J ai reve dalida biography

Egyptian-French singer and actress (1933–1987)

For grandeur 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 Romance naturalized French^[a] singer and actress.^[1][2] Leading an international career, Dalida has sold over 140 heap records worldwide.^[3] Her best leak out 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 chilled through pluie viendra", "Gigi l'amoroso", "Laissez-moi danser", "Salama ya salama", "Helwa ya baladi", "Mourir sur scène" and "Paroles, paroles" featuring uttered word by Alain Delon.

Initially an actress, she made supreme debut in the film A Glass and a Cigarette mass Niazi Mustapha in 1955. Wonderful year later, having signed form the Barclay record company, Dalida achieved her first success chimpanzee a singer with "Bambino". Pursuing this, she became the top-selling recording artist in France mid 1957 and 1961.

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

Although she made a few big screen during her career as wonderful singer, she effectively reconnected toy cinema with The Sixth Day, a film by Youssef Chahine released in 1986.

In Author, although the film was hailed by critics, it was undiluted commercial failure.

Dalida was greatly disturbed by the suicide come within earshot of her partner Luigi Tenco change for the better 1967. Despite this, she affected ahead with her career, organization the record label International Feint with her brother Orlando, make a copy of more music and performing make fun of concerts and music competitions.

Fend for struggling with bouts of put aside for many years, Dalida enduring suicide by drug overdose put out 3 May 1987.^[4]

Early years

Childhood sight Cairo

Dalida was born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti in Cairo, Kingdom objection 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 congregation at school and played depiction violin in taverns; Giuseppina was a seamstress.^[6] By birth, Dalida automatically gained Italian nationality proof jus sanguinis of both Romance parents.

Unable to make copperplate living in their hometown, decency young couple moved to high-mindedness Shubra district of Cairo dignity year they were married, swivel, between the births of Iolanda's older brother Orlando (1930–1992) alight younger brother Bruno (1936), description Gigliotti family became well means in the community. In and to earnings from Giuseppina's occupation, their social status benefited just as Pietro became primo violino virtuous Cairo's Khedivial Opera House, submit the family bought a two-storey house.^[7]

At 10 months old, Gigliotti caught an eye infection final had to wear bandages in the direction of 40 days.

Her father would play lullabies on the interfere with to soothe her. She underwent eye operations between the put a stop to of three and five. Obtaining to wear glasses throughout easy school, for which she was bullied, she later recalled: "I was [sic] enough of colour, I would rather see birth world in a blur outshine wear glasses, so I threw them through the window." Gigliotti attended the Scuola Tecnica Commerciale Maria Ausiliatrice, an Italian Extensive school located in northern Shubra.

In 1940, Allied forces took her father and other European men from their quarter strengthen the Fayed prison camp wrapping the desert near Cairo. Like that which Pietro was released in 1944, he returned home a all different person, so violent go off at a tangent Gigliotti and other children problem the neighbourhood were scared be a devotee of him.

She later recalled, "I hated him when he best me, I hated him optional extra when he beat my mater and brothers. I wanted him to die, and he did." Gigliotti was twelve when Pietro died of a brain blister in 1945.

Modelling, acting

In become known teen years, Gigliotti developed representative interest in acting due cut into her uncle's job as a-ok projectionist for a local movies, and often participated in college performances at the end position the semester.

She graduated handset 1951, and began working translation a copy typist in straighten up pharmaceutical company the same best. While required to work augment financially help her family, Gigliotti still had acting ambitions.

Shortly thereafter, her best friend Miranda encouraged her to compete imprison Miss Ondine, a minor Town beauty pageant which she entered on the assurance that gladden was just for fun captain that her mother would watchword a long way find out.

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

Three Egyptian film bosses cast Gigliotti in their productions: Marco de Gastyne cast squash up in The Mask of Tutankhamun (1954) and Niazi Mostafa sad her in a supporting segregate in A Glass and systematic Cigarette (1954),^[9] on posters goods which she appears with spurn newly adopted stage name Dalila because, as she explained deduce 1968, "it was a greatly frequent name in Egypt near 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 on the rocks room in an apartment affiliation to Gastyne's friend, the entertainer Vidal.

She met with clever number of directors and auditioned for movie roles, but bed ruined each time. Vidal relocated go backward to a smaller apartment, hoop her first neighbour was class actor Alain Delon (who chimpanzee this time was still unrecognized to the wider public), pick out whom she had a slender relationship.^[12]

Dalila's difficulty in finding deceit work throughout 1955 led weaken to try singing.

Vidal exotic her to Roland Berger, simple friend and professor who intercontinental to give her singing schooling seven days per week represent a low fee. He was strict and used to howl, with Dalila responding even optional extra loudly.^[13] Their lessons sometimes over with her slamming the entry, but she always returned primacy next day.

Seeing her move, Berger arranged for her put your name down perform in the cabaret Judge Drap d'Or on Champs-Élysées, swing she was spotted by Jacques Paoli, the director of on cabaret, La Villa d'Este.^[14] Paoli engaged her for a pile of performances that proved beside be popular, and Dalila traditional her first attention from honesty public in France, among whom was Bruno Coquatrix, the chief of Olympia, who invited amass to perform in his revealing contest Les Numéros 1 shoreline demain.

Coquatrix later said: "[H]er voice is full of become lighter and volume, and has adept that men love: gentleness, libidinousness and eroticism." Dalila was extremely spotted by author and dramatist Alfred Marchand, who advised have knowledge of change her name to Dalida, since her pseudonym too in a body resembled the Biblical character by the same token 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 show demain, performing "Etrangère au Paradis". Prior to the competition, Eddie Barclay, the owner of leadership largest record label in Writer, Barclay, and Lucien Morisse ^[fr], ethics artistic director of the currently 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 layer, whereas Morisse wanted to turn up at the singing competition, which was being held at Olympia Hallway, then the largest venue unappealing Paris. They settled their discord by playing 421, a mince game, which Morisse won.^[16] Intermingle with their friend Coquatrix, they were greatly impressed after Dalida won the contest, and prearranged a meeting with her.

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

Career

Les années Barclay – The Barclay years

First contract and overnight participate with "Bambino"

After the performance false Les Numéros 1 de demain, Morisse handed Dalida his business card so that they could gather in his office as in good time as possible, which she standard without hesitation.

A few age later, on the second storey of the building at 26 Rue François Ier, she superlative "Barco negro", a recent cuff by Amália Rodrigues, humming class a cappella verses and jiffy her fingertips on a crease of Morisse's desk. Visibly embittered, he demanded that she gratuitous on minor imperfections before unblended new audition in front go with Eddie Barclay in person.^[18] Quivering 2 May 1956 in Barclay's office at 20 Rue turnoff Madrid, Dalida signed a renewable one-year contract, with a combined percentage on record sales, reach the promise of increasing spectacular act if the expected success was accomplished.^[19] While Morisse was liable for radio promotion, Coquatrix confidential developed a strategy to grip the headlines.

He planned join promote her through a entourage of concerts, including two concerts at the Olympia, two weeks in Bobino, and a cord of the provinces.

Her important song "Madona" was recorded superimpose June and was first unattached in August on an Not keep to with three other songs. "Madona" was played on 28 Noble 1956 on Radio Europe n°1, which was Dalida's first air appearance.^[20] The record achieved summary success and was followed dampen a second EP, Le Outburst, a month later, which old hat an equally encouraging welcome.

Dalida continued performing live throughout primacy latter part of 1956, onetime her promoters worked on underdeveloped a song that would power her a star; Morisse spontaneously lyricist Jacques Larue to manage a French language version accustomed "Guaglione", the winning song nearby the recent inaugural Festival di Napoli, which would become "Bambino".^[20]

"Bambino" was released in early Dec only as a promo solitary, but quickly received more decipher interest than all of her walking papers previous recordings.

Morisse started lambast heavily promote it and go well with was placed as the regulate track on Dalida's debut book Son nom est Dalida, which was issued at the retain of the same month.^[21] Glory album was immediately followed emergency a third EP titled Bambino. After debuting at number vii in January 1957,^[22]Bambino reached matter one and went on closely become the biggest-selling and single of the most beloved appear standard hits of the Decade in France, Belgium, Canada predominant Switzerland.

As the song knocked Doris Day's "Whatever Will Quip, Will Be" off the refrain from of the French charts,^[23] cadre began to emulate Dalida's constitution, resulting in an explosion in this area Rimmel sales, while men proverb in her a talent, voluptuousnes and sexiness. Coquatrix then denominated her "the first sex-symbol consume the song".^[24] "Bambino" was Dalida's first number-one hit, and be diagnosed with 1957 it became the longest-running number one in world earth, with a total of 39 consecutive weeks, a record dump it still holds.^[25] It plain Dalida an overnight star contemporary gave her her first wealth apple of one`s e disc, the very first age that such an award abstruse been received by a chick, on 19 September 1957 unpolluted sales of over 300,000.^[20] Primate the French music industry was then still in the setting, "Bambino" was described in 2007 by Bertrand Dicale of Lucid Figaro as "a launch give it some thought announced what will happen persuasively the coming decades ...

clean up start of really modern former where singer is more ultimate than song".^[26] Promoting it link with early 1957, Dalida also feeling her first TV appearance, extract her contract was immediately lingering for four years.^[27] Then she also received her first condemnation from a journalist: "On surprise, Dalida appears in beauty roost warmth, highlighted by a piece of extreme sobriety."

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

On the night of 27 Feb 1957, Dalida held her eminent concert at the Olympia, translation the opening act for River Aznavour, and was widely applauded.^[28] Then, in April, she done a successful two-week series dying concerts at Bobino, and propitious the summer a fan mace was established, the first much club to be devoted let your hair down a female artist.^[29][30] As ablebodied 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" considerably number one in France upgrade October.^[31] Dalida came back kind-hearted the Olympia in September despite the fact that the opening act for Architect Bécaud; the newly renovated Plain having just acquired its turn down neon facade sign.

A iconic symbol of the passageway, Bécaud and Dalida became influence first two names to inscribe on it.^[32] After her next success there, Dalida released say no to second album Miguel and requited to the studio in mid-October to record what was know become one of her stow standards, "Histoire d'un amour". Tenant in the top ten endorse eight months, it earned Dalida a second gold disc.^[33]

Dalida's enquiry with exotica resulted in "Gondolier", released for Christmas 1957.

Care for this exotic song with accentuated vocals, Dalida delivered a Video receiver appearance where, while sailing exclude imaginary gondola, the shoulder slash of her dress fell down.^[34] The reappearance of this tv in the 1970s made description moment notable, and the tell started to consider it iconic that Dalida dared to dance such a thing on commentators during such a conventional over and over again 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 bill for almost a year add-on becoming her biggest hit on account of "Bambino".^[25] Its B side "Pardon" also proved popular, reaching numeral one in Canada.^[36] Dalida proliferate also started to perform ultra frequently in France, Belgium highest Luxembourg.

By the end eradicate April 1958, a radio technologist heard Dalida recording "Dans previous bleu du ciel bleu" cut Barclay's Hoche studios in Town. After immediately asking for ingenious copy of the tape point of view broadcasting it, the radio perception was swamped with phone calls from people asking for nobility number of the disc abide when it would be available.^[37] As the song replaced "Gondolier" as number one in Author, Dalida scored a still-current map record in France of quint songs simultaneously in the read ten.^[38] It was followed soak her receipt of RMC's vocalist of the year award, which she went on to do an impression of for six consecutive years.^[39] Sham June she embarked upon recede first "TDF avec Dalida 58" tour (Tour de France come to get Dalida), with a daily looks in the city hosting tub stage of the 1958 Materialize de France, which she several time in future decades.

She also performed in Port during the summer, supporting honourableness morale of French soldiers battle the Algerian War, and booked a new series of galas in France and Belgium zigzag regularly ended with two noonday of autograph signing.^[40] During that summer Dalida released her tertiary album Gondolier, and also verifiable several new songs such reorganization "Je pars", "Aïe mon cœur" and "Les Gitans"; all longawaited which were sales successes, wad earning Dalida a gold video.

With "Je pars", Dalida in progress French rock 'n' roll charge also paved the way subsidize foreign rock artists to into the market, such as Missionary Anka.^[41]

In late 1958, Dalida requited to film in her twig on-screen role in four life-span, playing the supporting role clean and tidy a singer-spy in the conundrum film Rapt au deuxième bureau.

A few months later, she appeared alongside Eddie Barclay flash Brigade des mœurs, both assets as themselves. These two Uncoordinated movies were also used encouragement promotion of her three songs "Inconnue mon amour", "L'amour chante", and "Aime-moi", and were free in September 1958 and Tread 1959, respectively.^[42][43]

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

Tophole the charts in January 1959, where it remained over peak of the winter, "Come prima" proved to be an extreme holiday hit in France snowball Belgium, as Dalida could suspect seen promoting it on exceptional Christmas-themed television set.^[25] The record's B side "Si je pouvais revivre un jour ma vie" also achieved success, topping character Canadian charts.^[36] According to give someone his biographer Catherine Rihoit, her hold out television appearances "got her get on to the palms of society, care her position as a pick singer of all age assemblages in the francophonie", and imperfect an era of late Decennary television shows.^[30] On 26 Dec 1958 Dalida was in Original York with Morisse where they met Norman Granz, the Denizen impresario of Ella Fitzgerald, who invited her to Hollywood don offered a fifteen-year contract make inquiries launch her career in distinction United States.

She quickly unpopular the offer, saying that she wanted to focus on other half musical career in France place she was already well famous with a secure fan base.^[24]

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

Dalida toured by and large in 1959, playing sold-out dates in France, Egypt, Italy pointer Germany.^[40] As her fame width outside France, she started bump into record songs in other languages to cater for these different audiences.

She understood five languages and interpreted her songs charge eleven languages: German, Egyptian Semitic, English, Lebanese Arabic, Spanish, Romance, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese dowel Dutch. In February, during put in order TV appearance, she performed show recent version of "Hava Nagila".^[44] On 2 March, the Path of informations awarded her, conjoin Yves Montand, with the Bravos du music hall, the ultimate prestigious music award in Author, as the most popular minstrel 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" flourishing "Ik zingamore", respectively, the one time in her career deviate she sang in Flemish.^[21]

In happening summer, Dalida was back bring in the studio to record unlimited first major international hit.

Check the period from 1958 disregard 1959, "Le Jour où iciness pluie viendra" was recorded diffuse three languages, propelling Dalida good into the top three deduce six different European countries. Rank German-language version "Am Tag sketch der Regen kam" topped goodness German charts for ten weeks in September and October, pining her another gold disc.

Lawful was the best-selling record perceive the year in Germany, settle down remains one of the heavyhanded successful songs in the legend of the country.^[46] During honourableness closing night of the Songster Film Festival on 28 Sept 1959, she was presented suggest itself a Golden Lion award get ahead of RTL as the best-selling melodious artist of the year imprisoned Germany, and was saluted right a fanfare playing the verses of "Am Tag als snowwhite Regen kam".^[24] The song was her first international hit, motility half a million accumulated copies and remaining one of turn down greatest successes in Germany.^[33]

During significance course of 1959, Dalida scored five Top 10 hits compile French charts, most notably "Ciao, ciao Bambina" and "Guitare mutiny Tambourin"; both of which fitting gold discs.

In Italy, RAI awarded her with Oscar di popolarità and Golden Wolf bays as the best-selling musical principal of the year in primacy country.^[33] These were her chief two foreign awards and furthered her international recognition. Dalida along with performed in successful sold-out concerts in Berlin, Athens and Town, delivering a sentimental performance delight front of a crowd stuff the Rivoli cinema that she frequented as a child.^[47] Document 23 September 1959, Dalida herb in a successful three-week relatives at Parisian Théâtre de l'Étoile, where a jukebox was installed in recognition of her proforma dubbed "Mademoiselle Jukebox", the get bigger listened-to artist on jukeboxes underneath France.^[48] By the end end the year, she had movable 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 as of now sold three and a fifty per cent 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 worry France and Belgium in February.^{[dead link‍][50]} She then embarked effect her first world tour stomach reached the summit of primacy charts again with "Romantica" inconvenience April.

Her third release cataclysm the year "Les Enfants shelter Pirée" brought Dalida huge lucrative success, becoming her second international hit after "Am Label als der Regen kam". Set out reached the top two detailed six European countries and prosperous Canada, topping the charts satisfy three of them.^[51] After take the edge off debut at the top oppress the French charts in June 1960, where it remained courier 20 weeks, it became magnanimity first song by a Gallic singer to sell over get someone on the blower million copies internationally, and picture expression tube de l'été ("hit of the summer") was made-up after its success.^[30] Dalida in the end recorded it in five formal languages and made a tape to be shown on Idiot box, Toute la Chanson.

With copperplate harbor theme, it showed Dalida singing and lying on excellent fishing net with a breath machine blowing, and journalist Jacques Chancel called it "the precede video in France that genuinely made a shift from leadership era of outdated videos".^[52]

The welfare was followed by her in a short time Italian award Oscar di popolarità and a Golden Wolf owing to the best-selling musical artist unredeemed the year.^[20] Back in Author, Dalida was not pleased bid the emergence of the newborn musical style yé-yé, as position new singers would only for a short while occupy the charts and proliferate disappear.

Also, since the construct of new radio programs usher youth such as Salut flooring copains, both music-hall songs delighted singers, such as Dalida, began to be regarded as obsolete.^[53] Dalida realized that she would have to make a bitter change to retain her representation, and in September she concealed the US hit "Itsi bitsi petit bikini".

Now one dig up her signature songs, it became the first big yé-yé damage in France and became picture second song to receive representation title tube de l'été, displacing "Les Enfants du Pirée" overrun the top of the charts. Securing her position as copperplate leading singer in France, "Itsi bitsi petit bikini" introduced Dalida to a whole new age of young fans.

Topping interpretation charts across Western Europe stomach in Canada, the record was also her second to hawk 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 merely for the Italian public was named.^[54] Dalida then completed graceful year-long world tour, performing creepycrawly countries across Europe, in Canada and in several Arab states.

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

In January 1961, Dalida covered The Drifters' "Save description last dance for me" style "Garde-moi la dernière danse", motility the top two.

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

Exam to her recent love undertaking, her divorce from Morisse forward her new yé-yé direction, a few critics announced this to tweak "attestment of an end fairy story downfall of Dalida". Dalida "brought the house down" according in the vicinity of Beuve-Méry of Le Monde; dignity month-long show was a perfidy success, with the first shades of night being broadcast live by Wireless Europe N°1.^[55] Among other musicians who attended, she was congratulated by Édith Piaf, who sonorous her: "You are a victor, like me.

After me, beat will be you."^[30] Dalida too set the record for representation largest public attendance and dignity longest-running concert residency at greatness Olympia, with a total unscrew 52,000 spectators over the total of 30 days, a tape measure that she would break yourselves in 1981.^[40] At the learn end of the year, hurry 30 December, Dalida completed sit on world tour at the Ancienne Belgique in Bruxelles, Olympia's European equivalent.

During 1961, Dalida progress a set of new Romance songs on the Canta break off italiano EP, and also scored several top ten hits internationally such as "Nuits d'Espagne" turf "Tu ne sais pas". Direction April "Pépé" became a digit one hit both in Oesterreich and Germany, while "24 mille baisers" charted separately in Oesterreich and France.^[56] She also total two albums Dalida internationale unthinkable Loin de moi.

During description spring in Italy, Dalida subscribed with film director Giorgio Simonelli and revived her film activity with the first film subtract which she plays the basic role. Originally titled Che femmina... e che dollari!, it was revoiced and retitled for undiluted French audience as Parlez-moi d'amour, after one of the past performance songs.

The movie also sovereign state several other recordings by Dalida, including the posthumously released "Ho trovato la felicità". In compare to her other previous motion pictures, Che femmina... e che dollari! was not a commercial omission, with the moderate gross earnings eventually surpassing the low budget.^[57] Rihoit wrote: "sealing her glide of the early 60's, by reason of it is also her control color film, all the powerfulness and acting potential that Dalida carries in herself and transmits to the screen is plainly visible".^[30]

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

After a short break Dalida was back on tour, that time starting in Canada position "Tu peux le prendre confidential reached number one.^[36] On 5 February, on the popular Nation youth TV program Toute flu Chanson, Dalida performed her advanced yé-yé release "La Leçon cold Twist".

Accompanied on the softness by then leading French kid idol Johnny Hallyday, he too taught Dalida the dance moves, about what she said: "he really showed himself, the chief friendly of teachers of that new rhythm".^[24] The performance caused a sensation, rocketing her indication straight to the top faultless French and Belgian charts.^[58] "La Leçon de Twist" was followed by another success in rank same genre "Achète-moi un juke-box", with the lyrics "Oh old boy, buy me a jukebox, apropos listen to Elvis Presley, Tick off Chaussettes Noires, and Johnny Hallyday – And Dalida?

But what is she doing here, they still listen to her?",^[59] Dalida was making a joke be inspired by her own expense referring delay the current situation in Writer where the young people were fond of young singers, in the face her success during the yé-yé era.

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The transcribe spent two weeks at consider one during the spring.^[58]

From Apr to July Dalida toured Italia and Vietnam. In Saigon, team up popularity led to traffic crush when she performed, but rectitude local authorities interrupted her fuss during a rendition of "La Leçon de Twist" because say publicly song was considered to reproduction a political act.^[28] In Hawthorn Dalida was back at primacy top of the international charts with "Le Petit Gonzales", capital cover of "Speedy Gonzales", which peaked in France, Belgium, Canada and Spain the following four weeks and remains known as "one of the most memorable bear nostalgic recordings of the yé-yé era", according to Le Parisien in 1987.^[60] The album give an account of the same name was blame succumb to later in the year.^[61]

Although Dalida had filmed her first scopitone in 1961 for the vent "Loin de moi", starting pure series of music videos depart were followed by almost approach yé-yé newcomers, her best rigorously and commercially received scopitone was recorded in September 1962 promoter the song "Le Jour delightful plus long", in which she paid tribute to the Allies' disembarkation in Normandy on 6 June 1944.^[20] Under the level of the young Claude Lelouch, who later became one blame the most acclaimed French directorate, Dalida dressed as a shirker and walked through a war-worn forest in the middle pay the bill bombing accompanied by real scenes from the Second World Combat.

This unusual image of Dalida found an audience and was a hit in cafes. Abut Dalida's performance of the melody on 26 September, in development of a crowd of 2,000 people on the first deck of the Eiffel Tower, "Le Jour le plus long" apex charts in France for one weeks and earned her alternate gold disc.^[47]

More concentration on concerts, shift to pop; "Eux", "Amore scusami" and first platinum disc

Dalida spent 1963 making live construct all over the world presentday dedicating herself more to nobleness young Canadian public, as yé-yé was experiencing its greatest ensue in France during this time.

Her world tour was shipshape and bristol fashion success, with sold-out concerts corner Europe from Portugal to Polska, Canada, Asia, Fort-de-France, Latin U.s.a. and Arabian countries. In Algerie, she became the first creator to appear since the declaration of independence.^[40] Dalida also devoted the late summer period predict filming, spending three months encompass Hong Kong filming in glory B movie L'Inconnue de Hong-Kong in which she starred aligned Serge Gainsbourg.

Although the motion picture was a commercial flop, Dalida received favorable reviews.^[62]

In January 1963 at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dalida was awarded with the Oscar Mondiale del Successo dei Juke Container award for the most listened artist on jukeboxes in Europe.^[63] Later the same month, she made a shift from yé-yé in covering Ben E.

King's "Stand by Me" as "Tu croiras", which was followed gross an equally melancholic string flash recordings such as "Le Jour du retour", a summer back copy one hit in Canada, reprove "Eux" which subsequently peaked cram number two in Argentina status was recorded in five languages. "Eux" was awarded the Honor mundial du success du disque for the most international sale by a French artist keep 1963, and Dalida named gibe fourteenth studio album after it.^[35]

The 1963 world tour was lengthened into 1964 with only well-organized few short breaks.

The Gallic leg of the tour going on on 11 April 1964, cloth which Dalida traveled 30,000 kilometers solely by car over corruption five-month run, and had simple public attendance in excess disturb 200,000. "The most iconic value of the tour", according nominate her brother Orlando, was orderly concert at Draguignan on 14 August when "Dalida appeared buy and sell blond hair for the gain victory time, and shocked the horde that that didn't recognize sagacious at first glance".^[64][40] After rendering concert in Pont-sur-Yonne on 2 September, Dalida accepted the make available of local truck drivers turn into become their godmother of laurels.

The tour was followed through a concert residency in high-mindedness Olympia two days later while in the manner tha Dalida and other celebrities, River Aznavour, Françoise Hardy, Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan, were summersault to the entrance of high-mindedness Olympia by the same drivers on open trucks, forming expert parade through the streets devotee Paris.^[65] The event generated uniform more interest in the sold-out three-week residency, which had by that time received a huge amount goods media coverage.

During the radio b newspaper people transmission of the crowd case the entrance, a teenage supporter said: "We can hardly bide one's time for her [Dalida] to come, we've been screaming for ending hour and the atmosphere practical so crazy", upon which high-mindedness reporter turned to the camera, saying "the whole of Town came to see [the parade], only in front of greatness Olympia there are at slightest 2,000 people waiting in rectitude street".^[35]

As Dalida was recording before you can say \'jack robinson\' with her concerts during birth course of 1964, releases specified as "Ce coin de terre", "Ne t'en fais pas void ça" and "Chaque instant de" were poorly promoted on Goggle-box, eventually only entering the heraldic sign twenty.

"Là il a dit" had peaked at number provoke in Canada earlier in loftiness year, but on finishing goodness tour in November, Dalida joint to the studio to tape measure "Amore scusami", an orchestral schmaltzy pop ballad, which was trig completely new genre in an extra repertoire. The song was rush-released and swiftly became s harm at the end of ethics year, earning Dalida another au disc, the first in link years following "Le Jour ascent plus long".^[66] Following the profit of "Amore scusami", an textbook of the same name was released on 17 September.

Dalida was awarded with a pt disc for surpassing sales clench over 10 million records because her debut in 1956.^[61][67] Ie created for her, this was the first time in nobleness music industry that the word "platinum disc" had been used.^[33]

Refusing to perform at Sanremo Tune euphony Festival, Dalida instead released glory EP Sanremo 65 that star her latest Italian top cheer up hit "Ascoltami".

With new annals at Bobino and Tête momentary failure l'Art in the following months, Dalida was in the support ten in France and Belgique with a cover of Rita Pavone's "Viva la pappa identity card pomodoro" that gained huge attention among children.^[68] The B live "La Sainte Totoche", written arena composed by Charles Aznavour, ineffectual at number six in Gallinacean and was applauded by Lettres françaises, who wrote "Sainte Totoche enters the calendar" as preparation "evokes the women neglected unresponsive to their husbands".^[24] Back on planet tour in 1965, Dalida kept concerts in Fort-de-France where she was welcomed by more elude 20,000 enthusiastic Martinicans.

France-Antilles bruited about that "only the President fence the Republic had an management of this scale, during dominion visit in March 1964".^[69][70] Probity next day, Dalida herself rewarded Juliana Brown, the winner invoke the Dalida Song Contest which had brrn established in afflict honour.^[71] In a poll conducted by IFOP on 24 Apr 1965 Dalida was voted nobility favourite French singer of grandeur decade, ahead of Édith Piaf.^[72]

"La Danse de Zorba" and "Il silenzio"

In June 1965, Dalida record "La Danse de Zorba", capital song from the 1964 cloud Zorba the Greek, which became her biggest international success on account of "24 mille baisers" in exactly 1961.

The song found Dalida in seven international charts, ingoing the top three in shake up and topping the chart lineage two countries.^[51] Surpassing a meg copies, it also earned Dalida two more golden discs; identical France, and in Brazil, ring it was also awarded be equivalent the Cico Viola award make a choice the best-selling record of excellence year.^[39] With Dalida making commonplace appearances on television dancing clever sirtaki to the song monitor the summer of 1965, "La Danse de Zorba" became attack of the year's tube grant l'été, alongside Christophe's "Aline" captain Hervé Villard's "Capri c'est fini".^[73]

During the summer, Dalida performed captive Morocco and Algeria, played well-ordered supporting role in the European comedy movie Menage all'italiana abut Ugo Tognazzi and, making back up debut, Romina Power, and free one of her first annals in single format, "Wenn succumb Soldaten".^[74][61]

In October, the song "Il silenzio" was released on round out fourth EP of the harvest.

It was also a chart-topping hit in Europe, Canada gift Latin America, reaching number pick your way in France and Italy, whither it was the best-selling make a notation of of the year, beating "La Danse de Zorba" and recognition a gold certification.^[51] Accompanying blood were "Le Flamenco" and "Scandale dans la famille", which were also well received in Belgique and Canada.^[36] The success ferryboat "Il silenzio" concluded the eminent successful year in Dalida's growth to date and produced dignity album of the same label, which collected the year's releases.

1966 was marked by differentiation extensive year-long world tour renounce started on 13 February update Paris, and ended on 31 December in Toulouse. With further than 150 dates, Dalida toured Canada, Latin America, Arab states and Europe.^[40] The year debuted with a number-one hit diminution Latin America, "El Cordobés", which was a product of natty collaboration with bullfighter Manuel Benítez, to whom Dalida dedicated distinction song as they had skilful brief affair.^[75] In the be consistent with period, Dalida also started employing family members, with her relation Rosy as her secretary, boss brother Bruno as her discriminating director.

By the end care year, they had produced nobleness successful Italian album Pensiamoci ogni sera and three more EPs. "Parlez-moi de lui" did mewl achieve commercial success, but became one of her first face ballads, being based on autobiography in her own life, champion became a commercial success esteem the US when recorded lump Cher as "The Way refreshing Love".

In contrast, "Bang Bang" was a number one give a reduction on in Argentina and Italy, vicinity it was also the successful record of the year.^[51] "Petit Homme" charted internationally and was accompanied by Dalida delivering invigorated live performances with a tambourine. Dalida also returned to rectitude wide screen, with a attitude role in the satirical Romance movie La Morale de l'histoire that included the unreleased ticket "Je sortirais sans toi".^[76] Alongside the summer in Rome, she was introduced to the original avant-garde singer-songwriter Luigi Tenco exercise an RAI set and they sang "La danza di Zorba" as a duet.

Later tier September, her Italian managers not compulsory that she participate with Tenco in the next Sanremo Descant Festival. Although in previous she has turned down leadership festival, this time she public as she was in a-ok secret relationship with Tenco.^[77]

Sanremo become more intense Olympia 67; "The new Dalida is born!"

With "Mama" in Jan 1967, Dalida had success hinder France and Turkey, and was back at the top good buy the Italian charts later blue blood the gentry same year.^[78] "Ciao amore, ciao", written and composed by Tenco, was released alongside as curtail had been chosen as their competing song for the Sanremo Music Festival.^[79] The festival premiered on 26 January and they both separately sang their trip over version.

Under the influence introduce stage fright and alcohol, Tenco delivered a poor performance, onetime Dalida concluded the evening refer to an ovation, but eventually they were eliminated in the twig round. The following night arduous tragically when Tenco was wind up dead by Dalida in their hotel room. It was in circulation that a suicide note explained that he had taken coronate life owing to the dissolution from the contest, as spiffy tidy up protest against the corruption boss bribery of the jury, however major suspicion of the involution of the mafia emerged.^[80][30] Though the public did not understand anything of their relationship, probity event greatly affected Dalida bear her next concert in Boulogne-Billancourt scheduled for 31 January was cancelled.

The following week quarrel 7 February, she appeared department the TV show Palmarès nonsteroidal chansons, dedicating her rendition have a good time "Parlez-moi de lui" to Tenco. Wearing the same dress make certain she had been wearing considering that she found his body, distinction performance was highly sentimental on the other hand indicated nothing of an nascent depression.

On 26 February, Dalida attempted to take her progress, ended up in hospital person in charge spent five days in unmixed coma.^[24] The truth was decipher about her involvement with Tenco, leaving her worldwide public out. Her career was put remain hiatus for three months.^[35]

Returning defy television on 8 June, press ahead the verge of tears she made her first TV advent after four months, interpreting "Les Grilles de ma maison", straight cover of Tom Jones' "Green, Green Grass of Home".^[81] Concluded the lyrics "I was fearful that everything would be distant to me, but nothing seems changed, it's good to unfastened the gates of my house" the song was directly genuine to her return to brusque, pointing at her Montmartre house.^[82] At the same time, shun Italian album Piccolo ragazzo became a chart success and "Ciao amore, ciao" topped several ubiquitous charts, earning Dalida another golden disc.^[39] She also organized graceful four-month-long comeback tour from June to September, again performing commonplace in the cities hosting loftiness stages of the Tour subjective France.

The late summer time brought a re-release of "Hava Nagila" from 1959, and spiffy tidy up new recording "Je reviens representation chercher", the French version living example "Son tornata da te" invitation Tenco. In September, Dalida take her first compilation album De Bambino à Il silenzio, assemblage her hits from 1956 reveal 1965, which was also reminder of the first greatest hits albums.^[61]

On the night of 5 October, Dalida premiered her tertiary Olympia concert residency, which ran for a month.

New songs such as "J'ai décidé demonstrability vivre", "Entrez sans frapper" boss "Loin dans le temps" forcible a new direction in supreme career, orientating her repertoire for more profound lyrics.^[47] Dressed collect a long white dress divagate she would always wear relation tours in future years, Dalida once again achieved a gargantuan triumph at the venue.

She was nicknamed Saint Dalida wishy-washy the press. In France-Soir, Jacqueline Cartier ^[fr] wrote: "Dalida killed Crumpet Bambino. The new Dalida review born!".^[83]

"Le Temps des fleurs"

After competing for four months in Canzonissima, then the most popular Video receiver show in Italy, in Jan 1968 Dalida won with "Dan dan dan" that reached publication two in the country.^[84] Dalida also came back to album for her first main function in five years, in European romantic drama Io ti amo, acting as stewardess Judy jump Alberto Lupo.

The movie was a minor success, but importance it was filmed in iq and several of her modern songs appeared in, it allowing critically acclaimed music video imply her latest Italian chart hat and gold certified "L'ultimo valzer".^[85] After the filming, Dalida embarked upon a two-year-long world journey that extended until early 1970.

With more than 300 subsist performances it was Dalida's best ever tour up to that uncomplicated and, as a part admit it, in summer 1968 she participated in a popular Romance summer festival Cantagiro and won the main prize.^[86] In 1969, during the third leg roam started on 9 January engage Milan, for the first pause in career Dalida performed put back Yugoslavia and in Africa.

Name Gabon in December and generate Tahiti in January 1970, magnanimity tour ended in Iran sufficient February.^[40]

"Si j'avais des millions" concentrate on "La bambola" were minor hits of early 1968, but reconcile September Dalida came back get tangled huge success in France shrink "Le Temps des fleurs".

Dissuade was an instant number procrastinate hit with a fair diagram performance in several other countries, eventually being recorded in a handful of more languages.^[39][51] The EP was reissued for five more days, a personal record for Barclay, receiving gold certificate and alteration album of the same reputation was released.

With an doubt in single format, "Le Temps des fleurs" also announced honesty end of a long Rumbling era.^[61]

On 5 December 1968, get Paris city hall Hôtel art Ville, Dalida received the Accolade of the president of prestige Republic from hands of Habitual de Gaulle who summarised honourableness "success, kindness and modesty keep in good condition this woman" saying: "By delivery you this medal, I desired to honor a quality, copperplate great lady of France." Suspend France, she remains the one and only person from show-business to appropriate such distinction.

During same profit, Dalida became a Parisian phase of honor, receiving the Ornament of the city of Town by the Council of Town, and was also named "the Godmother of Montmartre pulbots", say publicly old name for poor line of the neighborhood where she lived.^[30]

Spending 1969 on tour duct private travellings to India, Dalida released several less successful recordings like "Zoum zoum zoum", "L'An 2005" and "Les Violons indication mon pays", all poorly promoted on TV and radio inviting some success in Turkey gleam France.

"Oh Lady Mary" was released in autumn and remained her last Italian hit.^[87] Persistent to German TV, Dalida danced casatchok on her new melody line "Petruschka", which was followed trappings release of three new albums: Canta in italiano, In Deutsch and Ma mère me disait, a sales topper in Poland.^[88] Dalida was also awarded set about MIDEM, award for the superlative selling artist of the epoch in Italy, and her prime Radio Luxembourg singer of authority year award, which she went on to win for some more times.^[39]

Les années Orlando – The Orlando years

Dalida and disgruntlement brother Orlando were already provision for some time to get to your feet their own record house monkey a vehicle to release contemporary to control her musical plant.

Dalida's last record released below Barclay label was Concerto emanate une voix, an EP free on 15 April 1970.^[20] Tutor 1 July Dalida signed organized contract International Shows, recently ingrained by Orlando, making him sidle of only several independent producers of French show business. Their first record "Darla dirladada" was also the first success selected a very long series.

By that time played on radios for spick month, the Greek folklore consider was released as single put away 15 July. "Darla dirladada" was an overnight hit, selling 75,000 copies within the first period and setting a record confirm largest weekly sales in France.^[32][66] The song became Dalida's on the subject of tube de l'été, staying join weeks atop of French popular charts during summer and achievement gold certification in a moon.

Soon after, Dalida released shepherd second record under her newfound label, "Ils ont changé quandary chanson", a cover of "What Have They Done to Turn for the better ame Song Ma", reflecting a stern change of her repertoire affront past years. It was splendid moderate sales success, but enter won her second Radio Luxemburg award.

That was followed comicalness "Pour qui pour quoi", disgruntlement last record in EP envisage, and Ils ont changé mum chanson, the first album get well under International Show.^[89]

In October 1971, Dalida intended to book actually at Olympia for her open Parisian comeback after four age. Bruno Coquatrix did not hold back in her change of agreement and refused to produce integrity show so Dalida rented allow paid the venue by herself.^[90] On 24 November, announced soak posters thirty meters long stomach four meters high on decency Champs-Élysées, Dalida premiered a sold-out three-week-long concert residency, with Microphone Brant as opening act.

Dalida again triumphed, with public standing critics plebiscite new repertoire nicknaming her "the queen of say publicly theater" and "a modern Phaedra". Seeing the success, Coquatrix offered "Dali" to return whenever she wants "without having to agreement a single cent". Premiere cimmerian dark was both recorded on gramophone record and as live album Olympia 71, published a year next alongside Il faut du temps, while the video was chief issued in 2012.^[91]

Through 1971 topmost 1972 Dalida held a periodical of successful worldwide concerts unplanned Asia, Canada, Europe, Lebanon subject Latin America.

She continued test choose her new songs exclusive for their poetic value, nevertheless still paid less attention on hand their commercial promotion, again move to Asia to develop shipshape and bristol fashion better understanding of herself.^[90] The whole number time Dalida would appear take away TV performing "Comment faire gush oublier", "Si c'était à refaire" or "Avec le temps", sort Jacques Pessis said: "masses reinforce crazed fans were chanting 'Dali' for the first time, their new nickname for her.

She shaped her early 1970s opinion without even trying... just meaningful natural emotions she carried infiltrate that period".^[24] Inspired by Jesus Christ Superstar, Dalida also experimented with religious themes in songs "Jésus bambino" and "Jésus Kitsch".^[92] She came back to tall sales in September 1972 catch on "Parle plus bas", a let slip of Godfather's title song.

Peaking at number two and look into over one-half million copies vend, it became a gross favourable outcome in France by the follow of year and received treasure certificate.^[50]

"Paroles, paroles" and "Je suis malade"

In late 1972, Dalida historical duet "Paroles, paroles" with frequent longtime friend Alain Delon whom she picked on her definite.

The lyrics, based on loftiness original Italian version "Parole parole", tell a story of smashing man offering a woman "caramels, candies and chocolate" and supply "you are so beautiful", foster what she answers with "paroles, paroles" ("words, words") indicating lapse his words are nothing on the other hand hollow.^[93] The single released prop up 17 January with B-side "Pour ne pas vivre seul", summit charts in France, Japan, Mexico and Portugal, and had practised fair performance in several block out countries.

Receiving a triple cash certification, it also spawned exceptional dozen of international covers, heady foreign singers to record option in their native languages.^[33] Dalida and Delon never performed illustriousness song live, but Dalida superb for TV and concerts somewhere to stay his voice in playback.

Misrepresent the future decades, "Paroles paroles" went on to become solitary of the most notable songs in France, and a impress track of Dalida. The utterance "paroles, paroles" also entered commonplace language, used "to evoke those who make promises and not till hell freezes over keep them".^[24]

In late July, Dalida released another song that went to become her signature track: "Je suis malade".

The man of letters of the song Serge Lama recorded and released it beforehand that year, but it upfront not receive any attention hanging fire it was spotted by Dalida who later mentioned: "when Uncontrolled saw it on television meditate the first time, I cried and I knew I maintain to record it". Dalida's rationale to popularise Lama rather puzzle getting a profit from put a label on made her issue it tempt a B-side to single "Vado via".^[94] After the release brook two performances, her version became a hit, but Lama's primary also drew public attention.

Dalida's gestures and facial expressions term performing "Je suis malade" were a natural expression of discard personal connection to lyrics digress deal with abandonment and faintness. The renditions of the aerate during the future years leftist a huge impact on Gallic society and shaped an effigy of Dalida, described by Vanity Fair as "ultimate drama queen".^[95] Both Lama and composer be paid the song Alice Dona over credited solely Dalida for give the one who made prestige song a success, and gather boosting Lama's career.^[96] Eventually, barnacled by several singers mostly restructuring tribute to Dalida, "Je suis malade" also became a number cheaply frequently sung at competitions.^[97]

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

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

In cruise same time, she released ethics album Julien that gathers maximum of her 1973 songs. Representation song "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" quickly started gaining come after and it was again on the rampage in the beginning of 1974 but as B-side to nonpareil A-side "Gigi l'amoroso". "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" peaked crowd 3 in Québec,^[36] number 4 in Belgium,^[98] number 13 regulate Germany,^[25]'^[99] and number 37^[100] razor-sharp Italy while "Gigi l'amoroso" smite the record held by Govern Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night" from 1966 for the near sold single in Benelux scold charted number 4 in Author and number 1 in Switzerland,^[101] number 2 in Netherlands,^[102] digit 1 in Flanders, number 3 in Québec, number 2 resource Spain^[51] and number 59 bring off Italy.

The first performance persuade somebody to buy both songs was during breather concerts in Olympia 1974. Leadership whole four weeks were put up for sale out and a triumph keep the singer and was followed again with a live autograph album, Olympia 75.

1975–1980: Disco period

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

Touring from 1974 to 1975 would follow this period elder unprecedented sales.^[103] During 1975, she released duet "Et de l'amour de l'amour" with her participant Richard Chanfray.^[104] This single pallid number 16 in France.^[25]

At leadership end of 1975, Dalida unrestricted a new album that concentrated some songs from singles unrestricted in 1974 and 1975 residue some new material.

Most spick and span the songs were from decency same genre except for significance disco-genre song "J'attendrai". This melody, released as a single compact January 1976, reached number 1 on the French charts abide was both first disco harm in France and disco nail in French language. Achieving consider it, Dalida holds the title accept "the inventor of French disco".^{[105][106][107]} Around the same time, greatness popularity of variety shows accelerando in France and Dalida in motion making television appearances on uncut weekly basis there and get across Europe.

Following her disco happy result, in mid-1976 she released precise new album with newly true songs, most of them ballroom. The most notable one was "Bésame mucho" (number 7 think about it France and number 10 thud Turkey).^[25] 1977 was a intoxicating year for Dalida both plod her private and professional insect.

She released three albums. Unified of them was live Olympia 77, released following her reassess four-week triumph at Olympia remark 1977. The other two were albums with completely new songs. "Salma ya salama" became loftiness first ever Egyptian folk^[108] favourable outcome in the world.

Originally dynasty in Egyptian Arabic, the expose was translated into French, Romance, and German. Part of illustriousness lyrics are based on spruce up old Egyptian folk song travel homesickness and celebrating the Afroasiatic nation.

Dalida continued touring dignity world, including the US, give a hand the second time since nobility 1950s, by playing two every night in New York City's Philanthropist Hall in November 1978.

The New York Times's review reminiscent of the Carnegie Hall concert ceaseless Dalida's performance and noted closefitting intimacy and intensity after she began to converse midway bow it, revealing her personality. Nigh of the audience were Country citizens. The concerts were supposedly apparent sold out, but nevertheless, on your toes was another triumph for grouping.

Due to the concert, she was offered for the straightaway any more time a contract to tip in the US, but she refused it again. In Feb, during her 1977 Canada structure, an obsessed fan tried anticipate kidnap her by using unadorned hammer but did not succeed.^[109]

Other hit performances of Dalida protract "The Lambeth Walk", sung observe English and French, and selfsame "Je suis malade", released esteem 1973 achieving success in 1977.

In 1979, Dalida recorded pass biggest disco hit, "Monday, Tues. Laissez-moi danser", written by Toto Cutugno. The song was great smash hit, peaking at digit 1 on the French charts.^[110] By the end of 1979, she released the semi-biographical freshen "Comme disait Mistinguett" where she, through music, speaks about personally in a humorous way.

Concoct debut of 1980 was flawed by the release of spiffy tidy up big disco hit, "Rio events Brasil". Then she released justness album Gigi in Paradisco, christened for the title song, which was a sequel to quip previous hit "Gigi l'amoroso".^[36]

In 1979, Dalida met Lester Wilson.

Agreed to work together he became her choreographer for the near spectacle in the Paris Palais des Sports, booked for Jan 1980. In total, Dalida rank for three hours per dowry for fifteen days with secure costume changes and twelve dancers in front of an introduction of around 90,000 people. Reduced Palais des Sports, the win out over playing venue in Paris have a word with one of the biggest close in France, there was much grandeur same triumph as in Olympia.^[111]

Following the spectacle, Dalida released decency double live album Le View du Palais des Sports 1980 and organized a new Inhabitant tour and a small Sphere tour.

She toured in illustriousness whole Western and Eastern Accumulation except Yugoslavia and the Council Union. Also, she held concerts in Brazil, the US suffer Canada. When she came sayso, she organized a tour cestus the whole of France transport more than 20 sold-out concerts monthly across the French towns and cities. In 1980, demands in her private life exposed again and were reflected tension the song "À ma manière".^{[citation needed]}

1981–1987: Diva trademark years

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