Riccardo Del Turco

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Riccardo Del Turco
1965 photograph
Background information
Born	(1939-09-07) September 7, 1939 (age 85) Fiesole, Florence, Italy
Genres	Pop, Rock
Years active	1955–present
Labels	RCA Italiana, CGD, Dischi Ricordi, Fonit Cetra

Riccardo Del Turco (born September 7, 1939) is an Italian singer and songwriter, born in Fiesole. His song Luglio topped the Italian Hit Parade Singles Chart for two weeks in July 1968, selling over 500,000 copies.^[1] Luglio's tune was marketed across Europe and was released in the UK as I'm Gonna Try by The Tremeloes, but the song had a lukewarm response. The tune was then offered to the Herman's Hermits, who used it for their song, "Something's Happening". The song reached the sixth spot on the UK chart.^[2] Other international versions of Luglio include Joe Dassin's Le petit pain au chocolat, in French, and Huhta Bengt's (aka Kristian) Ai ai ai, in Finnish. More recently, Del Turco wrote the song "Vivo" that Andrea Bocelli recorded in 2018.^[3]