Zingara (song)

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"Zingara"
Ricordi
Songwriter(s)Enrico Riccardi and Luigi Albertelli
Bobby Solo singles chronology
"Amore mi manchi"
(1969)
"Zingara"
(1969)
"Domenica d'agosto"
(1969)

"Zingara" (Italian for Gypsy woman) is a song composed by Enrico Riccardi and Luigi Albertelli. The song won the nineteenth edition of the Sanremo Music Festival 1969, with a double performance by Bobby Solo and Iva Zanicchi.[1] The Solo's version peaked at first place for two weeks on the Italian hit parade.[2]

The song also named a musicarello film with the same name, directed by Mariano Laurenti and starred by the same Bobby Solo and by Loretta Goggi.[3]

Charts

Chart (1969) Peak

position

Argentina (CAPIF)[4] 4
Brazil (IBOPE)[5] 1
Italy (Musica e dischi)[6] 1
Switzerland (
Schweizer Hitparade)[7]
7

Track listing

Bobby Solo Version

7" single – SRL 10-527
  1. "Zingara" (Enrico Riccardi, Luigi Albertelli)
  2. "Piccola ragazza triste" (Cesare Gigli, Gianni Sanjust, Capuano, Bobby Solo)

Iva Zanicchi Version

7" single – REN NP 16327
  1. "Zingara" (Enrico Riccardi, Luigi Albertelli)
  2. "Io Sogno" (Salvatore Vinciguerra)

References