this morning reading the newspaper interview about the umpteenth Albano Sanremo which will take part (but what they need? boh ..)
I was shocked by the ease with which he alleged that in 1976, teamed with Romina, has sold a million copies in France with WE'LL LIVE IT ALL AGAIN in the French version.
Then I said that the habit of shooting absurd and inconsistent figures regarding the numbers of discs sold is a little mania of the singers of a certain age.
may not realize that there are books in the world rankings and sites internet through which we can deduce that if a song was a smash hit, fair, acceptable or bland.
Globalization, as well as lead to aberrations like the lout with piercing Avetrana despite a physical peasant of the nineteenth century, has provided us with evidence which put the lie to anyone not fear thousands or millions of copies (in) sold.
At this rate, one day we will read that Donatella Milani beating the record sales total in Bengal and Tiziana Rival won platinum in Gulistan.
disc this evening I will not say that it is rare but certainly not easy. Beware, however: "rare" does not mean expensive! We do not make the mistake that many do, or is inclined to the builder or the butcher who is the disk home and think you have done the deal of the century. There are disks that are seen but little in the market have a lower average price.
Why? Why not demand it.
The story of this duo is simple. Kathy Vergara, sixteen year old Italian-American (born 1956) meets at the English Steps in Rome (city nela who lives with his family) Santino Shoe (Gulliver), en route from Florence.
Santino twenty-two years and is of Salerno but lives with his family in Florence.
make friends and she often goes to Florence to meet him.
A Ponte Vecchio, where the two are singing with a group of friends (at the time, Ponte Vecchio was a hostage-like hippies and drug addicts) are heard by Tullio Grazzini, disc jockley SUPERSONIC of them that leads to Rome to RCA.
They record a song just came out, of Belgian origin, HOW DO YOU DO, sung by Mouth & McNeal and success do not expect much.
The song is cool, pleasant and Kathy's voice so youthful and bright (reminds Sally of Middle Of The Road) like the public and became a summer hit. But not only in Italy despite the original as we have said had already left (even Windows, two German, had recorded) manage to break even in Germany, Portugal, Sweden and other countries.
The same song is also recorded by Sylvie Vartan titled YOUTH '.
Kathy & Gulliver affecting other three singles this long playing: then they do not know anything. With
Kurtigghiu, Prince supporter of this post, we decided to add a bonus track extrapolated from the last single from the duo: ANGELS AND BEANS written by Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (and also signed by Bud Spencer) for the film EVEN THE ANGELS eating beans.
The disk itself is very pleasant: a fresh, light pop, traditional product for a precise target audience looking for a kind of sound that only the RCA at that time could provide.
KATHY AND GULLIVER (1972)
01 Chelsea (De Natale-Ansbach)
02 How Do You Do (Van Hemert - Van Hoof)
03 The Time Before (L.Stott-Ansbach) 04
Hey Boss (L. Stott) 05
Swing Swing (L.Stott-M.Nascimbene)
06 Music Everywhere (De Natale-Ansbach)
07 Rub It In (Martine) 08
Colours (L.Stott-Ansbach)
09 Sixteen Dandelions (And Clover Leaves) (L.Stott-Pintucci)
10 Thinkin '(C. De Natale )
11 An Faraway Island (Cab-Ansbach)
12 I Know The Rain (Walk-Ansbach)
13 (bonus track) Angel And Beans (Pedersoli-G. & M.de Angelis) (1973)
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