She received 70 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc. She was the middle child between two brothers, Orlando and Bruno who would later in Dalida's career change his name to Orlando like his brother and become her manager. Dalida's early life was spent in the district of Shoubra, where she attended the Scuola Tecnica Commerciale Maria Ausiliatrice, an Italian Catholic school.
In , Dalida participated in the Miss Ondine beauty pageant and won the title, and shortly after began working as a model for Donna, a Cairo-based fashion house. In , at the age of 20, Dalida competed in and won the Miss Egypt pageant, and was crowned Miss Egypt. It was then that she was spotted by French director Marc de Gastyne and, much to the reluctance of her parents, she moved to Paris 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 soon changed to the more familiar Dalida. Dalida 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, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Greece, Canada, Russia, Japan, and Israel, spanning over forty years.
Dalida's mother tongue was Italian. She learned Egyptian Arabic and French growing up in Cairo, and improved her French after establishing herself in Paris in She later achieved command of the English language as well as conversational skills in German and Spanish.
Dalida also had the aptitude of greeting her fans in basic Japanese. She was considered as a pop and music icon in Japan and her concerts there were met with almost unprecedented enthusiasm.
Once during a concert in Japan, Dalida felt ill and could not continue performing. The organisers expected an enraged reaction due to the cancellation of the concert, but when Dalida came onstage and explained to her fans that she could not perform, she was met with great applause and her name echoed everywhere.
She promised to hold the concert again, a promise which she soon fulfilled. Career: — Dalida's singing career started in Egypt, when she was discovered by Cherif Kamel, host of the "Hit Parade" at the Gezira Sporting Club during the early s. Dalida's quest for a career in French cinema proved to be of limited success. Morisse was artistic producer of the popular Radio Europe 1, and Barclay an established record producer. However, the release of "Bambino" in 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 , copies Dalida was awarded her first gold disc, presented on 17 September The song "Bambino" echoed everywhere in France and was a success even beyond the French frontiers.
In the same year, she would also support Charles Aznavour at the Olympia. These classical songs mark the first phase of Dalida's album and maintain their charm even today.
Dalida toured extensively from through the early s, playing dates in France, Egypt, Italy, and the United States. Her tours of Egypt and Italy spread her fame outside of France, and Dalida soon became well known throughout Europe.
However, she waited too long before entering America's music scene, and though great names of the American music industry wanted to introduce her to the United States, she refused. In , Dalida performed a month of shows at the Olympia in Paris, with each selling out completely. Shortly afterwards Dalida embarked upon a tour of Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Throughout the s Dalida would frequently perform sell-out shows at the Olympia, and international dates became more frequent. The early s became a transitional period for the singer, highlighted by some of her most successful singles. After gaining a keen interest in academia in the mids she chose to sing songs with more profound lyrics.
She tried to probe into her inner-self and declared that she would sing only those songs which have a meaning for her. Bruno Coquatrix was dubious about Dalida's career evolution, and was hesitant to book her for a series of performances in Dalida hired the hall herself, and her show was met with an impressive public response, thus forcing the world to acknowledge that a new and more powerful performer had emerged in Dalida.
The song became a big hit and was the number one single in France and Japan. It was played consistently on French radios, at the request of listeners. The follow-up released in "Gigi L'amoroso' and B-side 'Il venait d'avoir 18 ans' reached number one in nine countries, and sold three and a half million copies in Europe.
The way Dalida interpreted these songs left people amazed. Touring would follow this period of unprecedented sales awarded with the first ever diamond disc. 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 , she recorded "Salma Ya Salama", based on a traditional Egyptian folk song which, due to its chart success was translated from Arabic into French, Italian, and German.
It was amongst the first Ethnic fusion hits in the world. Part of the lyrics are based on an old Egyptian folk song about homesickness and celebrating the Egyptian nation. As was the Hebrew song "Hene Ma Tov" sung word-perfect. 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.
She was therefore much ahead of American singer Madonna since she was the first person to receive this success, thus paving the way for women to deliver powerful performances. See full bio ». Born: Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos.
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