Riccardo Del Turco (born September 7, 1939) is an Italian singer and songwriter, born in Fiesole. His song Luglio topped the Italian Hit Parade Singles Chart for two weeks in July 1968, selling over 500,000 copies. Luglios tune was marketed across Europe and was released in the UK as I'm Gonna Try by The Tremeloes, but the song had a lukewarm response. The tune was then offered to the Herman's Hermits, who used it for their song, "Something's Happening". The song reached the sixth spot on the UK chart. Other international versions of Luglio include Joe Dassin's Le petit pain au chocolat, in French, and Huhta Bengt's (aka Kristian) Ai ai ai, in Finnish. More recently, Del Turco wrote the song "Vivo" that Andrea Bocelli recorded in 2018.

Discography

33 rpm

Riccardo Del Turco, 1969

Tanto io non vinco mai, 1973

45 rpm

Le cose che non ci diciamo/La nostra casa, 1962

M'hanno detto che/Dimmi se vuoi, 1964

Parla di te/Non chiudere la porta, 1964

Figlio unico/Quanto amore, 1966

Uno tranquillo/Allora hai vinto tu, 1967

L'importante è la rosa/Se è scritto nel cielo, 16 October 1967

Luglio/Il temporale, 1968

Cosa hai messo nel caffè/Commedia, 2 January 1969

Il compleanno/Geloso, 23 aprile 1969

Due biglietti perchè/Se non hai pensato, 1970

Babilonia/Non ti voglio amare, 1970

La cicala/Nel giardino dietro casa, 1971

Uno, nessuno/La domenica ti penso di più, 1972

Tanto io non vinco mai/L'appartamento, 1973

Tanto io non vinco mai/La musica sta arrivando, 1973

The Summer Of Mary Ann/Ramona, 1976

Winter Flower/Sette e ventinove, 1979

Non voglio ali/Noi due, 1982

Serena alienazione/Spazio profondo, 1984

Filmography

Io non protesto, io amo, 1967

Il professor Matusa e i suoi hippies, 1968

References

Italian male singers

Italian pop singers

Italian rock singers

Italian male singer-songwriters

Italian singer-songwriters

1939 births

Living people

Musicians from Florence

Riccardo Del Turco