Giorgio Calabrese
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Giorgio Calabrese is a songwriter and frequent collaborator with French
pop music
star Charles Aznavour
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Calabrese wrote the original Italian lyrics for the popular song Softly, as I Leave You
, and the Italian version of Aznavour's famous song She
, titled Lei.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
pop music
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
star Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour, OC is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world...
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Calabrese wrote the original Italian lyrics for the popular song Softly, as I Leave You
Softly, as I Leave You (song)
"Softly, as I Leave You" is a popular song composed by Hal Shaper, Antonio De Vita , with original Italian lyrics by Giorgio Calabrese....
, and the Italian version of Aznavour's famous song She
She (Charles Aznavour song)
"She" is the title of a song written, recorded and released by Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer.It reached number 1 in the UK single charts in 1974, but was not successful in the USA or France...
, titled Lei.