Riccardo Del Turco

Riccardo Del Turco
Riccardo Del Turco
	1965 photograph
Background information
Born	September 7, 1939 (age 84); 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]

Discography[edit]

33 rpm[edit]

Riccardo Del Turco, 1969
Tanto io non vinco mai, 1973

45 rpm[edit]

Le cose che non ci diciamo/La nostra casa, 1962
M'hanno detto che/Dimmi se vuoi, 1964
Parla di te/Non chiudere la porta, 1964
Figlio unico/Quanto amore, 1966
Uno tranquillo/Allora hai vinto tu, 1967
L'importante è la rosa/Se è scritto nel cielo, 16 October 1967
Luglio/Il temporale, 1968
Cosa hai messo nel caffè/Commedia, 2 January 1969
Il compleanno/Geloso, 23 aprile 1969
Due biglietti perchè/Se non hai pensato, 1970
Babilonia/Non ti voglio amare, 1970
La cicala/Nel giardino dietro casa, 1971
Uno, nessuno/La domenica ti penso di più, 1972
Tanto io non vinco mai/L'appartamento, 1973
Tanto io non vinco mai/La musica sta arrivando, 1973
The Summer Of Mary Ann/Ramona, 1976
Winter Flower/Sette e ventinove, 1979
Non voglio ali/Noi due, 1982
Serena alienazione/Spazio profondo, 1984

Filmography[edit]

Io non protesto, io amo, 1967
Il professor Matusa e i suoi hippies, 1968

References[edit]

^ "MM Italian Distrib, Launches 150,000 LP Sales Goal Drive". Billboard. October 5, 1968. p. 55.
^ Madeddu, Paolo; et al. "Luglio". Galleria della Canzone. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
^ "Andrea Bocelli: Biography". Decca Classics. Retrieved June 11, 2020.

[1] "MM Italian Distrib, Launches 150,000 LP Sales Goal Drive". Billboard. October 5, 1968. p. 55.

[2] Madeddu, Paolo; et al. "Luglio". Galleria della Canzone. Retrieved August 4, 2011.

[3] "Andrea Bocelli: Biography". Decca Classics. Retrieved June 11, 2020.

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