I had been in love with Gigliola Cinquetti's voice for years, before I saw my first picture of her. So I can honestly say that it wasn't her pretty face that first attracted me. I suspect that “Non ho l'età” was my first encounter. And what a track to start a career with. A debut win at Sen Remo, at the age of 16. I didn't know, until today, that it spent 17 weeks in the UK charts. That's an incredibly rare thing for any Italian language track. And utterly unheard of for decades. It's not in today's list simply because it's scheduled to appear in other playlists, fairly soon. Today's selection is a largely random sample of her mid-to-late 60s Italpop.
Gigliola Cinquetti
- Barbablù Gigliola Cinquetti
- Dommage dommage (Peccato) Gigliola Cinquetti
- Ho bisogno di vederti Gigliola Cinquetti
- Il primo bacio che darò Gigliola Cinquetti
- La Bohème Gigliola Cinquetti
- Marcellino pane e vino Gigliola Cinquetti
- Non illuderti mai Gigliola Cinquetti
- Penso alle cose perdute Gigliola Cinquetti
- Risveglio Gigliola Cinquetti
- Volano le rondini Gigliola Cinquetti
Mining
- Johnny Miner Dick Gaughan
- Farewell to the Monty The High Level Ranters
- Celebrated Working Man ~ Oakey's Strike Evictions Bob Fox & Benny Graham
- Schoolday's End Dick Gaughan
- Io camminerò Franco Tozzi
- Blackleg Miner Maddy Prior
- Six Jolly Miners Coope, Boyes & Simpson
- My Bonny Miner Lad Isla Cameron
- El Caminero Mendoza Tito Fernández
- Donibristle Mine Disaster Swan Arcade
Dirty Old Town
- Dirty Old Town Alistair Hulett with the Wheelers & Dealers
- Dirty Old Town Ewan MacColl
- Dirty Old Town Gaberlunzie
- Dirty Old Town Houghton Weavers
- Dirty Old Town Hughie Jones
- Dirty Old Town Ian Campbell Folk Group
- Dirty Old Town Luke Kelly
- Dirty Old Town Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
- Dirty Old Town Roger Whittaker
- Dirty Old Town The Clancy Brothers & Bobby Clancy
Dutch
- Het 5e rad aan de wagen Anita Berry
- Amerika John Lundström & Alex Van Haecke
- Wachten Boudewijn de Groot
- Mijn Mooi Rob De Nijs
- De Mijnramp Duo Corona's
- Marietje Hollands Venetie Band
- Het Afgezaagde Zinnetje (Something Stupid) Willy & Willeke Alberti
- Zo Zo Is De Jordaan Johnny Jordaan
- Atlas Rita Deneve
- Leef als een zigeuner Helemaal Hollands & Doenja