| "Una lacrima sul viso" | ||||
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| Single by Bobby Solo | ||||
| from the album Bobby Solo | ||||
| B-side | "Non Ne Posso Più" | |||
| Released | February 1964 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Ricordi | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lunero and Mogol | |||
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"Una lacrima sul viso" (Italian for A Tear on your Face) is a song composed by Lunero and Mogol and performed by Bobby Solo. The song premiered at the fourteenth Sanremo Music Festival, with a double performance by Solo and Frankie Laine, who proposed an English version of the song with the title "For Your Love".[1] The song entered the final, but Solo was affected by laryngitis. Unable to sing live, he sang with playback, being subsequently disqualified.[1]
The single peaked at first place for nine consecutive weeks on the Italian hit parade.[2] It sold over three million copies worldwide, and it was awarded a gold disc.[3]
- ^ a b Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
- ^ Dario Salvatori (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
- ^ Joseph Murrells (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). Barrie and Jenkins Ltd., 1978. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.