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Lady Love (Katri Helena Album)
''Lady Love'' is the eleventh studio album by Katri Helena, released in 1976 through . The album held the first place in the Finnish chart for fourteen weeks in a row. Track listing # "Syysunelma" (Veikko Samuli, Chrisse Johansson) – 2:39 # "Lady Love" (Pietsch, Dietrich, Ekkehardt, Chrisse Johansson, Veikko Samuli) – 2:33 # "Hän on mennyt pois (Tears and Souvenirs)" ( Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss, Chrisse Johansson) – 3:57 # "Aurinkoon (Morning Sky)" (Hans Bouwens, Chrisse Johansson) – 3:14 # " Hei jos mentäis naimisiin (Can't Give You Anything But My Love)" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss, Raul Reiman) – 3:14 # " Yksin kuljen sateeseen (Crying in the Rain)" (Carole King, Howard Greenfield, Pertti Reponen) – 2:00 # "Bye-Bye (Na-Na Is the Saddest Word)" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss, Raul Reiman) – 2:53 # "Palman mainingit (Méditerranée)" (Eddy Marnay, Claude Morgan, Raul Reiman) – 3:18 # "Ystäväin (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katri Helena
Katri Helena Kalaoja (; born 17 August 1945) is a Finnish singer. Career Katri Helena released her first songs in 1963 and has since sold over 630,000 certified records, which makes her the second-best-selling female soloist in Finland behind Madonna and places her also among the top 20 best-selling music artists in the Finnish market. She has represented Finland twice in the Eurovision Song Contest: in 1979 with her song "" and in 1993 with "". She also took part in the Sopot International Song Festival The Sopot International Song Festival or Sopot Festival (later called ''Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix'', ''Sopot Top of the Top Festival'' from 2012–13 and ''Polsat Sopot Festival'' in 2014) is an annual international song contest held in S ... in Poland in 1969, singing "". Personal life Katri Helena has been married three times. She had two daughters and a son with her husband Timo Kalaoja, who died of a heart attack in 1988. His death affected her so much t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Marnay
Edmond Bacri (18 December 1920 – 3 January 2003), known professionally as Eddy Marnay, was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. He was joint winner, as lyricist, of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 for " Un Jour, Un Enfant", sung by Frida Boccara. He also wrote the title song for Charlie Chaplin's 1957 film ''A King in New York''. Céline Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the " Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had a significant impact on popular musi ... named one of her twin sons after him in 2010, as Marnay produced and helped write Dion's first five records. References Further reading * * 1920 births 2003 deaths Burials at Montmartre Cemetery Pieds-noirs Algerian emigrants to France French composers French male composer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Albums
Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. * January 27 ** The United States vetoes a United Nations resolution that calls for an independent Palestinian state. ** The First Battle of Amgala (1976), First Battle of Amgala breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara. February * February 4 ** The 1976 Winter Olympics begin in Innsbruck, Austria. ** The 7.5 1976 Guatemala earthquake, Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala and Honduras with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured. * February 9 – The Australian Defence Force is formed by unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristiano Malgioglio
Giuseppe Cristiano Malgioglio (; born 23 April 1945) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and television personality. Over the course of his career, he published thirty studio albums, being appreciated as a songwriter in the 1970s and 1980s. Starting in the 2000s, he also launched a successful television career, in various roles such as commentator, contestant, and host of TV programs, both on Rai and Mediaset. Biography Born in Ramacca, Catania, Malgioglio obtained his first contract with a record label, Durium, thanks to the efforts of Fabrizio De André. In 1974 he composed Iva Zanicchi's song "Ciao cara come stai?" ("Hi darling, How Are You?"), which won the Sanremo Music Festival. In 1975 he had his most significant success as songwriter with Mina's "L'importante è finire" ("What Matters Is to finish"). In the same period he became a collaborator of Roberto Carlos, dealing with the Italian lyrics of his songs. He composed songs for, among others, Adriano Celentano, Rita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'importante è Finire
"L'importante è finire" () is a song recorded by Italian singer Mina for her 1975 album ''La Mina''. The song was written by and Cristiano Malgioglio. Overview The song became the first and only single from the album. Immediately after its release, it was censored and banned from central radio and television because of its sexual overtones. Nevertheless, the song became commercially successful, reaching the second place in the chart, where it spent seven weeks in a row – "Sabato pomeriggio" by Claudio Baglioni did not miss her on the first place, – in total, the song spent 31 weeks there. The song "Quando mi svegliai" was chosen as the B-side (words by Daniele Pace, music by Mario Panzeri and Corrado Conti). Pino Presti's arrangement, still considered in the 2020s to be current and taken as a model by the latest generation of artists such as Marracash, is characterized by a slow Bossa nova rhythm, a bassline with shades of funk, the percussive supports of the Hammond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pino Massara
Pino Massara (24 April 1931 - 23 July 2013) was an Italian musician, composer, record producer and conductor. Born in Vigevano as Giuseppe Previde Massara, graduated in chemistry, from the university years he devoted himself to jazz music. Among his successful songs "Permette, signorina?", originally performed by Nicola Arigliano and later covered by Nat King Cole with the title "Cappuccina", "I Sing ammore" and "Grazie prego scusi", both recorded by several artists including Dean Martin, " Nel Sole", which sold over one million copies and launched the career of Al Bano, and "Siamo la coppia più bella del mondo", a duet between Adriano Celentano and Claudia Mori which was number one at the Italian hit parade for six weeks. In the seventies Massara founded "Bla Bla Records", an alternative recording company that produced the first works of Franco Battiato, Juri Camisasca and the avant-garde rock band Capsicum Red. References External links * Pino Massaraat Discogs D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Dassin
Joseph Ira Dassin (; November 5, 1938 – August 20, 1980) was an American–French singer-songwriter. In his career spanning sixteen years (1964–1980), he enjoyed numerous successes in France and the French-speaking world, as well as singing in languages other than French. He had a career in Finland, Greece, and Germany. In total, he sold nearly 25 million records worldwide. He was the son of film director Jules Dassin. Early life Dassin was born in Brooklyn, New York to American film director Jules Dassin (1911–2008) and Béatrice Launer (1913–1994), a New York-born violinist, who after graduating from a Hebrew High School in the Bronx studied with the British violinist Harold Berkely at the Juilliard School of Music. Both of his parents were mostly of Ukrainian-Jewish extraction from Kamianets-Podilskyi, Sataniv and Buchach. Dassin lived in New York City and Los Angeles until his father fell victim to the Hollywood blacklist in 1950, at which time his family m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dig Richards
Digby George "Dig" Richards (12 September 194017 February 1983) was an Australian rock and roll singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, musical theatre actor and television presenter, active during the late 1950s and early 1960s as lead singer with the R'Jays. Richards was the first Australian rock and roll artist to record a 12" LP record in Australia, with the self-titled album ''Dig Richards'', released in November 1959. From 1971 he performed as a solo country music artist. According to the Kent Music Report he had four Top 30 national hit singles, "(My) Little Lover" / "Quarrels (Are a Sad Sad Thing)" (September 1960), "A Little Piece of Peace" (June 1971), "People Call Me Country" / "The Dancer" (February 1972), and "Do the Spunky Monkey" (June 1974). On 17 February 1983 Digby Richards died of pancreatic cancer, aged 42. He was survived by his wife, Sue and two children. Biography Digby George Richards was born on 12 September 1940 in the rural central western New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Van Hemert
Hans van Hemert (7 April 1945 – 7 October 2024) was a Dutch record producer and songwriter. Mouth and MacNeal and Luv' are among the pop acts he produced. He won an ASCAP award for the song "How Do You Do" by Mouth and MacNeal. and composed three songs for the Eurovision Song Contest. Career Debut Van Hemert started his career in 1965 when he worked at Phonogram Records and his relationship with this record company lasted until 1979. He produced and co-wrote songs for Q65, The Motions, Ro-d-ys, Zen, Group 1850, Big Wheel, Somerset, Ramses Shaffy and Liesbeth List, Sandra & Andres, Kamahl, American Gypsy, and Vulcano. Mouth and MacNeal Among the bands Van Hemert worked with: Mouth and MacNeal. This duo scored big hits not only in their homeland but also abroad between 1971 and 1974: * "Hey You Love" (a Dutch Top 5 single in 1971). * " How Do You Do" (this single was a Dutch #1 hit in 1971 but also a German Top 5 hit, #2 in Canada, and US Top 10 Hit in 1972 when it peaked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Calderón
Juan Carlos Calderón López de Arróyabe (7 July 1938 – 25 November 2012) was a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. Born in Santander, he was the author of "Eres tú", which, performed by Mocedades, came second in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973. It was an important hit in several countries, including the United States. He wrote another three Eurovision entries: " Tú volverás" by Sergio y Estíbaliz in 1975, " La fiesta terminó" by Paloma San Basilio in 1985, and " Nacida para amar" by Nina in 1989; as well as an entry for the OTI Festival: "Amor de medianoche", which ended up runner-up in 1975 performed by Cecilia. He also wrote music for several movies, including the horror films '' Vengeance of the Zombies'' (1973) and '' Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll'' (1974). In 1968 he won an Ondas Award. He wrote songs for artists like Luis Miguel (who received a nomination for Song of the Year at Latin Grammy Awards in 2000 with a Calderón song, " O Tú o Ninguna"), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Greenfield
Howard Greenfield (March 15, 1936 – March 4, 1986) was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building. He is best known for his successful songwriting collaborations, including one with Neil Sedaka from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, and near-simultaneous (and equally successful) songwriting partnerships with Jack Keller and Helen Miller throughout most of the 1960s. Songs Greenfield co-wrote four songs that reached #1 on the US ''Billboard'' charts: " Breaking Up Is Hard to Do", as recorded by Sedaka; " Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and " My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own", both as recorded by Connie Francis, and " Love Will Keep Us Together", as recorded by Captain & Tennille. He also co-wrote numerous other top 10 hits for Sedaka (including " Oh! Carol", "Stairway to Heaven", " Calendar Girl", " Little Devil", " Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen", and " Next Door to an Angel"); Francis (including the "Theme to '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipality, with million in the Helsinki capital region, capital region and million in the Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area. As the most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant History of Helsinki, historical connections with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen—and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east—Helsinki forms a Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
