Soleado

"Soleado" is a mainly instrumental piece of music composed by Ciro Dammicco under the alias "Zacar", based on his earlier composition "Le rose blu" (1972). The song was recorded in 1974 by Dammico's band, the Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble,[1] and presented at that year's edition of Festivalbar. It became an instant hit, selling over five million copies in Europe.

"Soleado"
Single by Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble
from the album Soleado
B-side	"Per Elisa"
Released	1974
Genre	Pop
Length	4:12
Label	La voce del padrone
Songwriter(s)	Zacar
Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble singles chronology
"Soleado" (1974) "Para bailar, para cantar" (1975)

Cover versions

Following the success of Soleado, many artists went on to cover the song adding lyrics. In 1974 spanish actor and singer Manolo Otero recited a poem, Todo el tiempo del mundo (All the world's time), with the tune in the background.[2] The first version with proper lyrics was Tränen lügen nicht (Tears do not lie) by Michael Holm in 1974, which topped the charts in Germany and became a Top 10 hit in Austria and Switzerland. In 1975, Neşe Karaböcek included a cover in Turkish named Gözyaşları Yalan Söylemez (Tears Don't Lie) on her album Deli Gibi Sevdim. In 1975 Mireille Mathieu recorded a version in French, On ne vit pas sans se dire adieu (We do not live without saying goodbye). The first English lyric version, When a Child Is Born, was recorded by Johnny Mathis, and was a number one hit in the UK in 1976. Also in Britain that same year St Andrew's Chorale released a non-lyriced version under the title Cloud 99 on Decca Records, which reached number 31 in the UK charts.[3] In addition that year, the Slovak singer Karol Konárik recorded a version called Rozchod (Farewell) with lyrics by Ľuboš Zeman. In Hungary Cserháti Zsuzsa did a cover of the song in 1978 entitled "Édes kisfiam" (My sweet little son).[4] Mari Trini recorded a Spanish version, Te amaré, te amo y te querré (I will love you, I love you and I will) in 1981. The Polish pop band Bayer Full recorded the song as Blondyneczka (Little Blonde One) in 1992. In 2008 the Italian band Elio e le Storie Tese performed a version of the song with the lyrics "Buon anno nuovo" (Happy New Year) during a New Year's Eve concert. In 1975 the Czech singer Karel Gott released a version called Měl jsem rád a mám (I loved and I still do). In 1994, German disc jockey Mark 'Oh scored a hit in the German charts with a dance rendition of Holm's version. Percy Faith, Santo & Johnny, Paul Mauriat and other artists recorded instrumental versions.

References

1. History of the Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble (in Italian language)
2. "Manolo Otero - Todo el tiempo del mundo | Música callada - Blog elcorreo.com". blogs.elcorreo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-04-05.
3. https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15640/st--andrews-chorale/
4. Video on YouTube