Re: Iva Zanicchi, "Shalom, Cantos del pueblo hebreo"

[Francesco Spagnolo <yuval...>]

Joel,

here's the information about the original Italian release of this 
hilarious recording, straight off Yuval Italia's catalogue (on 
FileMaker Pro, by the way):

Iva ZANICCHI
"Shalom. Canti del popolo ebraico"
RDZ ST 14208  -- ITALY 1971
RiFi Record Co.
Mail address: Cso Buenos Aires, 77  20124 Milano (probably it does 
not exist anymore, though)

Songs list:

1. Sciogli i cavalli al vento
2. La terra promessa - Erev shel shoshanim
3. La luna è alta - Or nam (Ya'akov Shabtai, Yohanan Zarai)
4. E' maggio - At va' ani veh aru'ach (Yoram Tharlev, Nehum Heiman)
5. Dormi, amore dormi
6. Hava Nagilah
7. Exodus (Mimma Gaspari, Ernest Gold)
8. Se ne va la luna
9. Non scordarti di me
10. L'ultimo fuoco - Hine ma tov
11. Addio, dolce amico mio (Roberto Arnaldi)
12. Le mani bianche - Hevenu shalom aleichem

All song (except when indicated) are by Sandro Tuminelli; 
transcriptions and adaptations by Ezio Leoni; arrangements by Enrico 
Intra.


I am not in Milano right now (where Yuval's archive is) and I cannot 
check this, but as far as I remember, it does not contain Sephardic 
songs (nor lyrics: the songs are all in Italian, except for bit of 
Hevenu shalom alekhem, in Hebrew) -- I will double check this, 
though, when I get back from Rome. The melodies are "authentic": 
mostly Israeli songs. But the words are totally invented (check the 
titles: The white hands/Hevenu shalom alekhem; The Last Fire/Hine mah 
tov, etc.), and are not connected with anything Jewish. Iva Zanicchi 
is a famous pop singer, with a wonderful voice for Italian Sanremo 
style songs, and a trashy tv host! In 1971, she was at the height of 
her career. I assume that -- given the popularity of several Italian 
pop stars in French and Spanish speaking countries -- the reason the 
recording was issued in Spain owes more to Zanicchi  than to the 
"Jewish" theme. I'm not sure about how she got to record this, but I 
believe that some Jewish Milanese music producer (Jews have been 
quite active in pop music over here, rarely as performers, though) 
might have had the idea back then... Also, I believe that she also 
recorded a second one...

Francesco

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