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"Love in Portofino" is a 1958 song by Italian writing duo Chiosso-Buscaglione, first sang by the latter one. Picked up by French singer Dalida the next year, she recorded it with additional lyrics written by Jacques Larue [fr]. Her version achieved sales success in the European market, spawning dozens of covers. Embraced by musical intellectuals as masterpiece of Dalida's early repertoire of 1950s, it eventually became the symbolic song for Portofino, to which it is referring.

"Love in Portofino"
Cover of EP
Song by Dalida
ReleasedJuly 1959 (1959-07)
RecordedJuly 1959
Genre
  • Chanson
  • easy listening
Length3:04
LabelBarclay
Composer(s)Fred Buscaglione
Lyricist(s)
  • Leo Chiosso
  • Jacques Larue

Background


Italian lyricist Leo Chiosso wrote the song in 1958. It was mostly in Italian, only the repeating verse "I found my love in Portofino" was in English.

French lyricist Jacques Larue discovered the song, and a couple of months later he adapted it wholly in French, titled "A San Cristina". It was immediately recorded by a few French singers, with no success.

It was then when Eddie Barclay noticed the song and got it for Dalida. But in collaboration with Larue, the French part was rewritten and reduced to minimum, just as an addition to original Italian and English lyrics that were kept. "Love in Portofino" became a trilingual song, and under this version it became famous. It was recorded during Dalida's summer tour pause, under orchestra conduction of Raymond Lefèvre, and was published first on the EP (Barclay – 70 271). It was also featured as a title song of her end of year album.[1][2]


Charts


Chart (1959) Peak position
France[3] 15
Wallonia[4] 20

Other recordings


Johnny Dorelli in 1959, Andrea Bocelli in 2013, and many more.


See also



References


  1. "Album format". Dalida Official Website. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. "Personnel". Studio Hoche. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. "Classement des 20 plus grands succès du mois". Music Hall: 1. Autumn 1959.
  4. "Chart". ultratop.be.



На других языках

- [en] Love in Portofino

[ru] Love in Portofino (песня)

«Love in Portofino» (с англ. — «Любовь в Портофино») — песня, записанная французской певицей Далидой в 1959 году.


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