Salma Ya Salama was also an album released by Dalida that same year, containing the title song and other hits.

* Dalida recorded " Girl " in Italian and released it as " Amo " on her 1967 Italian album " Piccolo Ragazzo " ( which is the Italian version of " Little Man " by Sonny Bono and Cher )

1976 saw another career reinvention for Dalida ; releasing what is widely regarded as the first French disco single, " J ' attendrai ".

A more recent popular version was recorded by Dalida for her 1975 album J ' attendrai.

In 1973, a French version of the Italian song " Paroles Paroles ", originally performed by Mina, was recorded by Dalida and her close friend Alain Delon.

The way Dalida shifted from a classical performer to a grave performer singing songs full of emotion ( such as " Avec le temps ", " Parlez-moi de lui " and " Darla dirladada ", amongst others ), to a Diva and pop star like figure making the stage glow with her hit dance numbers and colourful costumes and finally to a grief-stricken singer singing famous songs which announce her death ( particularly songs such as " Mourir sur Scene ", " Bravo " and " Téléphonez-moi "), Dalida showed that she was a strong-willed woman shifting with time and fashion.

The song " Je suis malade ", written by Serge Lama and made into a success by Dalida, reflects the singer's personal torments and unhappiness.

Later he wrote for Patrick Juvet singles like " I love America ", " Viva California " and " Gay Paris ", for Regine, Dalida, Eric Russell, Eartha Kitt, Patricia Norton, Julius Brown, Starlight, Diva, Dennis Parker " Like an Eagle " that was also a major success, David London, Break Machine, Wayne Scott for the movie Rambo, Pia Zadora .....

* Singer Dalida releases the singles " Le Temps des Fleurs ", " Je m ' endors dans tes bras ", and " Si j ' avais des millions ".

It was about this time she adopted the name Dalila, which was soon changed to the more familiar Dalida.

However, the release of " Bambino " in 1956 would prove to be even more triumphant – it spent 46 weeks in the French top ten and remains one of the biggest-selling singles in French history, and for its sales ( which exceeded 300, 000 copies ) Dalida was awarded her first gold disc, presented on 17 September 1957.

During this disco period, Dalida would earn a gay audience, a following which is still maintained today.

Dalida spent much of 1982 and 1984 on tour, releasing the album Les P ' tits Mots in 1983, which featured hit singles " Lucas " and " Mourir Sur Scène ".

The song he presented was " Ciao Amore Ciao " (" Bye Love, Bye "), which he sang together with Dalida.

In 1997, the corner of the rue Girardon and rue de l ' Abreuvoir in the Butte Montmartre, Paris, was inaugurated as Place Dalida and a large bust in her memory was erected ( which was quickly defaced with graffiti ).

This is a chronologically ordered list of films in which Dalida appeared.

The most remarkable song is Je suis malade of Serge Lama which she dedicated to Dalida.

Her tours of Egypt, and Italy spread her fame outside of France and Dalida soon became well-known throughout Europe.

Throughout the 1960s Dalida would frequently perform sell-out shows at the Olympia, and international dates became more frequent.

This and other songs in Arabic by Dalida ( such as " Helwa ya balady " and " Ahsan Nass ") became extremely popular in Egypt, making Dalida one of the first singers to break through the barrier separating Arab and Western musics.

Dalida collected 19 number one hit singles to her name in four languages ( French, Italian, German, and Arabic ) and has a long list of top 10, and top 20 hits in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Arabic, and accumulated myriad top selling singles and albums largely, in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Greece, Canada, Russia, Japan, and Israel, spanning over forty years.

Other hit performances of Dalida include " The Lambeth Walk "; both in English and in French.

Mina's easy listening duet " Parole parole " was turned into a worldwide hit by Dalida and Alain Delon in 1974.

A year later, Dalida and Alain Delon recorded the French version of " Parole parole " and made it an international hit.

Touring would follow this period of unprecedented sales, with Dalida performing in Japan, Canada and Germany.

Once during a concert in Japan, Dalida felt ill and couldn't continue to perform.

Dalida ’ s early life was spent in the district of Shoubra, where she attended the Scuola Tecnica Commerciale Maria Ausiliatrice, an Italian Catholic school.

Dalida toured extensively from 1958 through the early 1960s, playing dates in France, Egypt, Italy, and the United States.

On Saturday 2 May 1987 Dalida, who was preparing a new single with two songs, decided to end her life with an overdose of barbiturates, leaving a suicide note " La vie m ' est insupportable ...

* See main article List of Dalida songs for a complete international listing of all Dalida's songs.

Category: Dalida songs

* List of Dalida songs

Category: Dalida songs

* List of Dalida songs

* Love In Portofino ( A San Cristina ) – Dalida

Michael C. Dalida

Dalida underwent two major ophthalmic operations in 1985, forcing her to put her career on hiatus.

First appearing in dance clubs by the middle of the decade, ( with such hits as " The Hustle " by Van McCoy ), songstresses like Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor and Anita Ward ( in North America ); and Dalida ( in Europe ) popularized the genre and were described in subsequent decades as the " disco divas.

Alec was also the publisher of hits for various artists including French chanteuse Dalida.

* 1933 – Dalida, French singer ( d. 1987 )

* May 3 – Dalida, French singer ( b. 1933 )

** Dalida, French singer ( d. 1987 )

On stage, for the first time in Paris, Ginger Rogers is surrounded by various stars including Thierry Le Luron, Dalida, Charles Aznavour, Jean-Claude Brialy, Georges Chakiris, the Village People, Zizi Jeanmaire.

Dalida ( 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987 ), born with the Italian name Lolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a famous singer and actress born in Egypt to Italian ( Calabrian ) parents but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti.

Dalida performed and recorded in more than 10 languages including: French, Arabic, Italian, Greek, German, English, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch and Spanish.

Iolanda Christina Gigliotti ' aka ' Dalida was born in Shubra, Cairo, Egypt.

Her family was from Serrastretta, Calabria, Italy, but lived in Egypt, where Dalida ’ s father, Pietro Gigliotti, was first violinist ( primo violino ) at the Cairo Opera House.

In 1950, Dalida participated in the Miss Ondine beauty pageant and won the title, and shortly after began working as a model for Donna, a Cairo-based fashion house.

In 1954, at the age of 20, Dalida competed in and won the Miss Egypt pageant, and was crowned Miss Egypt.

Dalida also had the aptitude of greeting her fans in basic Japanese.

The organisers expected an enraged reaction due to the cancellation of the concert, but when Dalida came onstage and explained to her fans that she couldn't perform, she was met with great applause and her name echoed everywhere.

Performing the song " Étrangère au Paradis " in a variety show at Bruno Coquatrix ’ recently opened Olympia theatre, Dalida was introduced to Lucien Morisse and Eddie Barclay, who played a considerable part in launching the starlet ’ s career.

After signing a recording contract with Barclay, Dalida ’ s debut single " Madona " was promoted heavily by Morisse, and was a moderate success.

In 1961, Dalida performed a month of shows at the Olympia in Paris, with each selling out completely.