1965 - Italy
Performed by: Bobby Solo
Music by: Gianni Marchetti, Roberto Satti
Lyrics by: Mogol, Roberto Satti
Conductor: Gianni Ferrio
Language: Italian
Placing: 5th (15 points)
Other versions: French, German
The German version is here:
• 1965 Italy: Bobby Solo...
Roberto Satti, better known as Bobby Solo (born 18 March 1945), is an Italian singer, musician, and film actor.
Singing career
In 1964, Solo participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Una lacrima sul viso" ("A Tear on your Face", written by "Lunero"), but affected by laryngitis, he sang with playback, which disqualified him as that was contrary to the festival regulations. The song, however, became a global hit. It was the first record to sell over one million copies in Italy, and global sales exceeded three million. It was awarded a gold disc.
In the following year Solo won in the festival with the song "Se piangi, se ridi". He participated with the same song in the Eurovision Song Contest and finished in fifth place.
Again in 1969 Solo participated in the Sanremo Music Festival, with the song "Zingara", together with Iva Zanicchi. His last participation in the festival was in 2003 (together with Little Tony), singing "Non si cresce mai".
Solo was born in Rome to an Istrian mother and Friulan father. In December 1967 he married Sophie Teckel, a French ballet dancer. They had three children, son Alain (b. 1968) and daughters Chantal (b. 1971) and Muriel (b. 1975). The couple divorced in 1991, after which Solo married Tracy Quade, a Korean-American hostess, and moved to the United States. Solo had a fourth child between the marriages.
Solo sang and played singing performers in several Italian, French and American films, including:
- Tears on Your Face (1964)
- Viale della canzone (1965)
- The Most Beautiful Couple in the World (1968)
- Zingara (1969)
- "FF.SS." - Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" (1983)
Lyrics:
Se piangi, se ridi
Se piangi, amore, io piango con te
Perché sono parte di te
Sorridi sempre, se tu non vuoi...
Non vuoi vedermi soffrire mai
Se ridi, amore, io rido con te
Perché tu sei parte di me
Ricorda sempre: quel che tu fai
Sopra il mio volto lo rivedrai
Non sei mai sola, anche se tu...
Tu sei lontana da me
Ogni momento, dovunque andrai
Accanto a te mi troverai
Se piangi, se ridi, io sono con te
Perché sono parte di te
Ricorda sempre: quel che tu fai
Sopra il mio volto lo rivedrai
Ricorda sempre: quel che tu fai
Sopra il mio volto lo rivedrai
ENGLISH:
If you cry, if you laugh
If you cry, my love, I cry with you
Because I'm part of you
Always smile, if you don't want...
Don't ever want to see me suffering
If you laugh, my love, I laugh with you
Because you're part of me
Always remember: what you do
You'll see it again in my face
You're never alone, even if you...
You are far away from me
Every moment, wherever you'll go
You'll find me next to you
If you cry, if you laugh, I'm with you
Because I'm part of you
Always remember: what you do
You'll see it again in my face
Always remember: what you do
You'll see it again in my face