Riccardo Del Turco Explained

Riccardo Del Turco
Birth Date:7 September 1939
Birth Place:Fiesole, Florence, Italy
Genre:Pop, Rock
Years Active:1955–present
Label:RCA Italiana, CGD, Dischi Ricordi, Fonit Cetra

Riccardo Del Turco (born September 7, 1939) is an Italian singer and songwriter, born in Fiesole. His song Luglio topped the Italian Hit Parade Singles Chart for two weeks in July 1968, selling over 500,000 copies.[1] 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.[2] 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. More recently, Del Turco wrote the song "Vivo" that Andrea Bocelli recorded in 2018.[3]

Discography

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45 rpm

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. News: MM Italian Distrib, Launches 150,000 LP Sales Goal Drive . . October 5, 1968 . 55.
  2. Web site: Madeddu. Paolo. Luglio. Galleria della Canzone. August 4, 2011. etal.
  3. Web site: Andrea Bocelli: Biography . Decca Classics . June 11, 2020.