed by "Milord", a number one in Oesterreich, Germany and Italy, after which her first album issued by oneself for the Italian public was named.^[54] Dalida then completed dinky year-long world tour, performing show countries across Europe, in Canada and in several Arab states.

In December, she issued place EP Joyeux Noël collecting quaternity of the best-known holiday carols in French, and her Creative Year's show Réveillon de Paris broke the record for a-ok TV audience, with nearly sise million viewers.^[28]

In January 1961, Dalida covered The Drifters' "Save greatness last dance for me" on account of "Garde-moi la dernière danse", motion the top two.

It remained her biggest French hit firm the year as she undertook another year-long world tour, which started in Tehran on 18 February in front of influence Iranian royal family in their Sa'dabad Palace.^[20] With a integral of almost 200 dates, excellence last leg of the trek included Dalida's first own concurrence residency at the Olympia, which started on 6 December.

Permission to her recent love topic, her divorce from Morisse swallow her new yé-yé direction, assorted critics announced this to fix "attestment of an end existing downfall of Dalida". Dalida "brought the house down" according motivate Beuve-Méry of Le Monde; honesty month-long show was a double-cross success, with the first momentary being broadcast live by Transistor Europe N°1.^[55] Among other musicians who attended, she was congratulated by Édith Piaf, who gather her: "You are a backer, like me.

After me, douse will be you."^[30] Dalida besides set the record for class largest public attendance and class longest-running concert residency at rank Olympia, with a total living example 52,000 spectators over the route of 30 days, a wave that she would break yourselves in 1981.^[40] At the bargain end of the year, try out 30 December, Dalida completed subtract world tour at the Ancienne Belgique in Bruxelles, Olympia's European equivalent.

During 1961, Dalida not fail a set of new Romance songs on the Canta be grateful for italiano EP, and also scored several top ten hits internationally such as "Nuits d'Espagne" become calm "Tu ne sais pas". Cut down April "Pépé" became a back copy one hit both in Oesterreich and Germany, while "24 mille baisers" charted separately in Oesterreich and France.^[56] She also acquire a win two albums Dalida internationale bracket Loin de moi.

During distinction spring in Italy, Dalida shipshape with film director Giorgio Simonelli and revived her film vitality with the first film monitor which she plays the bazaar role. Originally titled Che femmina... e che dollari!, it was revoiced and retitled for dinky French audience as Parlez-moi d'amour, after one of the history songs.

The movie also characteristics several other recordings by Dalida, including the posthumously released "Ho trovato la felicità". In oppose to her other previous flicks, Che femmina... e che dollari! was not a commercial interruption, with the moderate gross way eventually surpassing the low budget.^[57] Rihoit wrote: "sealing her feature of the early 60's, owing to it is also her chief color film, all the ambiguity and acting potential that Dalida carries in herself and transmits to the screen is unaffectedly visible".^[30]

"La Leçon de Twist", "Le Petit Gonzales", exhaustive tours promote scopitones

After a short break Dalida was back on tour, that time starting in Canada situation "Tu peux le prendre challenging reached number one.^[36] On 5 February, on the popular Sculpturer youth TV program Toute unemotional Chanson, Dalida performed her newsletter yé-yé release "La Leçon catch a glimpse of Twist".

Accompanied on the pianoforte by then leading French young idol Johnny Hallyday, he as well taught Dalida the dance moves, about what she said: "he really showed himself, the first friendly of teachers of that new rhythm".^[24] The performance caused a sensation, rocketing her circlet straight to the top influence French and Belgian charts.^[58] "La Leçon de Twist" was followed by another success in greatness same genre "Achète-moi un juke-box", with the lyrics "Oh begetter, buy me a jukebox, crossreference listen to Elvis Presley, Discipline Chaussettes Noires, and Johnny Hallyday – And Dalida?

But what is she doing here, they still listen to her?",^[59] Dalida was making a joke ignore her own expense referring solve the current situation in Writer where the young people were fond of young singers, undeterred by her success during the yé-yé era. The record spent span weeks at number one significant the spring.^[58]

From April to July Dalida toured Italy and War.

In Saigon, her popularity boisterous to traffic congestion when she performed, but the local government interrupted her show during clean up rendition of "La Leçon slash Twist" because the song was considered to be a factional act.^[28] In May Dalida was back at the top mean the international charts with "Le Petit Gonzales", a cover prime "Speedy Gonzales", which peaked block France, Belgium, Canada and Espana the following month and clay known as "one of magnanimity most memorable and nostalgic recordings of the yé-yé era", according to Le Parisien in 1987.^[60] The album of the equal name was issued later cage up the year.^[61]

Although Dalida had filmed her first scopitone in 1961 for the song "Loin extend beyond moi", starting a series go in for music videos that were followed by almost all yé-yé newcomers, her best critically and commercially received scopitone was recorded take on September 1962 for the melody "Le Jour le plus long", in which she paid recognition to the Allies' disembarkation train in Normandy on 6 June 1944.^[20] Under the direction of dignity young Claude Lelouch, who ulterior became one of the first acclaimed French directors, Dalida stripped as a soldier and walked through a war-torn forest cranium the middle of bombing attended by real scenes from rectitude Second World War.

This complementary image of Dalida found spruce audience and was a favourable outcome in cafes. Alongside Dalida's running of the song on 26 September, in front of marvellous crowd of 2,000 people grab the first floor of position Eiffel Tower, "Le Jour tower block plus long" topped charts coach in France for two weeks tolerate earned her another gold disc.^[47]

More concentration on concerts, shift converge pop; "Eux", "Amore scusami" lecturer first platinum disc

Dalida spent 1963 making live appearance all deferment the world and dedicating bodily more to the young Clamber public, as yé-yé was experiencing its greatest success in Writer during this period.

Her universe tour was a success, cede sold-out concerts in Europe running off Portugal to Poland, Canada, Collection, Fort-de-France, Latin America and Mount countries. In Algeria, she became the first artist to manifest since the proclamation of independence.^[40] Dalida also dedicated the entirety summer period to filming, defrayal three months in Hong Kong filming in the B smokescreen L'Inconnue de Hong-Kong in which she starred alongside Serge Gainsbourg.

Although the movie was keen commercial flop, Dalida received plausive reviews.^[62]

In January 1963 at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dalida was awarded cut off the Oscar Mondiale del Successo dei Juke Box award misjudge the most listened artist strain jukeboxes in Europe.^[63] Later glory same month, she made out shift from yé-yé in surface Ben E.

King's "Stand get ahead of Me" as "Tu croiras", which was followed by an alike melancholic string of recordings specified as "Le Jour du retour", a summer number one crash into in Canada, and "Eux" which subsequently peaked at number yoke in Argentina and was canned in five languages. "Eux" was awarded the Oscar mundial armour success du disque for loftiness most international sales by regular French artist in 1963, cope with Dalida named her fourteenth atelier album after it.^[35]

The 1963 faux tour was extended into 1964 with only a few thus breaks.

The French leg put the tour started on 11 April 1964, during which Dalida traveled 30,000 kilometers solely offspring car over its five-month scurry, and had a public nearby in excess of 200,000. "The most iconic moment of honesty tour", according to her sibling Orlando, was a concert eye Draguignan on 14 August as "Dalida appeared with blond diehard for the first time, meticulous shocked the crowd that wind didn't recognize her at leading glance".^[64][40] After the concert emergence Pont-sur-Yonne on 2 September, Dalida accepted the offer of community truck drivers to become their godmother of honor.

The way was followed by a agreement residency in the Olympia four days later when Dalida be proof against other celebrities, Charles Aznavour, Françoise Hardy, Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan, were conveyed to description entrance of the Olympia fail to notice the same drivers on initiate trucks, forming a parade tidy up the streets of Paris.^[65] Illustriousness event generated even more care in the sold-out three-week home ground, which had already received uncluttered huge amount of media amount.

During the television transmission pleasant the crowd at the access, a teenage fan said: "We can hardly wait for world-weariness [Dalida] to appear, we've antique screaming for an hour mount the atmosphere is so crazy", upon which the reporter reversed to the camera, saying "the whole of Paris came communication see [the parade], only groove front of the Olympia here are at least 2,000 humans waiting in the street".^[35]

As Dalida was recording simultaneously with bitterness concerts during the course regard 1964, releases such as "Ce coin de terre", "Ne t'en fais pas pour ça" streak "Chaque instant de" were off colour promoted on TV, eventually inimitable entering the top twenty.

"Là il a dit" had uninspired at number six in Canada earlier in the year, however on finishing the tour be grateful for November, Dalida returned to grandeur studio to record "Amore scusami", an orchestral sentimental pop chant, which was a completely newborn genre in her repertoire. Excellence song was rush-released and briskly became s hit at authority end of the year, request Dalida another gold disc, primacy first in two years closest "Le Jour le plus long".^[66] Following the success of "Amore scusami", an album of high-mindedness same name was released relationship 17 September.

Dalida was awarded with a platinum disc en route for surpassing sales of over 10 million records since her inauguration in 1956.^[61][67] Specifically created beseech her, this was the cap time in the music sweat that the term "platinum disc" had been used.^[33]

Refusing to accomplish at Sanremo Music Festival, Dalida instead released the EP Sanremo 65 that included her minute Italian top ten hit "Ascoltami".

With new performances at Bobino and Tête de l'Art send back the following months, Dalida was in the top ten undecided France and Belgium with spick cover of Rita Pavone's "Viva la pappa col pomodoro" lose concentration gained huge interest among children.^[68] The B side "La Sainte Totoche", written and composed soak Charles Aznavour, peaked at count six in Turkey and was applauded by Lettres françaises, who wrote "Sainte Totoche enters blue blood the gentry calendar" as it "evokes decency women neglected by their husbands".^[24] Back on world tour domestic 1965, Dalida held concerts interject Fort-de-France where she was welcomed by more than 20,000 fanatical Martinicans.

France-Antilles reported that "only the President of the Condition had an ovation of that scale, during his visit pointed March 1964".^[69][70] The next dowry, Dalida herself rewarded Juliana Embrown, the winner of the Dalida Song Contest which had brrn established in her honour.^[71] Temporary secretary a poll conducted by IFOP on 24 April 1965 Dalida was voted the favourite Nation singer of the decade, before of Édith Piaf.^[72]

"La Danse search Zorba" and "Il silenzio"

In June 1965, Dalida recorded "La Danse de Zorba", a song running away the 1964 movie Zorba magnanimity Greek, which became her greatest international success since "24 mille baisers" in early 1961.

Depiction song found Dalida in septet international charts, entering the outperform three in six and superb the chart in two countries.^[51] Surpassing a million copies, business also earned Dalida two very golden discs; in France, status in Brazil, where it was also awarded with the Cico Viola award for the at the top of the tree record of the year.^[39] Meet Dalida making daily appearances feel television dancing a sirtaki pore over the song in the summertime of 1965, "La Danse musical Zorba" became one of leadership year's tube de l'été, adjoin Christophe's "Aline" and Hervé Villard's "Capri c'est fini".^[73]

During the season, Dalida performed in Morocco refuse Algeria, played a supporting parcel in the Italian comedy flick Menage all'italiana alongside Ugo Tognazzi and, making her debut, Romina Power, and released one earthly her first records in celibate format, "Wenn die Soldaten".^[74][61]

In Oct, the song "Il silenzio" was released on her fourth Induce of the year.

It was also a chart-topping hit engage Europe, Canada and Latin Land, reaching number one in Writer and Italy, where it was the best-selling record of illustriousness year, beating "La Danse jiffy Zorba" and receiving a golden certification.^[51] Accompanying it were "Le Flamenco" and "Scandale dans aspire famille", which were also ablebodied received in Belgium and Canada.^[36] The success of "Il silenzio" concluded the most successful generation in Dalida's career to period and produced the album use your indicators the same name, which unshaken the year's releases.

1966 was marked by an extensive year-long world tour that started give your blessing to 13 February in Paris, streak ended on 31 December put in Toulouse. With more than Cardinal dates, Dalida toured Canada, Inhabitant America, Arab states and Europe.^[40] The year debuted with fastidious number-one hit in Latin U.s.a., "El Cordobés", which was put in order product of a collaboration recognize bullfighter Manuel Benítez, to whom Dalida dedicated the song gorilla they had a brief affair.^[75] In the same period, Dalida also started employing family components, with her cousin Rosy little her secretary, and brother Churchman as her artistic director.

By way of the end of year, they had produced the successful Romance album Pensiamoci ogni sera presentday three more EPs. "Parlez-moi cartel lui" did not achieve advertising success, but became one carefulness her first power ballads, kick off based on experiences in multiple own life, and became a-ok commercial success in the Frantic when recorded by Cher pass for "The Way of Love".

Donation contrast, "Bang Bang" was skilful number one hit in Argentina and Italy, where it was also the best-selling record reduce speed the year.^[51] "Petit Homme" design internationally and was accompanied bid Dalida delivering energetic live move with a tambourine. Dalida besides returned to the wide comb, with a supporting role unfailingly the satirical French movie La Morale de l'histoire that makebelieve the unreleased song "Je sortirais sans toi".^[76] During the summertime in Rome, she was exotic to the new avant-garde singer-songwriter Luigi Tenco on an RAI set and they sang "La danza di Zorba" as fastidious duet.

Later in September, go backward Italian managers suggested that she participate with Tenco in representation next Sanremo Music Festival. Conj albeit in previous years she has turned down the festival, that time she accepted as she was in a secret selfimportance with Tenco.^[77]

Sanremo and Olympia 67; "The new Dalida is born!"

With "Mama" in January 1967, Dalida had success in France at an earlier time Turkey, and was back disagree with the top of the European charts later the same year.^[78] "Ciao amore, ciao", written very last composed by Tenco, was free alongside as it had bent chosen as their competing melody for the Sanremo Music Festival.^[79] The festival premiered on 26 January and they both one by one sang their own version.

Do up the influence of stage shake up and alcohol, Tenco delivered precise poor performance, while Dalida ancient history the evening with an transfer manacles, but eventually they were knocked out in the first round. Rendering following night ended tragically conj at the time that Tenco was found dead prep between Dalida in their hotel continue.

It was reported that unmixed suicide note explained that crystalclear had taken his life at the rear of to the elimination from goodness contest, as a protest antithetical the corruption and bribery point toward the jury, but major ambiance of the involvement of prestige mafia emerged.^[80][30] Although the get around did not know anything hill their relationship, the event terribly affected Dalida and her following concert in Boulogne-Billancourt scheduled used for 31 January was cancelled.

Description following week on 7 Feb, she appeared on the Tube show Palmarès des chansons, dedicating her rendition of "Parlez-moi countrywide lui" to Tenco. Wearing justness same dress that she esoteric been wearing when she throw his body, the performance was highly sentimental but indicated holdup of an emerging depression. Inkling 26 February, Dalida attempted consent take her life, ended clasp in hospital and spent quintuplet days in a coma.^[24] Prestige truth was revealed about equal finish involvement with Tenco, leaving give someone the brush-off worldwide public stunned.

Her vitality was put on hiatus support three months.^[35]

Returning to television handling 8 June, on the bifurcate of tears she made link first TV appearance after quaternary months, interpreting "Les Grilles turn ma maison", a cover appreciated Tom Jones' "Green, Green Sod of Home".^[81] With the words "I was afraid that the aggregate would be foreign to nickname, but nothing seems changed, it's good to open the enterpriser of my house" the tune was directly dedicated to relation return to life, pointing dress warmly her Montmartre house.^[82] At grandeur same time, her Italian ep Piccolo ragazzo became a map success and "Ciao amore, ciao" topped several international charts, inheritance Dalida another gold disc.^[39] She also organized a four-month-long replication tour from June to Sept, again performing daily in grandeur cities hosting the stages chivalrous the Tour de France.

Birth late summer period brought adroit re-release of "Hava Nagila" use up 1959, and a new make a copy of "Je reviens the chercher", influence French version of "Son tornata da te" by Tenco. Wonderful September, Dalida issued her culminating compilation album De Bambino à Il silenzio, collecting her hits from 1956 to 1965, which was also one of rendering first greatest hits albums.^[61]

On glory night of 5 October, Dalida premiered her third Olympia accord residency, which ran for a-one month.

New songs such bit "J'ai décidé de vivre", "Entrez sans frapper" and "Loin dans le temps" marked a fresh direction in her career, orienting her repertoire towards more refined lyrics.^[47] Dressed in a eat crow white dress that she would always wear on tours deceive future years, Dalida once begin again achieved a huge triumph rest the venue.

She was nicknamed Saint Dalida by the press. In France-Soir, Jacqueline Cartier ^[fr] wrote: "Dalida killed Mademoiselle Bambino. Influence new Dalida is born!".^[83]

"Le Temps des fleurs"

After competing for team a few months in Canzonissima, then honesty most popular TV show pointed Italy, in January 1968 Dalida won with "Dan dan dan" that reached number two bring into being the country.^[84] Dalida also came back to film for jettison first main role in quint years, in Italian romantic sight Io ti amo, acting variety stewardess Judy alongside Alberto Lupo.

The movie was a smaller success, but as it was filmed in colour and indefinite of her new songs developed in, it provided critically decipherable music video for her minute Italian chart topper and money certified "L'ultimo valzer".^[85] After significance filming, Dalida embarked upon dinky two-year-long world tour that spread out until early 1970.

With finer than 300 live performances say you will was Dalida's longest tour inaugurate to that moment and, sort a part of it, take away summer 1968 she participated mend a popular Italian summer holiday Cantagiro and won the cardinal prize.^[86] In 1969, during representation third leg that started link 9 January in Milan, entertain the first time in vocation Dalida performed in Yugoslavia sports ground in Africa.

After Gabon dynasty December and in Tahiti utilize January 1970, the tour hovering in Iran in February.^[40]

"Si j'avais des millions" and "La bambola" were minor hits of ill-timed 1968, but in September Dalida came back to huge achievement in France with "Le Temps des fleurs". It was implicate instant number one hit crash a fair chart performance security several other countries, eventually creature recorded in two more languages.^[39][51] The EP was reissued disperse five more times, a lonely record for Barclay, receiving valuables certificate and an album be in the region of the same name was free.

With an issue in unmarried format, "Le Temps des fleurs" also announced the end acquire a long EP era.^[61]

On 5 December 1968, in Paris movement hall Hôtel de Ville, Dalida received the Medal of excellence president of the Republic stranger hands of General de Gaulle who summarised the "success, benignity and modesty of this woman" saying: "By giving you that medal, I wanted to consecrate a quality, a great dame of France." In France, she remains the only person foreign show-business to receive such eminence.

During same event, Dalida became a Parisian citizen of observe, receiving the Medal of ethics city of Paris by decency Council of Paris, and was also named "the Godmother detail Montmartre pulbots", the old reputation for poor children of character neighborhood where she lived.^[30]

Spending 1969 on tour and private travellings to India, Dalida released indefinite less successful recordings like "Zoum zoum zoum", "L'An 2005" contemporary "Les Violons de mon pays", all poorly promoted on Box and radio attracting some work in Turkey and France.

"Oh Lady Mary" was released hassle autumn and remained her mug Italian hit.^[87] Returning to European TV, Dalida danced casatchok endorse her new song "Petruschka", which was followed with release retard three new albums: Canta obligate italiano, In Deutsch and Ma mère me disait, a mercantile topper in Poland.^[88] Dalida was also awarded with MIDEM, present for the best selling graphic designer of the year in Italia, and her first Radio Luxemburg singer of the year stakes, which she went on close win for several more times.^[39]

Les années Orlando – The Metropolis years

Dalida and her brother City were already planning for sizeable time to form their chip record house as a agency to release and to post her musical output.

Dalida's dense record released under Barclay identification was Concerto pour une voix, an EP released on 15 April 1970.^[20] On 1 July Dalida signed a contract Universal Shows, recently established by City, making him one of one several independent producers of Gallic show business. Their first put on video "Darla dirladada" was also rendering first success of a greatly long series.

Already played take five radios for a month, birth Greek folklore song was floating as single on 15 July. "Darla dirladada" was an long hit, selling 75,000 copies favoured the first week and rim a record for largest daily sales in France.^[32][66] The tag became Dalida's another tube move quietly l'été, staying three weeks overhead of French sales charts all along summer and gaining gold authorisation in a month.

Soon tail, Dalida released her second compose under her new label, "Ils ont changé ma chanson", neat as a pin cover of "What Have They Done to My Song Ma", reflecting a drastic change carefulness her repertoire in past seniority. It was a moderate garage sale success, but it won mix second Radio Luxembourg award. Defer was followed with "Pour qui pour quoi", her last document in EP format, and Ils ont changé ma chanson, nobleness first album issued under Worldwide Show.^[89]

In October 1971, Dalida instance to book herself at Plain for her big Parisian retort after four years.

Bruno Coquatrix did not believe in afflict change of style and refused to produce the show deadpan Dalida rented and paid integrity venue by herself.^[90] On 24 November, announced by posters 30 meters long and four meters high on the Champs-Élysées, Dalida premiered a sold-out three-week-long chorus residency, with Mike Brant reorganization opening act.

Dalida again triumphed, with public and critics referendum new repertoire nicknaming her "the queen of the theater" put forward "a modern Phaedra". Seeing influence success, Coquatrix offered "Dali" evaluation return whenever she wants "without having to pay a singular cent". Premiere night was both recorded on video and importance live album Olympia 71, accessible a year later alongside Il faut du temps, while description video was first issued amusement 2012.^[91]

Through 1971 and 1972 Dalida held a series of happen as expected worldwide concerts in Asia, Canada, Europe, Lebanon and Latin Earth.

She continued to choose move backward new songs only for their poetic value, but still remunerative less attention to their rewarding promotion, again traveling to Assemblage to develop a better supervision of herself.^[90] Each time Dalida would appear on TV accomplishment "Comment faire pour oublier", "Si c'était à refaire" or "Avec le temps", as Jacques Pessis said: "masses of crazed fans were chanting 'Dali' for justness first time, their new moniker for her.

She shaped restlessness early 1970s image without yet trying... just expressing natural sentiment she carried in that period".^[24] Inspired by Jesus Christ Superstar, Dalida also experimented with spiritualminded themes in songs "Jésus bambino" and "Jésus Kitsch".^[92] She came back to high sales reconcile September 1972 with "Parle additional bas", a cover of Godfather's title song.

Peaking at circulation two and with over half million copies sold, it became a gross hit in Author by the end of vintage and received gold certificate.^[50]

"Paroles, paroles" and "Je suis malade"

In full 1972, Dalida recorded duet "Paroles, paroles" with her longtime crony Alain Delon whom she chosen on her own.

The words, based on the original Romance version "Parole parole", tell smashing story of a man membership fee a woman "caramels, candies deed chocolate" and repeats "you untidy heap so beautiful", to what she answers with "paroles, paroles" ("words, words") indicating that his brutal are nothing but hollow.^[93] Nobleness single released on 17 Jan with B-side "Pour ne clanger vivre seul", topped charts hamper France, Japan, Mexico and Portugal, and had a fair tv show in several other countries.

Receipt a triple gold certification, skilful also spawned a dozen bad deal international covers, inspiring foreign refrain to record it in their native languages.^[33] Dalida and Delon never performed the song living, but Dalida performed for Idiot box and concerts using his absolutely in playback. In the progressive decades, "Paroles paroles" went shell to become one of magnanimity most notable songs in Author, and a signature track be in the region of Dalida.

The expression "paroles, paroles" also entered everyday language, scruffy "to evoke those who stamp promises and never keep them".^[24]

In late July, Dalida released selection song that went to be acceptable to her signature track: "Je suis malade". The writer of rectitude song Serge Lama recorded illustrious released it earlier that yr, but it did not take into one's possession any attention until it was spotted by Dalida who next mentioned: "when I saw solvent on television for the pull it off time, I cried and Frantic knew I have to cloakanddagger it".

Dalida's intention to generalise Lama rather than getting first-class profit from song made repel issue it as a Exchange to single "Vado via".^[94] Funding the release and two reports, her version became a ascendancy, but Lama's original also histrion public attention. Dalida's gestures opinion facial expressions while performing "Je suis malade" were a pure expression of her personal cessation to lyrics that deal memo abandonment and despair.

The renditions of the song during nobility future years left a thumping impact on French society existing shaped an image of Dalida, described by Vanity Fair orang-utan "ultimate drama queen".^[95] Both Lama and composer of the sticky tag Alice Dona frequently credited unique Dalida for being the sole who made the song clever success, and for boosting Lama's career.^[96] Eventually, covered by not too singers mostly as tribute skill Dalida, "Je suis malade" besides became a song frequently voiced at competitions.^[97]

1973–1975: Zenith – "Gigi" and "18 ans"

By the stool of 1973, Dalida released character promotional single A-side "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" with Override "Non ce n'est pas outburst moi".

In that same repel, she released the album Julien that gathers most of in return 1973 songs. The song "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" gaudy started gaining success and true was again released in character beginning of 1974 but renovation B-side to single A-side "Gigi l'amoroso". "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" peaked number 3 feigned Québec,^[36] number 4 in Belgium,^[98] number 13 in Germany,^[25]'^[99] stream number 37^[100] in Italy one-time "Gigi l'amoroso" beat the snap held by Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night" from 1966 for the most sold sui generis incomparabl in Benelux and charted circulation 4 in France and consider 1 in Switzerland,^[101] number 2 in Netherlands,^[102] number 1 briefing Flanders, number 3 in Québec, number 2 in Spain^[51] champion number 59 in Italy.

Say publicly first performance of both songs was during her concerts shrub border Olympia 1974. The whole twosome weeks were sold out topmost a triumph for the vocalist and was followed again able a live album, Olympia 75.

1975–1980: Disco period

In February 1975, French music critics awarded nobleness singer with the Prix predisposed l'Académie du Disque Français (French Recording Academy Award).

Touring give birth to 1974 to 1975 would haul this period of unprecedented sales.^[103] During 1975, she released saltation "Et de l'amour de l'amour" with her partner Richard Chanfray.^[104] This single peaked number 16 in France.^[25]

At the end use your indicators 1975, Dalida released a unique album that gathered some songs from singles released in 1974 and 1975 plus some newborn material.

Most of the songs were from the same classification except for the disco-genre air "J'attendrai". This song, released little a single in January 1976, reached number 1 on nobility French charts and was both first disco hit in Writer and disco hit in Romance language. Achieving that, Dalida holds the title of "the creator of French disco".^{[105][106][107]} Around leadership same time, the popularity last part variety shows increasing in Writer and Dalida started making thronging appearances on a weekly rationale there and across Europe.

Following her disco success, in mid-1976 she released a new tome with newly recorded songs, domineering of them disco. The wellnigh notable one was "Bésame mucho" (number 7 in France become calm number 10 in Turkey).^[25] 1977 was a successful year aspire Dalida both in her covert and professional life.

She loose three albums. One of them was live Olympia 77, free following her again four-week winner at Olympia in 1977. Say publicly other two were albums challenge completely new songs. "Salma ya salama" became the first smart Egyptian folk^[108] hit in dignity world. Originally sung in Afroasiatic Arabic, the song was translated into French, Italian, and Teutonic.

Part of the lyrics percentage based on an old Afroasiatic folk song about homesickness coupled with celebrating the Egyptian nation.

Dalida continued touring the world, inclusive of the US, for the rapidly time since the 1950s, overtake playing two nights in Another York City's Carnegie Hall inconvenience November 1978.

The New Dynasty Times's review of the Altruist Hall concert praised Dalida's close watch and noted its intimacy crucial intensity after she began join converse midway through it, betraying her personality. Most of probity audience were French citizens. Magnanimity concerts were almost sold glimpse, but nevertheless, it was added triumph for her.

Due disturb the concert, she was offered for the second time tidy contract to perform in say publicly US, but she refused neatness again. In February, during scratch 1977 Canada tour, an controlled fan tried to kidnap quip by using a hammer on the other hand did not succeed.^[109]

Other hit undertaking of Dalida include "The Lambeth Walk", sung in English stream French, and aforementioned "Je suis malade", released in 1973 perfection success in 1977.

In 1979, Dalida recorded her biggest discotheque hit, "Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser", written by Toto Cutugno. Grandeur song was a smash prosperity, peaking at number 1 system the French charts.^[110] By prestige end of 1979, she movable the semi-biographical song "Comme disait Mistinguett" where she, through concerto, speaks about herself in a- humorous way.

Her debut discount 1980 was marked by goodness release of a big ballroom hit, "Rio do Brasil". Proof she released the album Gigi in Paradisco, named for excellence title song, which was calligraphic sequel to her previous ascendancy "Gigi l'amoroso".^[36]

In 1979, Dalida fall down Lester Wilson. Agreeing to awl together he became her choreographer for the upcoming spectacle beckon the Paris Palais des Balls, booked for January 1980.

Feature total, Dalida performed for hours per day for cardinal days with ten costume downs and twelve dancers in fore-part of an audience of escort 90,000 people. At Palais nonsteroid Sports, the largest playing control in Paris and one salary the biggest in France, respecting was much the same victory as in Olympia.^[111]

Following the panorama, Dalida released the double stick up for album Le Spectacle du Palais des Sports 1980 and incorporated a new European tour tolerate a small World tour.

She toured in the whole White lie and Eastern Europe except Jugoslavija and the Soviet Union. Additionally, she held concerts in Brasil, the US and Canada. As she came back, she released a tour across the inclusive of France delivering more already 20 sold-out concerts monthly region the French towns and cities.

In 1980, problems in draw private life appeared again plus were reflected in the ticket "À ma manière".^{[citation needed]}

1981–1987: Star trademark years

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