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First half of Dalida's career - complete

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 12/24/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Dalida was one of the most important female singers in the history of French music, yet she is hardly known in Britain or America. Her career spanned 32 years from 1956 to 1987, when she committed suicide. She recorded for the Barclay label until 1970, when she moved to her brother's label, Orlando. This collection contains (as far as I know) every song she recorded for Barclay in it's original form (no remixes here). Another massive boxed set is available covering all her Orlando recordings. The CD's that make up the two boxed sets were all made available separately.The ten CD's that make up this box, together with the period each covers, are :-1956-57 Vol 1 - Bambino
1957-58 Vol 2 - Come prima
1958-59 Vol 3 - Ciao ciao Bambina
1960-60 Vol 4 - Les enfants du Piree
1961-62 Vol 5 - Les petit Gonazles
1962-64 Vol 6 - Le jour le plus long
1964-65 Vol 7 - La danse de Zorba
1966-67 Vol 8 - Ciao amore ciao
1967-69 Vol 9 - Le temps de fleurs
1969-70 Vol 10 - L'an 2005If you've got some of these, you'd be better to continue buying them individually. Otherwise, it's cheaper to buy this box.During her years with Barclay, Dalida recorded many cover versions, but drew from a wide variety of sources from many different countries - Britain, America, Italy, Spain and Portugal among them. She recorded pop songs, folk songs, Christmas songs, songs from musicals and novelty songs, but most of all she recorded French songs.The diversity of her music means that you probably have to have wide musical tastes (as I do) to appreciate it all, but if you've already sampled some of Dalida's music and you have an idea of what to expect, this is well worth the investment.I finish this review by listing just some of the songs by their English titles, together with the singers who made them famous. The list is by no means complete.Hey there (Rosemary Clooney)
With all my heart (Petula Clark)
Love me forever (Eydie Gorme USA, Marion Ryan UK)
Alone (Petula Clark)
Itsy bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka dot bikini (Brian Hyland)
It's now or never (Elvis Presley)
Silent night
White Christmas (Bing Crosby)
Jingle bells
Save the last dance for me (Drifters)
Spanish Harlem (Ben E King)
A hundred pounds of clay (Gene Mcdaniels USA, Craig Douglas UK)
You don't know (Helen Shapiro)
Speedy Gonzales (Pat Boone)
King of clowns (Neil Sedaka)
Where have all the flowers gone (Pete Seeger)
Stand by me (Ben E King)
Summer holiday (Cliff Richard)
San Antonio rose (Bob Wills)
This land is your land (Woody Guthrie)
You don't own me (Lesley Gore)
It's over (Roy Orbison)
You're my world (Cilla Black)
La vie en rose (Edith Piaf)
Warm and tender love (Percy Sledge)
Green green grass of home (Tom Jones)
Hurt (Timi Yuro)
If I were a rich man (from Fiddler on the roof)
Everybody knows (Dave Clark Five)
Those were the days (Mary Hopkin)
In the year 2525 (Zager and Evans)
His latest flame (Elvis Presley)"