Dalida (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987) was an
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singer and actor. Dalida was born and raised in
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, but she lived most of her adult life in
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. She received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc.
Early life
Dalida Yolanda Cristina Morisse
(née Gigliotti) was born in Shoubra,
CairoCairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab World. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a center of the region's political and cultural life...
,
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in a middle-class family. Her family was of
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origin, her grandparents having emigrated at the turn of the century from
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. The middle child between two brothers, Orlando and Bruno (who would later in Dalida's career change his name to Orlando like his other brother and become her manager). Dalida’s father was first violin (
primo violino) at the
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. Dalida’s early life was spent in the district of
ShoubraShobra is an administrative region and forms a relatively small area that represents about one quarter of the district with the same name in Cairo, Egypt....
, where she attended
La Scuola Teonica Commerciale Maria Ausiliatrice, an Italian Catholic school.
In 1951, Dalida entered a beauty pageant, and shortly after began working as a model for a
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-based fashion house. In 1954, she entered the
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pageant, and was awarded first prize. It was here she was spotted by French director Marc de Gastyne, and, much to the reluctance of her parents, she moved to
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on Christmas Eve of the same year with the intention of pursuing a career in motion pictures. It was about this time she adopted the name Dalila, which was shortly thereafter changed to the more familiar Dalida.
Dalida performed and recorded in more than 10 languages including:
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,
ArabicArabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages such as Hebrew and the Neo-Aramaic languages. In terms of speakers, the Arabic macrolanguage is the largest member of the Semitic language family. It is spoken by more than 280 million people as...
,
GermanGerman is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by...
,
SpanishSpanish or Castilian is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that originated in northern Spain and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile, evolving into the principal language of government and trade in the Iberian peninsula...
,
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
,
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"1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language...
,
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,
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, and
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. She 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, Greece, Canada (Quebec), Russia, Japan, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt, spanning over forty years. Four of Dalida`s English language recordings (Alabama Song, Money Money, Let Me Dance Tonight, and Kalimba De Luna), gained moderate success primarily in France and Germany, without being widely distributed in the UK and US markets. Worldwide sales of her music are estimated at over 130 million, establishing her as one of the most noteworthy multi-lingual recording artists of the twentieth century.
Some of Dalida's most well known songs are: Bambino, Gondolier, Come prima, Am tag als der regen kam, Gli zingari, Ciao ciao bambina, Garde-moi la dernière danse, T`aimer follement, Romantica, Les enfants du Pirée, Milord (Italian and German versions), Il silenzio, La danse de Zorba, Ciao amore ciao, Le temps des fleurs, Bang bang (Italian version), Darla dirladada, Avec le temps, Je suis malade, Paroles, paroles (with
Alain DelonAlain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon is a César Award-winning French actor. He rose quickly to stardom, and by the age of 23 he was garnering comparisons to famed French actors such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot...
), Il venait d'avoir 18 ans, Gigi l'amoroso (French, German, Italian, and Spanish versions), Mein lieber herr, Pour ne pas vivre seul, J`attendrai, Besame mucho, Femme est la nuit, Ti amo, Rio do Brasil, Comme disait Minstinguett, Salma ya salama (Arabic and French versions), Helwa ya baladi, Aghani Aghani, Ahksan nass, Laissez-moi danser, Soleil, and Mourir sur scène.
Dalida`s mother tongue was Italian, she learned Egyptian-Arabic growing up in Cairo, and acquired fluency in French after establishing herself in Paris in 1954. She later achieved command of the English language as well as reasonable conversational skills in German and Spanish. Dalida also had the aptitude of greeting her fans in basic Japanese.
1956-1976
Dalida’s quest for a career in French cinema proved to be of limited success. Instead, she began taking singing lessons, and was booked as a cabaret act on the Champs Elysées, which proved successful. Performing the song "
Etrangère au Paradis" in a variety show at
Bruno CoquatrixBruno Coquatrix, was born in Ronchin, Nord on August 5, 1910 and died in Paris on April 1, 1979, buried in the famous Père Lachaise Cemetery . He is mainly known as the owner and manager of the music hall Paris Olympia...
’ recently-opened
Paris OlympiaParis Olympia is a music hall at 28, Blvd. des Capucines, in the 9th arrondissement Paris, France.Founded in 1888 by Joseph Oller, the creator of the Moulin Rouge, the Olympia is the oldest music hall in Paris and one of the most famous music halls in the world, today easily recognizable by its...
theatre, Dalida was introduced to Lucien Morisse and
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, who played a considerable part in launching the starlet’s career. Morisse was artistic producer of the popular Radio Europe 1, and Barclay an established record producer. After signing a recording contract with Barclay, Dalida’s debut single "
Madona" was promoted heavily by Morisse, and was a moderate success. 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. In the same year, she would also support Charles Aznavour at The Olympia. The follow up single to "
Bambino", the exotic-sounding "
Gondolier"Gondolier" is a French language popular song.The music was written by Pete De Angelis, the words by Jean Broussolle. It was published in 1957. It was popularized by Dalida....
", was released in the Christmas on 1957, was also a great success, as were other early releases such as "
Come Prima"Come Prima" is a popular song, with lyrics by Mario Panzeri and music by Vincenzo Di Paola and Sandro Taccani....
(Tu Me Donnes)", "
Ciao Ciao Bambina", and a cover of
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’ "
Save the Last Dance For Me", "
Garde-Moi la Dernière Danse".
Dalida toured extensively from 1958 through the early 1960s, playing dates in
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,
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,
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and
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. Her tour of Egypt and Italy spread her fame outside of France and Dalida soon became well-known throughout Europe. However, her tour of America was less successful and fame eluded her in English-speaking markets.
In 1961, Dalida performed a month of shows at the
Olympia, with each selling out completely. Shortly afterwards Dalida embarked upon a tour of
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and
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. Throughout the 1960s Dalida would frequently perform sell-out shows at The Olympia, and international dates became more frequent. In December 1968, she was awarded the Médaille de la Présidence de la République by Général de Gaulle, the only person from the music industry to have received this accolade.
The early 1970s became a transitional period for the singer, highlighted by some of her most successful singles . After gaining a keen interest in academia in the mid-1960s she chose to sing songs with more profound lyrics. Bruno Coquatrix was dubious about Dalida’s career evolution, and was hesitant to book her for a series of performances in 1971. Dalida hired the hall herself, and her show was met with an impressive public response. In 1973, a French version of the Italian song "
Paroles Paroles", originally performed by
MinaMina Anna Mazzini OMRI , known as Mina, is an Italian pop singer. For the great extension and agility of her soprano voice and her image as an emancipated lady, she was a staple of the Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure on the Italian charts in the 1960s and 1970s...
, was recorded by Dalida and her close friend
Alain DelonAlain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon is a César Award-winning French actor. He rose quickly to stardom, and by the age of 23 he was garnering comparisons to famed French actors such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot...
. The song became a big hit and was the number one single in France and
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. The follow up, "
Il Venait d’Avoir Dix-Huit Ans", reached number one in nine countries, and sold three and a half million copies in
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. "
Gigi l’Amoroso", released in 1974, would actually perform better in the charts than its predecessor, reaching number one in 12 countries. Touring would follow this period of unprecedented sales, with Dalida performing in Japan,
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and Germany. In February 1975, French music critics presented the singer with the prestigious
Prix de l'Académie du Disque Français.
1976-1987
1976 saw another career reinvention for Dalida; releasing what is widely regarded as the first French
discoDisco is a genre of dance music that that had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, psychedelic and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s...
single, "
J’attendrai". Around the same time, the popularity of the variety show in France was soaring, and Dalida made many television appearances during this period, not only in France but across Europe. In 1978, she recorded "
Salma Ya Salama", based on a traditional Egyptian folk song, which due to its chart success was translated into Arabic, French, Italian, and German languages.
This and other songs in Arabic by Dalida (such as "
Helwa ya baladi" and "
Ahksan nass") became extremely popular in Egypt, making Dalida the only Western singer ever to break through the barrier separating Arab and Western music and achieve true success (as opposed to niche popularity) in an Arab country. Her close friend Fairouz was the other major artist to be crossing boundaries but in the opposite directions, from the East to the West with her immense success throughout
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, North and
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, and
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.
The success of "
Salma Ya Salama" was followed by the first French medley single, "
Génération ‘78", a disco-fused combination of her biggest hit singles to date. It also became the first French single to be accompanied by a video clip. During this disco period, Dalida would earn a
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audience, a following which is still maintained today. In November, Dalida performed a Broadway-themed show at
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in
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, choreographed by Lester Wilson, who created the dance routines for
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in the previous year’s cinema smash
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. Two years later, following the success of "
Monday Tuesday... Laissez-Moi Danser" in Summer 1979, she would replicate the show at the
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, and each show sold-out, encouraging the singer to embark on a national tour which lasted until the autumn. In the same year, the lengthy "
Gigi in Paradisco", a follow-up to the earlier "
Gigi l’Amoroso", was released.
1981 marked the release of "
Rio do Brasil", and several dates were played at The Olympia, emulating her successful 1980 tour. On the night of her first performance she became the first singer in the world to be awarded with a diamond disc, in recognition of her record sales which at that point in her career had exceeded 86 million. Dalida spent much of 1982 and 1984 on tour, releasing the album "Les P'tits Mots" in 1983 which featured hit singles in both "
Lucas" and "
Mourir Sur Scène". The album "
Dali" was released in 1984, and was accompanied by the release of several singles, including "
Soleil", "
Pour te Dire Je T’aime", a cover of
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’s "
I Just Called to Say I Love You", and "
Kalimba de Luna", originally recorded by Tony Esposito. All three achieved moderate chart success, and her next 1986 album, "
Le visage de l'amour", would become her last album of completely new recordings (except the final song being "
Mourir Sur Scène").
Dalida underwent two major
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operations in 1985, forcing her to put her career on hiatus. In 1986, she would play the role of a young grandmother in the
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film
Le Sixième Jour, for which she received favourable critical response. Her last live performance, took place in Ankara, Turkey, in 1987.
Personal life
Despite enormous career success, Dalida’s private life was marred by a series of failed relationships and personal problems. Her first husband, Lucien Morisse, committed suicide several years after her divorce. Two of her lovers,
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and
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also took their own lives.
Death
On May 3, 1987 Dalida died as a result of an overdose of
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s, leaving a
suicide noteA suicide note or death note is a message left by someone who later attempts or commits suicide. It is estimated that 12–20% of suicides are accompanied by a note. However, incidence rates may depend on ethnicity, method of suicide, and cultural differences, and may reach rates as high as 50% in...
reading "
Life has become unbearable ... Forgive me." Dalida was buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, and a life-size statue of the singer stands outside her tomb.
Since her death, Dalida has become a cult figure to a new generation of fans. In 1988, The Encyclopedia Universalis commissioned a poll which was eventually published in daily newspaper
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, the aim of which was to reveal personalities that had the greatest impact on French society. Dalida polled second, behind
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.
In 1997, the corner of the rues Girardon and Abreuvoir in the Butte Montmartre, Paris, was inaugurated as
Place Dalida and a life-size bust to her memory was erected. In 1999, a 3-CD box-set compiling her greatest hits was released. In 2000, Dalida's longtime friend
Charles AznavourCharles Aznavour, OC is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the most well-known singers in the world...
recorded the hit "
De la scène à la Seine", a joyful song of her life in
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, and in 2002, the French government honoured her memory with a
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done in commemmoration of the 15th anniversary of her death. In the same year,
Universal Music GroupUniversal Music Group is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. It is the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
released Dalida's early album releases in special-edition packaging, with all of the tracks digitally remastered. Her output has also been the subject of various remix albums. She sold a total of 130 million records from 1956 to 2006. Since her death, many of Dalida`s hits have been remixed to modern techno and dance beats, topping the charts in various countries to this day.
In 1999 the play "Solitudini -
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e Dalida", written and directed by Maurizio Valtieri, was performed in
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.
In 2005, her life was documented in the two-part TV film
Dalida, in the role of Dalida was
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.
From May 11 to September 2007, The Paris City Hall commemorated the 20th anniversary of Dalida’s death with an exhibition of her outfits and previously unreleased photographs.
Filmography
- Joseph and His Brothers - (film, 1954) with Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif is an Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl and Lawrence of Arabia...
- Le Masque de Toutankhamon - (film, 1954) with Gil Vidal
- Sigara wa Kass aka Un verre et une cigarette aka A Cigarette and a Glass (International: English title) aka A Glass and a Cigarette (International (DVD box title) (English title)) - (film, 1954) with Samia Gamal
Samia Gamal , born as Zaynab Ibrahim Mahfuz), was an Egyptian belly dancer and film actress.Born in the small Egyptian town of Wana in 1924, Samia's family moved just months later to Cairo and settled near the Khan El-Khalili bazaar. It was many years later that Samia Gamal met Badia Masabni, the...
- Brigade des mœurs - (film, 1957) with Eddy Barclay
- Rapt au deuxième bureau - (film, 1958) with Frank Villard
- Parlez-moi d'amour - (film, 1960) with Jacques Sernas
Jacques Sernas, sometimes billed as Jack Sernas, born 30 July 1925, in Kaunas, Lithuania is a Lithuanian-born French actor with an international film career, first as a leading man and later as a character actor, perhaps best-known for his role as Paris in Helen of Troy.Sernas was the son of...
- L'inconnue de Hong Kong - (film, 1963) with Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality made him difficult to categorize...
- Menage all'italiana - (film, 1965) with Ugo Tognazzi
Ugo Tognazzi was an Italian film, TV and theatre actor, director and screenwriter.-Early life:Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy, but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a traveller clerk for an insurance company.After his return in the native city in 1936, he...
- Io ti amo - (film, 1968) with Alberto Lupo
Alberto Lupo was an Italian film actor best known for his roles in swash-buckling and actions films of the 1960s....
- Comme sur des roulettes - (film, 1977)
- Dalida pour toujours - (documentary, 1977)
- Le sixième jour - (film, 1986) - Youssef Chahine
Youssef Chahine was an Egyptian film director active in the Egyptian film industry since 1950. He was credited with launching the career of actor Omar Sharif...
(Arabic: يوسف شاهين) with Mohsen Mohieddine
- Le grand voyage - (documentary, 1997)
See also
- Italian Egyptians
- Best selling music artists
- Miss Egypt beauty pageant and Titleholders
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