Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (Italian: ; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), better known as Dalida (Egyptian Arabic: داليدا), was a French singer and actress. She spent most of her career in France and acquired French citizenship in 1961 upon marriage, while maintaining her original dual Egyptian-Italian.
She won Miss Egypt beauty contest in 1954. She performed and recorded in 11 languages (French, Italian, German, Spanish, English, Egyptian and Levantine Arabic, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch and Greek). Twice honoured with the “Oscar mondial du succès du disque” (World Oscar of Recording Success), she is the only singer to have won this award more than once. In course of her career she pioneered in a lot of things as a singer, and she tapped the way for the generations of singers and artists who have appeared during and after her life. Also, on European scale, she popularized a few musical genres; twist (as dance), pop, disco, reggae, and worldwide the raï
October 24, 2020
Ольга Чиркова
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