Riccardo Del Turco
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Riccardo Del Turco is an Italian singer. His song Luglio topped the Italian Hit Parade Singles Chart for two weeks in July 1968, selling over 500,000 copies.. Luglios tune was marketed across Europe and was released in the UK as I'm Gonna Try by The Tremeloes
, but the song had a lukewarm response. The tune was then offered to the Herman's Hermits
, who used it for their song, Something's happening. The song reached the sixth spot on the UK chart.. Other international versions of Luglio include Joe Dassin
's Le petit pain au chocolat, in French, and Huhta Bengt's (aka Kristian) Ai ai ai, in Finnish.
The Tremeloes
The Tremeloes are an English beat group founded in 1958 in Dagenham, Essex, and still active today.-Career:They formed as Brian Poole and the Tremoloes influenced by Buddy Holly and The Crickets...
, but the song had a lukewarm response. The tune was then offered to the Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits are an English beat band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's record producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers...
, who used it for their song, Something's happening. The song reached the sixth spot on the UK chart.. Other international versions of Luglio include Joe Dassin
Joe Dassin
Joseph Ira Dassin , more commonly known as Joe Dassin, was an American singer-songwriter best known for his French songs of the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...
's Le petit pain au chocolat, in French, and Huhta Bengt's (aka Kristian) Ai ai ai, in Finnish.
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- Le cose che non ci diciamo/La nostra casa, 1962
- M'hanno detto che/Dimmi se vuoi, 1964
- Parla di te/Non chiudere la porta, 1964
- Figlio unico/Quanto amore, 1966
- Uno tranquillo/Allora hai vinto tu, 1967
- L'importante è la rosa/Se è scritto nel cielo, 16 October 1967
- Luglio/Il temporale, 1968
- Cosa hai messo nel caffè/Commedia, 2 January 1969
- Il compleanno/Geloso, 23 aprile 1969
- Due biglietti perchè/Se non hai pensato, 1970
- Babilonia/Non ti voglio amare, 1970
- La cicala/Nel giardino dietro casa, 1971
- Uno, nessuno/La domenica ti penso di più, 1972
- Tanto io non vinco mai/L'appartamento, 1973
- Tanto io non vinco mai/La musica sta arrivando, 1973
- The Summer Of Mary Ann/Ramona, 1976
- Winter Flower/Sette e ventinove, 1979
- Non voglio ali/Noi due, 1982
- Serena alienazione/Spazio profondo, 1984
Filmography
- Io non protesto, io amo, 1967
- Il professor Matusa e i suoi hippies, 1968