| "Lady Barbara" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Renato dei Profeti | ||||
| B-side | "L'Università" | |||
| Released | April 1970 | |||
| Genre | Pop Rock | |||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Totò Savio, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Claudio Cavallaro | |||
| Producer(s) | Alfredo Cerruti, Elio Gariboldi | |||
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"Lady Barbara" is a song written by Totò Savio, Giancarlo Bigazzi, and Claudio Cavallaro and performed by Renato dei Profeti, founder of the group I Profeti at his first solo venture. The song won the Un disco per l'estate festival and peaked at first place on the Italian hit parade.[1][2] The same year the song also named a musicarello film, Lady Barbara, directed by Mario Amendola and starred by the same Renato dei Profeti.[3]
The same year the song was adapted into English by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson, and the cover version performed by Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits, reached #7 in New Zealand and #13 in the United Kingdom in 1970.[4] It was the last single of the Herman's Hermits that featured Peter Noone. This version was produced by Mickie Most.[5]