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Come prima
Italian song performed by Tony Dallara
This article is about a pop song in Italian translated into English as "For the First Time". For other uses, see For the First Time.
"Come prima" (English: "As Before") is an Italian song, with lyrics by Mario Panzeri and music by Vincenzo Di Paola and Sandro Taccani. First made popular by Tony Dallara in Italy in 1957, a version by the Marino Marini Quartet was a hit in the United Kingdom in 1958.
Versions
The first and most popular version of "Come prima" in Italy was released by Tony Dallara (Antonio Lardera) in 1957. "Come prima" was Tony Dallara's first and breakthrough single. Although it was rejected for admission to the Sanremo Festival, it was an instant success and sold 300,000 copies, becoming the biggest selling single in Italy up to that point.
In 1958 Tony Renis and the Combos also recorded the 45 rpm piece (Combo Record, 5057), also published in Germany, as a soloist (Polydor, 23 815).
Also in 1958, Italian French singer Dalida recorded a bilingual version of ‘Come prima’ as part of her signature album Le disque d'or de Dalida. Come prima (Tu me donnes), as it became known in France and Belgium, was one of Dalida’s first major hit songs.
In 1958, a version of the song recorded by the Marino Marini Quartet made the United Kingdom charts. That same year, the song was also recorded by Domenico Modugno, Nicola Arigliano and Armando Trovajoli's orchestra with singer Miranda Martino. The following year, the song was a hit for Dalida under the same song title, but with lyrics sung in French. Besides being translated in English, "Come prima" ended up being translated to Croatian and was released as "Kao prije" in 1958 as a solo record by Ivo Robić.
The song's music also served as the basis of an English language song, "More Than Ever", with lyrics by Mary Bond, recorded in the United Kingdom by Malcolm Vaughan with the Michael Sammes Singers (HMV catalogue numbe
Song title 421 - More Than Ever (Come Prima)
Tony Dallara
Italian singer
Antonio Lardera (born 30 June 1936), better known by his stage name Tony Dallara, is an Italian former singer, actor and television personality.
Biography
Dallara was born in Campobasso in southern Italy, but grew up in Milan. After working as barman and clerk, he began his musical career in the band Rocky Mountains (the future group I Campioni); his singing style was inspired, in particular, by American singers such as Frankie Laine and Tony Williams.
In 1957, he signed a contract as singer with the Italian label Music, where he was working as delivery man. His first single "Come prima", although refused for admission to the Sanremo Festival, was published in December 1957 and sold 300,000 copies, becoming the biggest selling single in Italy up to that point.
In 1960 Dallara won the Sanremo Music Festival and the Canzonissima competition with the song "Romantica"; the following year he won again Canzonissima with the song "Bambina bambina".
References
- ^Zampa, Fabrizio (1990). "Dallara, Tony". In Gino Castaldo (ed.). Enciclopedia della canzone italiana. Armando Curcio. pp. 472–473.
- ^Ezio Guaitamacchi (2009). Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita. Rizzoli, 2009. ISBN .
- ^ Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN .