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{{Short description|French singer and actress (1933–1987)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dalida
| post-nominals = {{small|[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|COAL]]}}
| image = Dalida19673 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Dalida in 1967
| birth_name = Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|01|17}}
| birth_place = [[Cairo]], [[Kingdom of Egypt]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1987|05|03|1933|01|17}}
| death_place = [[Paris]], France
| burial_place = [[Montmartre Cemetery]], Paris
| alias = {{hlist|Dalila|Yolanda}}
| monuments = Dalida tomb Bust at [[Place Dalida]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|actress|model}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Lucien Morisse|1961|1962|end=divorced}}
| partner = [[Luigi Tenco]] (1966–1967) {{ill|Richard Chanfray|fr|vertical-align=sup}} (1972–1981)
| website = {{URL|dalida.com}}
| signature = Dalida autogram signature.png
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[disco]]}}
| years_active = 1954–1987
| label = {{hlist|[[Barclay (record label)|Barclay]]|[[Orlando Productions|Orlando]]}}
}}
}}
'''Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti''' ({{IPA|it|joˈlanda kriˈstiːna dʒiʎˈʎɔtti|lang}}; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as '''Dalida''', was a French singer and actress, born in Egypt to Italian parents.<ref name="core">{{citation|url=https://www.thecore.fm/public/pages/posts/world-artist-spotlight-dalida|title=World Artist Spotlight: Dalida|access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Dalida l'Egyptienne : les premières années|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_x34l85JVM|author=[[Paris Match]]|access-date =21 January 2022}}</ref> Leading an international career, Dalida has sold over 140 million records worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=9 February 2023|date=3 August 2019|title=Chi era Dalida, l'ultima diva della musica italiana ed internazionale|url=https://urbanpost.it/chi-era-dalida-lultima-diva-della-musica-italiana-ed-internazionale/}}</ref> Her best known songs are "[[Bambino (song)|Bambino]]", "[[Gondolier (song)|Gondolier]]", "[[Les enfants du Pirée]]", "{{Lang|fr|[[Le temps des fleurs]]|italic=no}}", "[[Darla dirladada]]", "[[J'attendrai]]", "[[Am Tag als der Regen kam|Le jour où la pluie viendra]]", "[[Gigi l'amoroso]]", "[[Salma Ya Salama|Salama ya salama]]", and "[[Paroles, paroles]]" featuring spoken word by [[Alain Delon]].

First an actress, she made her debut in the film ''[[A Glass and a Cigarette]]'' by [[Niazi Mostafa|Niazi Mustapha]] in 1955. One year later, having signed with the [[Barclay (record label)|Barclay]] record company, Dalida achieved her first success as a singer with "Bambino". Following this, she became the most important seller of records in France between 1957 and 1961. Her music charted in many countries in [[Europe]] and [[Latin America]]. She collaborated with singers such as [[Julio Iglesias]], [[Charles Aznavour]], [[Johnny Mathis]] and [[Petula Clark]].

Although she shot a few films alongside her career as a singer, she effectively reconnected with cinema with ''[[The Sixth Day (film)|The Sixth Day]]'', a film by [[Youssef Chahine]] released in 1986. In France, although the film was hailed by critics, it became a commercial failure.

Dalida was deeply disturbed by the suicide of her partner [[Luigi Tenco]] in 1967. Despite this, she moved ahead with her career, forming the record label [[Orlando Productions|International Show]] with her brother Orlando, recording more music and performing at concerts and music competitions. After struggling with bouts of depression for many years, Dalida died by suicide with a drug overdose, on 3 May 1987.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2007/novembre/13/Dalida_distrutta_dall_ostilita_Italia_co_9_071113106.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902150850/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2007/novembre/13/Dalida_distrutta_dall_ostilita_Italia_co_9_071113106.shtml |date=13 November 2007 |archive-date=2 September 2012 |last=Fegiz |first=Mario Luzzatto |title=Dalida distrutta dall' ostilità in Italia |language=it |newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]] |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>

== Early years ==
=== Childhood in Cairo ===

Dalida was born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti in [[Cairo]], [[Kingdom of Egypt]], on 17 January 1933. Her father Pietro Gigliotti (1904–1945) and mother Filomena Giuseppina (''[[née]]'' d’Alba; 1904–1971) were born in [[Serrastretta]], [[Calabria]] in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/biographie/son-histoire.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Son histoire—du Caire à Paris|website=dalida.com|access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref> Pietro studied music in school and played violin in taverns; Giuseppina was a seamstress.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ina.fr/video/I08212886/interview-biographie-de-orlando-video.html |title=Interview biographie de Orlando – Vidéo |language=fr|publisher=Ina.fr |date=10 November 2001 |access-date=13 August 2018}}</ref> By birth, Dalida automatically gained Italian nationality through ''[[jus sanguinis]]'' of both Italian parents.

Unable to make a living in their hometown, the young couple moved to the [[Shubra]] district of [[Cairo]] the year they were married, where, between the births of Iolanda's older brother Orlando (1930–1992) and younger brother Bruno (1936), the Gigliotti family became well established in the community. In addition to earnings from Giuseppina's work, their social status benefited when Pietro became [[concertmaster|primo violino]] at Cairo's [[Khedivial Opera House]], and the family bought a two-storey house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/biographie/son-histoire.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Son histoire—du Caire à Paris|website=dalida.com}}</ref>

[[File:Dalida 1937.jpg|thumb|Dalida in 1937]]
At 10 months old, Iolanda caught an eye infection and had to wear bandages for 40 days. Her father would play [[Lullaby|lullabies]] on the violin to soothe her. She underwent eye operations between the ages of three and five. Having to wear glasses throughout elementary school, for which she was bullied, she later recalled: "I was {{sic}} enough of it, I would rather see the world in a blur than wear glasses, so I threw them through the window."  Iolanda attended the Scuola Tecnica Commerciale Maria Ausiliatrice, an Italian Catholic school located in northern Shubra.

In 1940, [[Allies of World War II|Allied forces]] took her father and other Italian men from their quarter to the Fayed prison camp in the desert near Cairo. When Pietro was released in 1944, he returned home as a completely different person, so violent that Iolanda and other children in the neighbourhood were scared of him. She later recalled, "I hated him when he beat me, I hated him especially when he beat my mom and brothers. I wanted him to die, and he did." Iolanda was twelve when Pietro died of a [[brain abscess]] in 1945.

=== Modelling, acting ===

In her teen years, Iolanda developed an interest in acting due to her uncle's job as a projectionist for a local cinema, and often participated in school performances at the end of the semester. She graduated in 1951, and began working as a [[copy typist]] in a pharmaceutical company the same year. While required to work to financially help her family, Iolanda still had acting ambitions.

Shortly thereafter, her best friend Miranda encouraged her to compete in Miss Ondine, a minor Cairo beauty pageant which she entered on the assurance that it was just for fun and that her mother would not find out. When Iolanda unexpectedly won second prize and Miranda won second runner-up, they were photographed and published in newspapers ''Le journal d'Égypte'' and ''Le progrès égyptien''. The next day when her mother found out, she forcibly cut Iolanda's hair short. Eventually, her mother relented and Iolanda left her job to start modelling for Donna, a Cairo-based fashion house.<ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web|url=http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6177.asp |title=Biographie 6177 |access-date=5 June 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519054443/http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_6177.asp |archive-date=19 May 2006}}</ref>

Three [[Cinema of Egypt|Egyptian film]] directors placed Iolanda in their productions; [[Marco de Gastyne]] cast her in ''The Mask of Tutankhamun'' (1954) and [[Niazi Mostafa]] cast her for a supporting role in ''[[A Glass and a Cigarette]]'' (1954),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271179/|title=A Cigarette and a Glass|date=11 September 1955|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> on which posters she appears with her newly adopted stage name Dalila because, as she explained in 1968, "it was a very frequent name in Egypt and I liked it a lot."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ina.fr/video/I06261352 |title=Dalida à propos du nom Dalida et de son premier play-back – Vidéo |language=fr|publisher=Ina.fr |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=13 August 2018}}</ref>

=== Relocation to Paris and decisive 421 dice game ===

On 25 December 1954, Dalila left Egypt for Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linternaute.com/paris/sortir/dossier/dalida-une-vie/2.shtml|title=Dalida, une vie parisienne -|website=www.linternaute.com}}</ref> Her first residence was a room in an apartment of Gastyne's friend, the impresario Vidal. She met with a number of directors, auditioned for movie roles, but failed each time. Vidal relocated her to a smaller apartment where her first neighbour was [[Alain Delon]] (then still unknown to the wider public), with whom she had a brief relationship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.purepeople.com/article/alain-delon-met-en-lumiere-son-histoire-d-amour-avec-dalida_a78336/1|title=Alain Delon met en lumière son histoire d'amour avec... Dalida !|website=Purepeople.com|access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref>

Dalila's difficulty in finding acting work throughout 1955, led her to try singing. Vidal introduced her to Roland Berger, a friend and professor who agreed to give her singing lessons seven days per week at a low price. He was strict and used to yell, with Dalila responding even more loudly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/looking-back-at-the-troubled-life-of-legendary-egyptian-born-crossover-star-dalida-1.2038|title=Looking back at the troubled life of legendary Egyptian-born crossover star Dalida|website=The National|date=4 February 2017|access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref> Their lessons sometimes ended with her slamming the door, but she always returned the next day. Seeing her progress, Berger arranged for her to perform in the cabaret ''Le Drap d'Or'' on [[Champs-Élysées]], where she was spotted by Jacques Paoli, the director of another cabaret, ''La Villa d'Este''.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=http://www.ina.fr/video/I05044917/dalida-a-propos-de-ses-debuts-video.html |title=Dalida à propos de ses débuts – Vidéo |language=fr|publisher=Ina.fr |date=9 October 1966 |access-date=13 August 2018}}</ref> Paoli engaged her for a series of performances that proved popular, and Dalila received her first attention of the public in France among which was [[Bruno Coquatrix]], the director of [[Olympia (Paris)|Olympia]], who invited her to perform at his singing contest ''Les Numéros 1 de demain''. In future years, Coquatrix said: "[H]er voice is full of colour and volume, and has all that men love: gentleness, sensuality and eroticism." Dalila was also spotted by author and screenwriter Alfred Marchand, who advised to change her name to Dalida: "Your pseudonym resembles too much the movie ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' and it won't help to boost your popularity. Why don't you replace the second 'l' with a 'd', like God the father?" She immediately accepted the change.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vsd.fr/loisirs/culture-10-choses-a-savoir-sur-dalida-19553|title=Culture 10 choses à savoir sur Dalida – Vsd|access-date=9 May 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210738/https://www.vsd.fr/loisirs/culture-10-choses-a-savoir-sur-dalida-19553|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 9 April 1956, Dalida participated in the singing contest ''Les Numéros 1 de demain'', performing ''Etrangère au Paradis''. Prior to the competition, [[Eddie Barclay]], owner of the largest recording house in France, [[Barclay (record label)|Barclay]], and Lucien Morisse, artistic director of the newly established radio station [[Europe 1|Europe n°1]], met in Bar Romain (now Petit Olympia) and discussed what to do that evening. Barclay wanted to watch a film, whereas Morisse wanted to attend the singing competition, which was being held at Olympia Hall, then the largest venue in Paris. They settled their disagreement by playing 421, a dice game, which Morisse won.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musique.rfi.fr/artiste/chanson/dalida|title=Dalida – Biographie, discographie et fiche artiste|website=RFI Musique|date=3 March 2011|language=fr-FR|access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref> Together with their friend Coquatrix, they were greatly impressed after Dalida won the contest, and arranged a meeting with her. That event was later perpetuated in [[biopic]]s and books, and became regarded as fateful for Dalida's career. The three men went on to play a large part in launching her career.<ref name="linternaute.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.linternaute.com/biographie/dalida/|title=Biographie Dalida|website=www.linternaute.com|date=2 May 2022 }}</ref>

== Career ==

=== ''Les années Barclay'' – The Barclay years ===

==== First contract and overnight success with Bambino ====

[[File:Dalida 1950s (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Dalida in the 1950s]]

After the performance in Les Numéros 1 de demain, Lucien handed Dalida his card to meet in his office as soon as possible, which she accepted without hesitation. A few days later, on the second floor of the building at 26 rue François ler, she performed "''Barco Negro''", a recent hit by [[Amália Rodrigues]], humming the a cappella verses and tapping the fingertips on a corner of Morisse's desk. Visibly satisfied, his interlocutor demanded more work on mini-flaws, for a new audition in front of [[Eddie Barclay]] in person.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dalida-mn0000564599/biography|title=Dalida {{!}} Biography & History|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> On 2 May 1956 in Barclay's office at 20, Rue de Madrid, Dalida signed a renewable one-year contract, with a modest percentage on record sales, with the promise of increasing it if the expected success was accomplished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tYG2MC3_Hi8/XIxGcxuhPiI/AAAAAAAAALA/ZWccoUCCm2AOHef5yo0TvuEm7yTDmPNKwCLcBGAs/s1600/20190314_095841.jpg|title=Contract, 1956|website=dalidaideal.com|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> While Morisse was responsible for radio promotion, Coquatrix had developed a strategy to grab the headlines. He planned to promote her through a series of concerts, including two concerts at the [[Olympia (Paris)|Olympia]], two weeks in [[Bobino]], and a tour of the provinces.

Her first song "''Madona''" was recorded in June and was first released in August on EP with three other songs. "''Madona''" was played on 28 August 1956 on Radio Europe n°1, which was Dalida's first radio appearance.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.universalmusic.fr/artiste/1940-dalida/bio|title=Biographie de Dalida|website=Universal Music France|language=fr|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=4 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104050149/http://www.universalmusic.fr/artiste/1940-dalida/bio|url-status=dead}}</ref> The record achieved sufficient success and was followed by second EP, Le Torrent, a month later, which received an equally encouraging welcome. Dalida continued performing live throughout the latter part of 1956, while her promoters worked on developing a song that would make her a star; Morisse asked lyricist [[Jacques Laurent|Jacques Larue]] to write a French language version of "''[[Guaglione]]''", the winning song of recent fifth [[Festival di Napoli]], which would become [[Bambino (song)|''Bambino'']].<ref name=":1" />

"''Bambino''" was released in early December only as a promo single, but quickly receiving more public interest than all of her previous recordings, Morisse started to heavily promote it and it was placed as title song to Dalida's debut album ''[[Son nom est Dalida]]'' that was issued by the end of same month.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/1956-1961.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – 1956 – 1961|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729013332/http://dalida.com/1956-1961.html|archive-date=29 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was immediately followed with a third EP titled "''Bambino''". After debuting at number seven in January 1957,<ref>{{Cite journal|date=January 1957|title=Classement des 10 plus grands succès du mois|journal=Music Hall|page=1}}</ref> ''Bambino'' reached number one and went on to become the biggest-selling and one of the most beloved pop standard hits of the 1950s in [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Canada]] and [[Switzerland]]. As the song knocked [[Doris Day]]'s "''[[Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)|Whatever Will Be, Will Be]]''" off the top of the French charts,<ref>{{Cite journal|date=May 1957|title=Classement des 10 plus grands succès du mois|journal=Music Hall|page=1}}</ref> women began to emulate Dalida's makeup, resulting in the explosion of [[Rimmel]] sales, while the men saw in her a talent, sensuality and sexiness. [[Bruno Coquatrix|Coquatrix]] then named her "the first sex-symbol of the song".<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Dalida: une vie..|last=Pessis|first=Jacques|publisher=Chronique|year=2007|isbn=978-2205061079|location=France|page=1}}</ref> "''Bambino''" was Dalida's first number-one hit, and through 1957 it became the longest-running number-one in the world history, with a total of 39 consecutive weeks, still holding a record.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_50.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323112530/http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_50.php|archive-date=23 March 2008|title=InfoDisc : Tout les Titres N° 1 des 50's|date=23 March 2008|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> It made Dalida an overnight star and gained her first gold disc, the very first time such an award had been received by a woman, on 19 September 1957 for sales of over 300,000.<ref name=":1" /> As the French music industry was then still in the background, "''Bambino''" was described in 2007 by Bertrand Dicale of [[Le Figaro]] as; "''a launch that announced what will happen in the coming decades ... a start of really modern times where singer is more important than song''".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dicale|first=Bertrand|date=17 August 2007|title=Les tubes de l'été|journal=Le Figaro|page=1}}</ref> Promoting it in early 1957, Dalida also made her first TV appearance, and her contract was immediately extended for four years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/images/orlando/Presse/page09.jpg|title=Contract extension|date=2014|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> Then she also received her first criticism from a journalist: "''On stage, Dalida appears in beauty and warmth, highlighted by a presentation of extreme sobriety.''"

==== First Olympia concert, new success with Gondolier, tourings and return to film ====

On the night of 27 February 1957, Dalida held her first concert at the Olympia, as the opening act for [[Charles Aznavour]], and was widely applauded.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book|title=25 ans de triomphe|last=Page|first=Christian|publisher=Delmas Éditeur|year=1981|location=France|page=1}}</ref> Then, in April, she performed in a successful two-week series of concerts at Bobino, and in the summer a fan club was established, the first such club to be devoted to a female artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KdsHnLHkoo8/XIxGlgo2aEI/AAAAAAAAALE/jMDX4fUl724KqFvCrDH8Pp1LfZT9o3CqgCLcBGAs/s1600/20190314_102608.jpg|title=Bobino, 1957|website=dalidaideal.com|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|title=Dalida : "Mon frère, tu écriras mes mémoires"|last=Rihoit|first=Catherine|publisher=Plon|year=2016|isbn=9782259251501|location=France|page=1}}</ref> Among live performances, the prolonged success of Bambino through 1957 was followed with new recordings like ''Miguel'', and ''Tu n'as pas très bon caractère'' that eventually replaced ''Bambino'' as number one in France in October.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=October 1957|title=Classement des 10 plus grands succès du mois|journal=Music Hall|page=1}}</ref> Dalida came back to Olympia in September as opening act for [[Gilbert Bécaud]], when the newly renovated Olympia appeared for first time with the red neon facade sign. The future iconic symbol of the hall, Bécaud and Dalida became the first two names to appear in it.<ref name=":15">{{Cite book|title=Les larmes de la gloire|last=Pascuito|first=Bernard|publisher=Éditions Michel Lafon|year=1997|isbn=9782840983019|location=France|page=1}}</ref> After her second success there, Dalida released her second album ''[[Miguel (album)|Miguel]]'' and returned to studio in mid-October to record, what was to become one of her old standards, Histoire d'un amour. Staying in top ten for eight months, it earned Dalida her a second gold disc.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|title=Liste de réalisations et de récompenses|last=Gigliotti|first=Bruno|publisher=Orlando Productions|year=2012|location=France|page=1}}</ref>

Dalida's experimenting with exotica resulted with "''[[Gondolier (song)|Gondolier]]''", released over Christmas in 1957. For the exotica song with accentuated vocals, Dalida delivered a TV appearance where, while sailing the imaginary [[gondola]], her dress' shoulder strap fell down.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bestsongsever.com/dalida/gondolier|title=Gondolier – video|website=bestsongsever.com|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> The reappearances of the video in the 1970s made the moment notable, and public started considering it iconic as Dalida dared to do such thing on television during conventional times of society.<ref name=":9">{{Cite book|title=Dalida, La gloire et les larmes|last=Sevran|first=Pascal|year=1976|location=France|page=1}}</ref> Nevertheless, "''Gondolier''" debuted at number one on both French and Canadian charts where it spent four months, remained in top twenty for almost a year and became her biggest hit since "''Bambino''".<ref name=":3" /> Its B side ''Pardon'' also proved popular, reaching number one in Canada.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collections_patrimoniales/musique/collection_numerique/bd_specialisee/palmares/ |title=Palmarès de la chanson au Québec |language=fr |website=[[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec]] |access-date=11 March 2019 |archive-date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215510/http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collections_patrimoniales/musique/collection_numerique/bd_specialisee/palmares/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Then Dalida also started to perform more frequently in France, Belgium and [[Luxembourg]].

By the end of April 1958, a radio programmer heard Dalida recording "''Dans le bleu du ciel bleu''" in Barclay's Hoche studios in Paris. Immediately asking for a copy of the tape and passing it on the antenna, the radio station was flocked with phone calls of people asking for the number of the disc and when would it be available.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=Spring 1958|title=Dalida|journal=L'Olympia... Votre Music-hall|volume=20|page=1}}</ref> As the song replaced "''Gondolier''" as number one in France, Dalida scored a still-running chart record of France of five songs simultaneously in the top ten.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f53GODMRjFg/W2CBBjKpbAI/AAAAAAAABmU/SaY8CpxjEkIHoU2ViYhLSDy1xprRBJVwwCLcBGAs/s1600/38149375_1051032298405217_757313789254172672_n.jpg|title=Classement des 10 plus grands succès du mois|date=1958|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> It was followed by her receipt of RMC's singer of the year award, which she went on to win for six consecutive years.<ref name=":10">{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/les-recompenses.html|title=Récompenses et événements|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> In June she embarked upon her first "TDF avec Dalida 58" tour (Tour de France with Dalida); a daily appearance in the stage city of the 1958 Tour de France, which she repeated several time in future decades. Then she also performed in [[Algiers]] during summer, supporting the morale of French soldiers fighting the Algerian War, and held a new series of galas in France and Belgium that ended regularly with two hours of autograph signing.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|title=Liste des spectacles 1956–1987|last=Gigliotti|first=Bruno|publisher=Orlando Productions|year=2012|location=France|page=1}}</ref> During that summer Dalida released her third album ''[[Gondolier (album)|Gondolier]]'', and also recorded several new songs like "''Je pars''",『''Aïe mon cœur''』and "''Les Gitans''"; all sales successes each earning Dalida a gold disc. With ''Je pars'', Dalida started French [[Rock and roll|rock 'n' roll]] and also paved the way for foreign rock artists to enter the market, like [[Paul Anka]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Marie-Josée.|date=November 1997|title=Les sales|journal=Platine|volume=45|page=1}}</ref>

In late 1958, Dalida returned to film for her first on-screen role in four years, playing supporting role of singer-spy in the mystery film ''Rapt au deuxième bureau''. A few months later, she appeared alongside Eddie Barclay in ''Brigade des mœurs'', both starring as themselves. These two B movies were also used for promotion of her three songs "''Inconnue mon amour''", "''L'amour chante''", and "''Aime-moi''", and were released in September 1958 and March 1959, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/cinematographie/186-carriere/cinematographie/films/1319-rapt-au-deuxieme-bureau.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Rapt au deuxième bureau|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=9 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309055458/http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/cinematographie/186-carriere/cinematographie/films/1319-rapt-au-deuxieme-bureau.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/cinematographie/186-carriere/cinematographie/films/1320-brigade-de-moeurs.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Brigade de moeurs|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=13 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313091325/http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/cinematographie/186-carriere/cinematographie/films/1320-brigade-de-moeurs.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 9 October, she again performed at Bobino, this time for three weeks as the headline performer, where she promoted her latest releases "''Du moment qu'on s'aime''", that peaked the charts same week, and "''[[Come prima]]''". Topping charts in January 1959, where it remained during most of winter, "''Come prima''" proved to be an ultimate holiday hit of France and Belgium, as Dalida could be seen promoting it on a Christmas-themed television set.<ref name=":3" /> Record's B side song "''Si je pouvais revivre un jour ma vie''" also achieved success topping Canadian charts.<ref name=":0" /> According to her biographer [[Catherine Rihoit]], her live television appearances "got her into the palms of society, keeping her position as a favorite singer of all age groups in the francophonie", and marked an era of late '50s television shows.<ref name=":4" /> On 26 December 1958 Dalida was in [[New York City|New York]] with Morisse where they met [[Norman Granz]], the American impresario of [[Ella Fitzgerald]], who invited her to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] and offered a fifteen-year contract to launch her career in the United States. She quickly rejected the offer, saying that she wanted to focus on her musical career in France where she was already well-known with a secure fan base.<ref name=":2" />

==== "Am Tag als der Regen kam" and international recognition; best selling singer in Europe ====

Dalida toured extensively in 1959, playing sold-out dates in France, Egypt, [[Italy]], and [[Germany]].<ref name=":5" /> As her fame spread outside France, she started to record songs in other languages to cater for these new audiences. She understood five languages and interpreted her songs in eleven languages: [[German language|German]], [[Egyptian Arabic]], [[English language|English]], [[Lebanese Arabic]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]]. In February, during a TV appearance, she performed her recent version of "[[Hava Nagila]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x46m14b|title=DALIDA Hava nagila 2 – Vidéo dailymotion|website=Dailymotion|date=24 April 2016|language=en|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> On 2 March, [[Minister of Information (France)|Minister of informations]] awarded her, alongside [[Yves Montand]], with the Bravos du music hall, the most prestigious music award in France, for the most popular singer in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/egyptian-born-french-singer-dalida-and-french-actor-and-news-photo/627501516|title=Les Bravos du Music Hall|date=March 1959|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> During the summer, she covered her own recordings "''Ne joue pas''" and『''C'est ça l'amore''』in [[Flemish dialects|Flemish]] as "''Speel niet met m'n hart''" and "''Ik zing amore''", respectively, the only time in her career she sang in Flemish.<ref name=":6" />

In late summer, Dalida was back in the studio to record her first major international hit. In the period from 1958 to 1959, "''[[The Day the Rains Came (song)|Le jour ou la pluie viendra]]''" was recorded in three languages, which led Dalida straight to the top three in six different European countries. The German language version "''Am Tag als der Regen kam''" topped German charts for ten weeks in September and October, earning her another gold disc. It was the best-selling record of the year in Germany, and remained one of the most successful songs in history of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-12000|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts|website=www.offiziellecharts.de|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> During the closing night of the [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin Film Festival]] on 28 September 1959, she was presented with a Goldener Löwe award by RTL, for the best-selling musical artist of the year in Germany, and saluted with fanfare playing "''Am Tag als der Regen kam''" verses.<ref name=":2" /> The song was her first international recognition, reaching a half-million accumulated copies and eventually remaining one of her biggest success in Germany.<ref name=":7" />

In the course of 1959, Dalida collected five Top 10 hits in French charts, most notably "''[[Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)|Ciao, ciao Bambina]]''" and "''Guitare et tambourin''"; both earning gold discs. In Italy, [[Rai Italia|RAI]] awarded her with Oscar di popolarità and Lupo d'oro awards for the best-selling musical artist of the year in the country.<ref name=":7" /> Those were her first two foreign awards that furthered her international recognition. Dalida also performed in successful sold out concerts in [[Berlin]], [[Athens]] and Cairo, delivering a sentimental performance in front of a crowd in Rivoli cinema that she frequented as a child.<ref name=":11">{{Cite book|title=Du Nil à la scène|last=Brachet|first=Jacques|publisher=Éditions de la courtine|year=2002|isbn=2913483364|location=France|page=1}}</ref> On 23 September 1959, Dalida sang in a successful three-week run at Parisian [[Théâtre de l'Étoile (Champs-Élysées)|Théâtre de l'Étoile]], where a jukebox was installed in recognition of her being named Mademoiselle Jukebox, the most listened to artist on [[jukebox]]es in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/paris-france-french-actor-jacques-charrier-poses-with-his-news-photo/517325006|title=French actor Jacques Charrier poses with his wife, actress Brigitte...|website=Getty Images|date=22 March 2016 |language=en-gb|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> By the end of the year, she released her fifth and sixth albums; ''[[Le disque d'or de Dalida]]'' and ''[[Love in Portofino (album)|Love in Portofino]]'', and had already sold three and a half million records, highest among all European artists.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=December 1959|title=Dalida surtout|journal=Discographie française|page=2}}</ref>

[[File:Dalida 1961.jpg|thumb|Dalida in 1961]]

====『Les enfants du Pirée』and "Itsi Bitsi petit bikini"; transition to yé-yé and first Olympia concert residency ====

Dalida debuted 1960 with "''[[Makin' Love|T'aimer follement]]''", a chart topper in France and Belgium in February.{{dead link|date=September 2022}}<ref name=":16">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/artist/Dalida|title=Dalida|website=ultratop.be|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> Then she embarked upon her first world tour and reached top of the charts again, with "''[[Romantica (song)|Romantica]]''" in April. The third release of the year『''[[Les enfants du Pirée]]''』brought Dalida huge commercial success becoming her second big international hit after "''Am Tag als der Regen kam''". It reached top two in six European countries and Canada, topping charts in three of them.<ref name=":12">{{cite web |url=http://artisteschartsventes.blogspot.com/2014/12/dalida.html |title=World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries: Dalida |last=Chartsventes |date=30 October 2016 |website=World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries |access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> After its debut atop of French charts in June 1960, where it remained for 20 weeks, it became the first song by a French singer to sell over one million copies internationally, and the tube de l'été expression was invented after it.<ref name=":4" /> Dalida eventually recorded it in five different languages and made a video for TV emission ''Toute la chanson''. With a harbor theme, showing Dalida singing and lying on a fishing net and artificial wind blowing, it made journalist [[Jacques Chancel]] call it; "the first video in France that really made a shift from the era of outdated videos".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chancel|first=Jacques|date=Summer 1960|title=Chanson|journal=Le Monde|page=1}}</ref>

The success was followed with her second win of Italian awards Oscar di Popolarità and a Lupo d'Oro for the best-selling musical artist of the year.<ref name=":1" /> Back in France, Dalida was not pleased with emergence of the new musical style [[yé-yé]] as the new singers would only occupy the charts and then irretrievably disappear. Also, since the appearance of new radio programs for youth like ''[[Salut les copains (radio program)|Salut les copains]]'', both the music hall songs and singers, like Dalida, started to be regarded completely obsolete.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Star pour toujours|last=Thamin|first=Julie|publisher=A.C.P.|year=2000}}</ref> As Dalida realized that she had to make a drastic change to retain her image, in September she covered the US hit "''[[Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini|Itsi bitsi petit bikini]]''". Today one of her signature songs, it became the first big yé-yé hit in France and received the title of second tube de l'été, displacing『''Les enfants du Pirée''』from top of charts. Securing her position of a lead singer in France, "''Itsi bitsi petit bikini''" introduced Dalida to a whole new generation of young fans. Topping charts across Western Europe and in Canada, the record was also her second one to sell over a million and gained her thirteenth golden disc.<ref name=":9" />

Success was followed with "''[[Milord (song)|Milord]]''", a number one in Austria, Germany and Italy, after which was named her first [[Milord (album)|album]] issued solely for Italian public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/discographie-italie/1958-1965.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – 1958 – 1965|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126125334/http://dalida.com/discographie-italie/1958-1965.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dalida then completed a year-long world tour, performing in countries across Europe, in Canada and several Arab states. In December, she issued EP『''Joyeux Noël''』collecting four best known holiday carols in French, and with New Year's show Réveillon de Paris breaking the record of TV audience with nearly six million spectators.<ref name=":8" />

In January 1961, Dalida covered [[The Drifters]]' "''[[Save the Last Dance for Me|Save the last dance for me]]''" as "''Garde Moi la Derniere Danse''" that reached top two. It remained her biggest French hit of the year as she busied herself with another year-long world tour which started in [[Tehran|Teheran]] on 18 February, in front of Iranian royal family in their [[Sa'dabad Complex|Sa'dabad Palace]].<ref name=":1" /> With a total of almost 200 dates, the tour's last leg included Dalida's first own concert residency at Olympia, premiering on 6 December. Due to her recent love affair, divorce from Morisse and new yé-yé wave, several critics announced it as "attestment of an end and downfall of Dalida". Indisputably, Dalida "brought the house down" according to Beuve-Méry of ''[[Le Monde]]'', as the month long show was a sell-out success with the premiere night broadcast live by Radio Europe N°1.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Beuve-Méry|date=December 1961|title=Dalida a l'Olympia|journal=Le Monde|page=1}}</ref> Among other musicians who attended, she was congratulated by [[Édith Piaf]], who told her: "You are a winner, like me. After me, it will be you."<ref name=":4" /> Dalida also set the record for the biggest public attendance and the longest-running concert residency at the Olympia, with a total of 52,000 spectators in course of 30 days, that would be broken by herself in 1981.<ref name=":5" /> At the very end of the year, on 30 December Dalida completed her world tour in Olympia's Belgian equivalent [[Ancienne Belgique]] in [[Brussels|Bruxelles]].

During 1961, Dalida issued a set of new Italian songs on ''[[Canta in Italiano (Dalida album)|Canta in Italiano]]'' EP, and also scored several top ten hits internationally such as "''Nuits d'espagne''" and "''Tu ne sais pas''". In April she made『''Pépé''』a number one hit both in Austria and Germany, and "''[[24.000 baci|24 mille baisers]]''" separately in Austria and France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1430695|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts|website=www.offiziellecharts.de|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> She also issued two albums ''[[Dalida internationale]]'' and ''[[Loin de moi]]''. During spring in Italy, Dalida signed with film director [[Giorgio Simonelli]] and revived her film career with the first film in which she plays the main role. Originally filmed as Italian movie ''Che femmina... e che dollari!'', it was revoiced and retitled for French audience as "''Parlez moi d'amour''", after [[Parlez-moi d'amour (song)|one of tracking songs]]. The movie also features several other recordings by Dalida, including posthumously released "''Ho trovato la felicità''". Contrary to her other previous movies, ''Che femmina... e che dollari!'' was not a commercial failure as the moderate gross eventually surpassed the low budget.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1962|title=Parlez moi d'amour|journal=L'Avant-scène Cinéma|page=1}}</ref> Rihoit described: "sealing her appearance of the early 60's, since it is also her first color film, all the power and acting potential that Dalida carries in herself and transmits to the screen is clearly visible".<ref name=":4" />

==== "La Leçon de Twist", "Le petit Gonzales", exhaust tours and scopitones ====

[[File:Dalida and Chet Baker 2.jpg|thumb|Dalida with [[Chet Baker]] on 13 April 1961, Italy]]
After a short break Dalida was back on tour, this time starting in Canada where ''Tu peux le prendre'' had reached number one.<ref name=":0" /> On 5 February, in a popular youth French TV program ''Toute la Chanson'', Dalida performed her latest yé-yé release "''La Leçon de Twist''". Accompanied on the piano by then leading French teen idol [[Johnny Hallyday]], he also taught Dalida the moves for what she said: "he really showed himself, the most friendly of teachers of this new rhythm".<ref name=":2" /> The performance caused a sensation, boosting her track straight to top of French and Belgian charts.<ref name=":13">{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_60.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323145835/http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_60.php|archive-date=23 March 2008|title=InfoDisc : Tout les Titres N° 1 des 60's|date=23 March 2008|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>『''La Leçon de Twist''』was followed with another success of the same genre "''Achète-moi un Juke-box''". With lyrics; "''Oh dad, buy me a jukebox, to listen to [[Elvis Presley]], [[Les Chaussettes Noires]], and [[Johnny Hallyday|Johnny Halliday]]. -And Dalida? But what is she doing here, they still listen to her?''",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/paroles-de-chansons-france/a/123-achete-moi-un-juke-box.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Achète moi un Juke-Box|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> Dalida joked on her own account referring to the current situation in France where the youth was fond of young singers, despite her success during yé-yé. Anyway, the record spent two weeks at number one during spring.<ref name=":13" />

From April to July Dalida toured across Italy and [[Vietnam]]. In [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]], her popularity led to traffic congestion when she performed, but the local authorities interrupted her show during a rendition of『''La Leçon de Twist''』because the song was considered to be a political act.<ref name=":8" /> In May Dalida was back on top of international charts with "''Le petit Gonzales''", a cover of "''[[Speedy Gonzales (song)|Speedy Gonzales]]''", which peaked in France, Belgium, Canada and [[Spain]] the following month and remained known as "one of the most memorable and nostalgic recordings of yé-yé era", as said by ''[[Le Parisien]]'' in 1987.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=May 1987|title=Adieu Dalida|journal=Le Parisien|page=1}}</ref> The [[Le petit Gonzales|album of the same name]] was issued by the end of the year.<ref name=":14">{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/1961-1968.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – 1961 – 1968|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=20 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120113216/http://dalida.com/1961-1968.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Although Dalida filmed her first [[scopitone]] in 1961 for the song "''Loin de moi''", starting a string of music videos followed by almost all yé-yé newcomers, her best critically and commercially received scopitone was recorded in September 1962 for song "''Le jour le plus long''", in which she paid tribute to [[Normandy landings|Allies' disembarkation in Normandy]] on 6 June 1944.<ref name=":1" /> Under the direction of young [[Claude Lelouch]], who later became one of the most acclaimed French directors, Dalida was dressed as a soldier, walked through a war-torn forest in the middle of the bombs and had accompanied real scenes from the [[World War II|Second World War]]. An unusual image of Dalida found its public and was a hit in cafes. Alongside Dalida's performance of the song on 26 September, in front of a crowd of 2,000 people on the first floor of the [[Eiffel Tower]], "''Le jour le plus long''" topped charts in France for two weeks and earned her another gold disc.<ref name=":11" />

==== More concentration on concerts, shift to pop; "Eux", "Amore scusami" and first platinum disc ====

Dalida fully spent 1963 delivering live appearance across the whole world and dedicating herself more to Canadian youth public, as in France the yé-yé experienced its greatest swing in this period. Her world tour was a success, with sold out concerts in Europe from [[Portugal]] to [[Poland]], Canada, [[Asia]], [[Fort-de-France]], [[Latin America]] and the Arabian countries. In [[Algeria]], she became the first artist to appear since the proclamation of independence.<ref name=":5" /> Dalida also dedicated the late summer period again to filming, so she went to [[Hong Kong]] for three months to star in B movie ''L'Inconnue de Hong-Kong'', alongside [[Serge Gainsbourg]]. Although the movie was a commercial flop, Dalida received favorable reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/cinematographie/186-carriere/cinematographie/films/1317-l-inconnue-de-hong-kong.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – L'inconnue de Hong-Kong|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525145613/http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/cinematographie/186-carriere/cinematographie/films/1317-l-inconnue-de-hong-kong.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 1963 at [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]], Dalida was awarded with the Oscar Mondiale del Successo dei Juke Box award for the most listened artist on the [[jukebox]]es in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/on-january-4-the-singer-dalida-shows-her-award-during-the-news-photo/104410611|title=On January 4the singer DALIDA shows her award during the awards...|website=Getty Images|date=24 September 2010 |language=en-us|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> Later the same month, she made a shift from yé-yé covering [[Ben E. King]]'s [[Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)|"''Stand by Me''"]] as "''Tu croiras''", which was followed by an equally more melancholic string of recordings such as "''Le jour du retour''", a summer number one hit in Canada, and "''Eux''" that later peaked at number two in [[Argentina]] and was recorded in five languages. "''Eux''" was awarded with the Oscar mundial du success du disque for drawing the most international sales by a French artist in 1963, and Dalida named her fourteenth studio [[Eux|album]] after it.<ref name=":9" />

The 1963 world tour was prolonged into 1964 only with several short breaks. The tour's French leg started on 11 April 1964, after which Dalida traveled 30,000 kilometers solely by car during its five-month run, with a public attendance over 200,000. "The most iconic moment of tour" as said by her brother Orlando, was a concert at [[Draguignan]] on 14 August when "Dalida appeared with blond hair for the first time, and shocked the crowd that that didn't recognized her at first glance".<ref>{{Citation|last=Nonosse|first=Monsieur|title=Interview de Dalida (1964)|date=7 July 2018|url=https://vimeo.com/278778651|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> After the concert in [[Pont-sur-Yonne]] on 2 September, Dalida accepted the local truck drivers' offer to become their godmother of honor. The tour was emulated with concert residency in Olympia two days later when Dalida and other celebrities; [[Charles Aznavour]], [[Françoise Hardy]], Johnny Hallyday and [[Sylvie Vartan]], were brought to the Olympia's entrance by the same drivers on their roofless trucks, making a parade alongside the streets of Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/johnny-hallyday-in-the-sixties-in-france-sylvie-vartan-news-photo/111069497|title=Johnny Hallyday in the sixties in France – Sylvie Vartan, Johnny...|website=Getty Images|date=29 March 2011 |language=en-gb|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> The event threw even more attention to the sold-out three-week residency that already received a huge media coverage. During the television transmission of the crowd at the entrance, a teenage fan said: "We can hardly wait for her [Dalida] to appear, we've been screaming for an hour and the atmosphere is so crazy", on which the reporter turned to the camera: "the whole Paris came to see [parade], only in front of Olympia there are at least 2,000 people waiting in the street".<ref name=":9" />

As Dalida again recorded simultaneously to her concerts in course of 1964, releases like "''Ce coin de terre''",『''Ne t'en fais pas pour ça''』and "''Chaque instant de''" were poorly promoted through TV, eventually entering only top twenty.『''Là il a dit''』peaked at number six in Canada earlier in the year, but finishing the tour in November, Dalida came back to the studio to record "[[Amore scusami]]", the orchestral pop sentimental ballad which was a completely new genre to her repertoire. The song was rushed into release and swiftly became hit at the end of the year, earning Dalida another gold disc, the first in two years since "''Le jour le plus long''".<ref name=":17">{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/orlandoproduction/oeil-de-la-presse.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Oeil de la presse|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=2 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302135348/http://dalida.com/orlandoproduction/oeil-de-la-presse.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following the success of "Amore scusami", an [[Amore scusami (album)|album of the same name]] was released on 17 September. Dalida was awarded with a platinum disc for surpassing sales of over 10 million records since her debut in 1956.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ina.fr/video/CAF97077283|title=Dalida reçoit un disque de platine |website=Institut National de l'Audiovisuel|language=FR-fr|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> Specifically created for her, it was a first time in music industry that the term "[[platinum disc]]" was used.<ref name=":7" />

Refusing to perform at [[Sanremo Music Festival]], Dalida instead released EP ''Sanremo 65'' that included her latest Italian top ten hit "''Ascoltami''". Delivering new performances at Bobino and Tête de l'Art in following months, she was in top ten in France and Belgium with a cover of [[Rita Pavone]]'s "''Viva la pappa''" that gained Dalida huge interest among children's public.<ref>{{Cite book|title=D'une rive à l'autre|last=Lelait|first=David|publisher=Payot|year=2004|isbn=9782228899048|location=France|page=1}}</ref> The B side "''La sainte totoche''", written and composed by Charles Aznavour, peaked at number six in [[Turkey]] and was applauded by prestige critic ''Lettres françaises'' that wrote "''Sainte Totoche enters the calendar''" as it "''evokes the women neglected by their husbands''".<ref name=":2" /> Back on world tour in 1965, Dalida held concerts in Fort-de-France where she was welcomed by more than 20,000 enthusiastic Martinicans who caused a stagnation in the city. [[France-Antilles]] reported "''Only the President of the Republic had ovation of this scale, during his visit in March 1964''".<ref>{{Cite journal|date=Spring 1965|title=Des millers de "fans" ont accueilli Dalida|url=https://i.skyrock.net/8956/27848956/pics/3085580453_2_3_CXBVbl9T.jpg|journal=France-Antilles|page=1|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=12 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170656/https://i.skyrock.net/8956/27848956/pics/3085580453_2_3_CXBVbl9T.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=Spring 1965|title=Dalida et la foule|url=https://i.skyrock.net/8956/27848956/pics/3085583039_2_3_Vk8pXY30.jpg|journal=France-Antilles|page=1|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206082941/https://i.skyrock.net/8956/27848956/pics/3085583039_2_3_Vk8pXY30.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> The next day, Dalida herself rewarded Juliana Brown, the winner of ''Dalida Song Contest'' which was established in her honour.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=Spring 1965|title=Dalida et Juliana Brown|url=https://i.skyrock.net/8956/27848956/pics/3085624001_2_3_UOWhmd5y.jpg|journal=France-Antilles|page=1|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=12 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170654/https://i.skyrock.net/8956/27848956/pics/3085624001_2_3_UOWhmd5y.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> A poll conducted by [[Institut français d'opinion publique|IFOP]] on 24 April 1965, voted Dalida as the favourite French singer of the decade, ahead Édith Piaf.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=April 1964|title=Bravo Dalida!|journal=IFOP|page=1}}</ref>

==== "La Danse de Zorba" and "Il silenzio" ====

In June 1965, Dalida recorded "''La Danse de Zorba''", a song from 1964 movie ''[[Zorba the Greek (film)|Zorba the Greek]]'', which became her biggest international success since "''24 mille baisers''" in early 1961. The song once again brought Dalida to seven international charts, entering the top three in six and topping in two countries.<ref name=":12" /> Surpassing a million copies, it also earned Dalida two more golden discs; in France, and in [[Brazil]] where it was also awarded with the Cico Viola award for the best selling record of the year.<ref name=":10" /> With daily appearances on television dancing to song on a ''[[Sirtaki]]'', Dalida marked the summer period of 1965 and "''La Danse de Zorba''" received title of that year's ''tube de l'été'', alongside Christophe's [[Aline (song)|''Aline'']] and [[Hervé Vilard|Hervé Villard]]'s ''[[Capri c'est fini]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rts.ch/archives/tv/information/carrefour/8565416-dalida-chante-zorba.html|title=Dalida chante Zorba|date=11 September 1965|website=rts.ch|language=fr|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=1 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101140216/https://www.rts.ch/archives/tv/information/carrefour/8565416-dalida-chante-zorba.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

During summer, Dalida performed in [[Morocco]] and Algeria, played a supporting role in Italian comedy movie ''[[Menage all'italiana]]'', alongside [[Ugo Tognazzi]] and then debutante [[Romina Power]], and released one of her first records in single format ''Wenn die Soldaten''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/cinematographie/186-carriere/cinematographie/films/1316-menage-a-l-italienne.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Ménage à l'Italienne|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=":14" />

In October, the song "''[[Il silenzio]]''" came out on the fourth EP of the year. It was also a chart-topping hit in Europe, Canada and Latin America, reaching number one in France and Italy, where it was the best selling record of the year beating "''La Danse de Zorba''" and receiving a gold disc.<ref name=":12" /> Alongside were issued "''Le flamenco''" and "''Scandale dans la famille''" that were also well-received in Belgium and Canada.<ref name=":0" /> The success of "''Il silenzo''" concluded the most successful year in Dalida's career up to that date and produced the [[Il silenzio|album of the same name]], which collated that year's releases.

1966 was marked by an extensive year-long world tour that started on 13 February in Paris, and ended on 31 December in [[Toulouse]]. With more than 150 dates, Dalida toured Canada, Latin America, Arab states and across Europe.<ref name=":5" /> The year debuted with a number-one hit in Latin America, "''El Cordobés''", which was a product of friend collaboration with [[bullfighter]] [[El Cordobés|Manuel Benitez]], to whom Dalida dedicated the song as they had a brief affair.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhvln|title=DALIDA El Cordobes – Vidéo dailymotion|website=Dailymotion|date=13 October 2006|language=en|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> In the same period, Dalida also started employing family members, with her cousin Rosy as her secretary, and brother Bruno as her artistic director. Until the end of year, they produced the successful Italian album ''[[Pensiamoci ogni sera]]'' and three more EPs. "''[[The Way of Love|Parlez moi de lui]]''" did not achieve commercial success but became one of her first power ballads, based on experiences in her own life, and made commercial in US by [[Cher]] as "''[[The Way of Love]]''". On the contrary, ''[[Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)|Bang Bang]]'' was the number one hit in Argentina and Italy where it was also the best selling record of the year.<ref name=":12" /> "''Petit homme''" charted internationally and was accompanied with Dalida delivering energetic live performances with tambourine. Dalida also returned to wide screen, with a supportive role in French satiric movie ''La Morale de l'histoire'' that included the unreleased song "''Je sortirais sans toi''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://php88.free.fr/bdff/image_film.php?ID=6503|title=BDFF|website=php88.free.fr|language=en|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> During summer in [[Rome]], on RAI set she was introduced to a new avant-garde singer-songwriter [[Luigi Tenco]] as they also retrospectively sang "''La danza di zorba''" in duet. Later in September, her Italian managers suggested that she participate with Tenco at the next Sanremo Music Festival. Although in previous years she declined the festival, she accepted this time as she was in a secret relationship with Tenco.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnno7|title=DALIDA Interview Italie 1967 – Vidéo dailymotion|website=Dailymotion|date=17 November 2006|language=en|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>

==== Sanremo and Olympia 67; "The new Dalida is born!" ====

With "''Mama''" in January 1967, Dalida had success in France and Turkey, and was back on top of Italian charts later the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_anno/hpy1967.htm|title=Hit Parade Italia – Indice per Anno: 1967|website=www.hitparadeitalia.it|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> "''Ciao amore, ciao''", written and composed by Tenco, was released alongside as they chose it for their competing song at [[Sanremo Music Festival 1967|Sanremo Music Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/italien/814-ciao-amore-ciao.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Ciao amore, ciao|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404044202/http://dalida.com/italien/814-ciao-amore-ciao.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The festival premiered on 26 January and they both separately sang their own version. Under the influence of stage fright and alcohol, Tenco delivered a very bad interpretation while Dalida concluded the evening with ovation, but eventually they were eliminated in the first round. The following night ended tragically when Tenco was found dead by Dalida in their hotel room. It was reported that the suicide letter explained how he died by suicide due to elimination, as protest to hoax and bribed jury, but the major suspicion emerged how actually the [[Organized crime in Italy|mafia]] was involved.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2017/01/27/spettacoli/luigi-tenco-si-ucciso-a-sanremo-dopo-la-sconfitta-della-sua-canzone-zVHM52O4Hs2fe32xA1ZiRK/pagina.html|title=Luigi Tenco si è ucciso a Sanremo dopo la sconfitta della sua canzone|website=LaStampa.it|date=26 January 2017|language=IT|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> Although the public did not know anything about their relationship, the event greatly affected Dalida and the next concert in [[Boulogne-Billancourt]] scheduled for 31 January was cancelled. The following week on 7 February, she appeared on TV show ''Palmares des chansons'' dedicating her rendition of "''Parlez moi de lui''" to Tenco. Wearing the same dress she wore when she found his body, the performance was highly sentimental but she showed nothing of a verging depression. On 26 February, Dalida attempted to take her life, ended up in a hospital and spent five days in a coma.<ref name=":2" /> The truth broke out about her engagements with Tenco, leaving her worldwide public stunned. Her career was put on hiatus for three months.<ref name=":9" />

Returning to television on 8 June, on the verge of tears she made her first TV appearance after four months interpreting "''Les grilles de ma maison''", a cover of [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]' "''[[Green, Green Grass of Home]]''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida-forever.over-blog.com/article-21988420.html|title="Les Grilles de ma Maison" (1967)|website=Dalida, Eternelle...|language=fr|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> With lyrics "''I was afraid that everything would be foreign to me, but nothing seems changed, it's good to open the grilles of my house''" the song was directly dedicated to her return to life, pointing at her [[Montmartre]] house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/paroles-de-chansons-france/l/503-les-grilles-de-ma-maison.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Les grilles de ma maison|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> At the same time, Italian album ''[[Piccolo ragazzo]]'' became a chart success and "''Ciao amore, ciao''" topped several international charts earning Dalida another gold disc.<ref name=":10" /> She also organized a four-month-long comeback tour from June to September, again daily performing in stage city of the ''[[Tour de France]]''. The late summer period brought re-release of 1959 "''[[Hava Nagila|Hava naguila]]''", and a new recording "''Je reviens the chercher''", the French version of "''Son tornata da te''" by Tenco. In September, Dalida issued her first compilation album ''[[De "Bambino" à "Il silenzio"|De Bambino à Il silenzio]]'', collecting her gross hits from 1956 to 1965, which was also one of the earliest [[greatest hits album]]s ever.<ref name=":14" />

On the night of 5 October, Dalida premiered her third Olympia concert residency which ran for a month. Presenting new songs like "''J'ai décidé de vivre''", "''Entrez sans frapper''" and "''Loin dans le temps''", Dalida made a turnaround in her career orientating her repertoire towards more profound lyrics.<ref name=":11" /> Dressed in a long white dress, that she would wear non-stop on tours in future years, Dalida once again achieved huge triumph at the venue. She was nicknamed Saint Dalida by the press. In ''[[France-Soir]]'', {{ill|Jacqueline Cartier|fr|vertical-align=sup}} wrote: "''Dalida killed Mademoiselle Bambino. The new Dalida is born!''".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cartier|first=Jacqueline|date=October 1967|title=Dalida triomphe a l'Olympia!|journal=France-Soir|page=1}}</ref>

==== Le temps des fleurs ====

[[File:Dalida en 1967 à San remo.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Dalida performing in 1967]]

After competing for four months at ''[[Canzonissima]]'', then the most popular TV show in Italy, in January 1968 Dalida won with "''Dan dan dan''" that reached number two in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://massimoemanuelli.wordpress.com/2018/04/26/canzonissima/|title=Canzonissima|date=25 April 2018|website=storia it|language=it|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> Dalida also came back to film for her first main role in five years, in Italian romantic drama ''[[Io ti amo]]'', acting as [[Flight attendant|stewardess]] Judy alongside [[Alberto Lupo]]. The movie was a minor success, but as it was filmed in colour and several of her new songs appeared in, it provided critically acclaimed music video for her latest Italian chart topper and gold certified "''L'ultimo valzer''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/cinematographie/186-carriere/cinematographie/films/1315-io-ti-amo.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Io ti amo|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525125132/http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/cinematographie/186-carriere/cinematographie/films/1315-io-ti-amo.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the filming, Dalida embarked upon a two-year-long world tour that extended until early 1970. With more than 300 live performances it was Dalida's longest tour up to that moment and, as a part of it, in summer 1968 she participated in a popular Italian summer festival [[Cantagiro]] and won the main prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lameziainforma.it/notizia21408/Dalida-ed-Il-Cantagiro-grande-successo-dellevento-svoltosi-a-Serrastretta.html|title=Dalida ed Il Cantagiro: grande successo dell'evento svoltosi a Serrastretta – LameziaInforma.it|website=LameziaInforma|date=24 October 2018|language=en|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> In 1969, during the third leg that started on 9 January in [[Milan]], for the first time in career Dalida performed in [[Yugoslavia]] and in lower parts of [[Africa]]. After [[Gabon]] in December and in [[Tahiti]] in January 1970, the tour ended in [[Iran]] in February.<ref name=":5" />

"''Si j'avais des millions''" and "''[[La bambola]]''" were minor hits of early 1968, but in September Dalida came back to huge success in France with song "{{Lang|fr|[[Le temps des fleurs]]}}". It was an instant number one hit with a fair chart performance in several other countries, eventually being recorded in two more languages.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":12" /> The EP was reissued for five more times, a personal record for [[Barclay (record label)|Barclay]], receiving gold certificate and an album of the same name was released. With an issue in single format, "{{Lang|fr|Le temps des fleurs}}" also announced the end of a long EP era.<ref name=":14" />

On 5 December 1968, in Paris city hall [[Hôtel de Ville, Paris|Hôtel de Ville]], Dalida received the Medal of the president of the Republic from hands of [[General de Gaulle]] who summarised the "''success, kindness and modesty of this woman''" saying: "''By giving you this medal, I wanted to honor a quality, a great lady of France.''" In France, she remains the only person from show-business to receive such distinction. During same event, Dalida became a Parisian citizen of honor, receiving the Medal of the city of Paris by the [[Council of Paris]], and was also named the Godmother of Montmartre ''pulbots'', the old name for poor children of the quartier where she lived.<ref name=":4" />

Spending 1969 on tour and private travellings to [[India]], Dalida released several less successful recordings like "{{Proper name|Zoum zoum zoum}}", "''[[L'an 2005]]''" and "''Les violons de mon pays''", all poorly promoted on TV and radio attracting some success in Turkey and France. "''Oh lady Mary''" was released in autumn and remained her last Italian hit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_anno/hpy1969.htm|title=Hit Parade Italia – Indice per Anno: 1969|website=www.hitparadeitalia.it|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> Returning to German TV, Dalida danced [[casatchok]] on her new song "''Petruschka''", which was followed with release of three new albums; ''[[Canta in Italiano (Dalida album)|Canta in Italiano]]'', ''[[In Deutsch]]'' and ''[[Ma mère me disait]]'', a sales topper in Poland.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BwkEAAAAMBAJ&q=dalida+album+sales&pg=PA27|title=Billboard|date=22 September 1973|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|language=en}}</ref> Dalida was also awarded with MIDEM, award for the best selling artist of the year in Italy, and her first [[Radio Luxembourg]] singer of the year award, which she went on to win for several more times.<ref name=":10" />

=== ''Les années Orlando'' – The Orlando years ===

[[File:Dalida Fregene.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Dalida in Rome in 1968]]

Dalida and her brother Orlando were already planning for some time to form their own record house as a vehicle to release and to control her musical output. Dalida's last record released under Barclay label was ''Concerto pour une voix'', an EP released on 15 April 1970.<ref name=":1" /> On 1 July Dalida signed a contract [[Orlando (record label)|International Shows]], recently established by Orlando, making him one of only several independent producers of French show business. Their first record ''[[Darla dirladada]]'' was also the first success of a very long series. Already played on radios for a month, the Greek folklore song was released as single on 15 July. "''Darla dirladada''" was an overnight hit, selling 75,000 copies within the first week and setting a record for largest weekly sales in France.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" /> The song became Dalida's another ''tube de l'été'', staying three weeks atop of French sales charts during summer and gaining gold certification in a month. Soon after, Dalida released her second record under her new label; "''Ils ont changé ma chanson''", a cover of "''[[What Have They Done to My Song Ma]]''", reflecting a drastic change of her repertoire in past years. It was a moderate sales success, but it won her second Radio Luxembourg award. That was followed with "''Pour qui pour quoi''", her last record in EP format, and "''[[Ils ont changé ma chanson]]''", the first album issued under International Show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/1968-1971.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – 1968 – 1971|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315230411/http://dalida.com/1968-1971.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In October 1971, Dalida intended to book herself at Olympia for her big Parisian comeback after four years. [[Bruno Coquatrix]] did not believe in her change of style and refused to produce the show so Dalida rented and paid the venue by herself.<ref name=":18">{{Cite book|title=Dalida passionnément|last=Ravier|first=Arianne|publisher=Éditions Favre|year=2006|isbn=9782828909277|location=France|page=1}}</ref> On 24 November, announced by posters thirty meters long and four meters high on the [[Champs-Élysées]], Dalida premiered a sold-out three-week-long concert residency, with [[Mike Brant]] as opening act. Dalida again triumphed, with public and critics plebiscite new repertoire nicknaming her "the queen of the theater" and "a modern [[Phaedra (mythology)|Phaedra]]". Seeing the success, Coquatrix offered "Dali" to return whenever she wants "without having to pay a single cent". Premiere night was both recorded on video and as live album ''[[Olympia 71]]'', published a year later alongside ''[[Il faut du temps]]'', while the video was first issued in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dalida-3-Concerts-Inedits-DVD/182337069|title=Dalida – 3 Concerts Inedits [DVD]|website=Walmart.com|language=en|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>

Through 1971 and 1972 Dalida held a series of successful worldwide concerts in Asia, Canada, Europe, [[Lebanon]] and Latin America. She continued to choose her new songs only for their poetic value, but still paid less attention to their commercial promotion, again traveling to Asia to develop a better understanding of herself.<ref name=":18" /> Each time Dalida would appear on TV performing "''Comment faire pour oublier''",『''Si c'était à refaire''』or "''[[Avec le temps (Léo Ferré song)|Avec le temps]]''", as Jacques Pessis said: "''masses of crazed fans were chanting "Dali" for the first time, their new nickname for her. She shaped her early 1970s image without even trying... just expressing natural emotions she carried in that period''".<ref name=":2" /> Inspired by ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', Dalida also experimented with religious themes in songs『''Jésus bambino''』and "''Jésus Kitsch''".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3te7pt|title=Dalida – Jésus Kitsch – 25 Juin 1972 – Vidéo dailymotion|website=Dailymotion|date=21 February 2016|language=en|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> She came back to high sales in September 1972 with "''Parle plus bas''", a cover of ''[[The Godfather|Godfather]]''{{'}}s [[Love Theme from The Godfather|title song]]. Peaking at number two and with over one-half million copies sold, it became a gross hit in France by the end of year and received gold certificate.<ref name=":16" />

==== "Paroles, paroles" and "Je suis malade" ====

In the late 1972, Dalida recorded duet "''[[Paroles, paroles]]''" with her longtime friend [[Alain Delon]] whom she picked on her own. Lyrics tell a story of a man offering a woman "''caramels, bonbons et chocolat''" and repeats "''que tu es belle''" (how beautiful are you), to what she answers with "''paroles, paroles''" (words, words) indicating that his words are nothing but hollow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/chansons/les-duos/900-alain-delon-paroles-paroles-1973.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Alain Delon "Paroles paroles" 1973|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224093741/http://dalida.com/chansons/les-duos/900-alain-delon-paroles-paroles-1973.html|archive-date=24 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The single released on 17 January with B side "''Pour ne pas vivre seul''", topped charts in France, [[Japan]], [[Mexico]] and [[Portugal]], and had a fair performance in several other countries. Receiving a triple gold certification, it also spawned a dozen of international covers, inspiring foreign singers to record it in their native languages.<ref name=":7" /> Dalida and Delon never performed the song live, but Dalida performed for TV and concerts using his voice in playback. In the future decades, "''Paroles paroles''" went on to become one of the most notable songs in France, and a signature track of Dalida. Like that, the expression "''paroles, paroles''" entered everyday language and, as Pessis mentioned: "''is often used to evoke those who make promises and never hold them''".<ref name=":2" />

In late July, Dalida released another song that went to become her signature track: "''[[Je suis malade (song)|Je suis malade]]''". The writer of the song [[Serge Lama]] recorded and released it earlier that year, but it did not receive any attention until it was spotted by Dalida who later mentioned: "''when I saw it on television for the first time, I cried and I knew I have to record it''". Dalida's intention to popularise Lama rather than getting a profit from song made her issue it as a B-side to single "''Vado via''".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/55564/all?sort=date&reverse=1|title=Performance: Je suis malade by Dalida {{!}} SecondHandSongs|website=secondhandsongs.com|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> After the release and two performances, her version became a hit, but Lama's original also drew public attention. Dalida's gestures and facial expressions while performing "''Je suis malade''" were a natural expression of her personal connection to lyrics that deal with abandonment and despair. The renditions of the song during the future years left a huge impact on French society and shaped an image of Dalida, described by ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' as "''ultimate drama queen''".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scoopnest.com/user/VanityFairFR/689071209292632065|title=Vanity fair|website=Scoopnest|language=en|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> Both Lama and composer of the song [[Alice Dona]] frequently credited solely Dalida for being the one who made the song a success, and for boosting Lama's career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SLama.Officiel/videos/10156316583178007/|title=Je suis malade – Dalida/Serge Lama|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> Eventually, covered by several singers mostly as tribute to Dalida, "''Je suis malade''" also became a song frequently sung at competitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3r6jpb|title=TheVoice – Je Suis Malade|website=Dailymotion|date=9 February 2016|language=en|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>

==== 1973–1975: Zenith – "Gigi" and "18 ans" ====
[[File:Dalida 1974.jpg|thumb|right|Dalida in 1974]]
By the end of 1973, Dalida released the promotional single A-side "''[[Il venait d'avoir 18 ans]]"'' with B-side "''Non ce n'est pas pour moi''". In that same time, she released the album ''[[Julien (album)|Julien]]'' that gathers most of her 1973 songs. The song "''Il venait d'avoir 18 ans''" quickly started gaining success and it was again released in the beginning of 1974 but as B-side to single A-side ''[[Gigi l'amoroso]]''. "''Il venait d'avoir 18 ans''" peaked number 3 in [[Quebec|Québec]],<ref name=":0" /> number 4 in Belgium,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/artist/Dalida|title=Dalida|website=ultratop.be|access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> number 13 in Germany,<ref name=":3" />{{'}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/dalida/er-war-gerade-18-jahr-song_vgpr.html|title=Er War Gerade 18 Jahr' von Dalida|website=www.chartsurfer.de|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref> and number 37<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_anno/hpy1974.htm|title=Hit Parade Italia – Indice per Anno: 1974|website=www.hitparadeitalia.it|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref> in Italy while ''[[Gigi l'amoroso]]'' beat the record held by [[Frank Sinatra]]'s ''[[Strangers in the Night]]'' from 1966 for the most sold single in [[Benelux]] and charted number 4 in France and number 1 in Switzerland,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Dalida/Gigi-l'amoroso-(Gigi-l'amour)-324|title=Dalida – Gigi l'amoroso (Gigi l'amour) – hitparade.ch|last=Hung|first=Steffen|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref> number 2 in [[Netherlands]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/dalida/dalida-gigi-l-amoroso-gigi-l-amour-6951|title=Dalida – Gigi L'amoroso – Gigi L'amour|website=Stichting Nederlandse Top 40|language=nl|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref> number 1 in [[Flanders]], number 3 in Québec, number 2 in Spain<ref name=":12" /> and number 59 in Italy. The first performance of both songs was during her concerts in Olympia 1974. The whole four weeks were sold out and a triumph for the singer and was followed again with a live album ''Olympia 75''.

=== 1975–1980: Disco period ===
In February 1975, French music critics awarded the singer with the ''Prix de l'Académie du Disque Français''. Touring from 1974 to 1975 would follow this period of unprecedented sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/les-recompenses.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Récompenses / Événements|last=Kiko|website=dalida.com|language=fr-fr|access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref> During 1975, she released duet "''Et de l'amour de l'amour''" with her partner Richard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/paroles-de-chansons-france/e/205-et-de-l-amour-de-l-amour-duo-avec-r-chamfray.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – Et de l'amour...de l'amour (Duo avec R. Chamfray)|website=dalida.com|language=fr-fr|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref> This single peaked number 16 in France.<ref name=":3" />

At the end of 1975, Dalida released a new album that gathered some songs from singles released in 1974 and 1975 plus some new material. Most of the songs were from the same genre except for the disco-genre song "''[[J'attendrai]]''". This song, released as a single in January 1976, reached number 1 on the French charts and was both first disco hit in France and [[disco]] hit in French language. Achieving that, Dalida holds the title of the inventor of ''French disco''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida-forever.over-blog.com/article-18020611.html|title=Dalida dans "La folle histoire du disco", Lundi 24 Mars à 20h50 sur France 3 – Dalida, Eternelle...|work=Dalida, Eternelle...|access-date=8 May 2018|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.fr/culture/voir-lire/articles/dalida-le-crepuscule-dune-diva/31195|title=Dalida, le crépuscule d'une diva|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=10 May 2018|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Dalida. Reine du disco.|date=11 August 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Rv40aMZeU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/38Rv40aMZeU| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=10 May 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Around the same time, the popularity of the [[variety show]] was increasing in France and Dalida started making television appearances on a weekly basis there and across Europe.

Following her disco success, in mid-1976 she released a new album with completely new songs, most of them disco. The most notable one was " ''[[Bésame Mucho|Besame mucho]]"'' (number 7 in France and number 10 in Turkey).<ref name=":3" /> 1977 was a successful year for Dalida both in her private and professional life. She released three albums. One of them was live ''[[Olympia 77]]'', released following her again four-week triumph at Olympia in 1977. The other two were albums with completely new songs. "''[[Salma Ya Salama]]''" became the first ever Egyptian folk<ref>{{Citation|url=https://musictales.club/article/salma-ya-salama-historical-record-sayed-darwish-father-egyptian-popular-music|title=Salma Ya Salama: historical record by Sayed Darwish, the father of Egyptian popular music|access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref> hit in the world. Originally sung in Egyptian Arabic, the song was translated into French, Italian, and German. Part of the lyrics are based on an old [[Egyptian folk music|Egyptian folk song]] about homesickness and celebrating the Egyptian nation.

Dalida continued touring the world, including the US, for the second time since the 1950s, by playing two nights in New York City's [[Carnegie Hall]] in November 1978. ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'s}} review of the Carnegie Hall concert praised Dalida's performance and noted its intimacy and intensity after she began to converse midway through it, revealing her personality. Most of the audience were French citizens. The concerts were almost sold out, but nevertheless, it was another triumph for her. Due to the concert, she was offered for the second time a contract to perform in the US, but she refused it again. In February, during her 1977 Canada tour, an obsessed fan tried to kidnap her by using a hammer but did not succeed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/scandale-a-quebec-dalida-accusee-de-lip-sync-et-agressee-au-marteau-315f2052dad6a715c6045fc8176430fb|title=Scandale à Québec: Dalida accusée de lip sync et agressée au marteau|date=24 January 2015|work=Le Soleil|access-date=10 May 2018|language=fr-CA}}</ref>

Other hit performances of Dalida include "''[[The Lambeth Walk]]''", sung in English and French. The song "[[Je suis malade (song)|''Je suis malade'']]", written and originally performed by [[Serge Lama]] was made into a success by Dalida during 1977 although she released it in 1973. In 1979, Dalida recorded her biggest disco hit, "[[Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser|''Monday,'' ''Tuesday... Laissez-moi'' ''danser'']]". The song was a smash hit, peaking at number 1 on the French charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chartssinglestop40france.blogspot.com/2018/09/26-aug-1979.html|title=Charts singles Top 50 en France: 26 Aug 1979|date=6 September 2018|access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref> By the end of 1979, she released the semi-biographical song "''Comme disait Mistinguett''" where she, through music, speaks about herself in a fun way. Her debut of 1980 was marked by the release of a big disco hit, "''Rio do Brasil''". Then she released the album ''[[Gigi in Paradisco]]'', named for the title song, which was a sequel to her previous hit "[[Gigi l'amoroso|''Gigi'' ''l'amoroso'']]".<ref name=":0" />

In 1979, Dalida met [[Lester Wilson]]. Agreeing to work together he became her choreographer for the upcoming spectacle in the [[Dôme de Paris|Palais des Sports]], booked for January 1980. In total, Dalida performed for three hours per day for fifteen days with ten costume changes and twelve dancers in front of an audience of around 90,000 people. [[Palais des Sports (Paris)|Palais des Sports]] of Paris was the largest playing venue in Paris and one of the biggest in France, there was much the same triumph as in Olympia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.purepeople.com/media/archives-dalida-au-palais-des-sports-d_m3033656|title=PHOTOS – Archives – Dalida au Palais des Sports de Paris le 9 janvier 1980|access-date=8 May 2018|language=fr}}</ref>

Following the spectacle, Dalida released the double live album {{Lang|fr|[[Le spectacle du Palais des Sports 1980]]}} and organized a new European tour and a small World tour. She toured in the whole Western and Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia and the [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. Also, she held concerts in Brazil, the US and Canada. When she came back, she organized a tour across the whole of France delivering more than 20 sold-out concerts monthly across the French towns and cities. In 1980, problems in her private life appeared again and were reflected in the song "''[[À ma manière (album)|À ma manière]]''".{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==== 1981–1987: Diva trademark years ====
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Dalida left disco and started singing slower, moody, deep-minded songs with typical 1980s instruments. In 1981 she broke up with St. Germain.

From March to April 1981, she gave a month of sold-out concerts at the Olympia in Paris, emulating her successful 1980 tour. Her last concert of April 1981 at the Olympia became her last concert at that venue, because the following year, the Olympia went bankrupt (it re-opened in 1989). On the night of her inaugural performance, she became the first singer to be awarded a diamond disc, in recognition of her record sales which had reached 45 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rtl.fr/culture/medias-people/dalida-4-anecdotes-que-vous-ignorez-peut-etre-sur-la-chanteuse-7786672172|title=4 anecdotes que vous ignoriez (peut-être) sur la chanteuse Dalida|work=RTL.fr|access-date=8 May 2018|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Olympia was followed up by the release of her last named Olympia album, ''[[Olympia 81]]'', but this time, it was not recorded live. She refused to be a model for ''[[Marianne]]'' of France.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cinealain.over-blog.com/article-25-ans-deja-103372984.html|title=Dalida|last=Alain|first=Ciné|work=Le ciné d'Alain|access-date=10 May 2018|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Instead of disco, Dalida started to record dance songs, which had soon replaced disco in French clubs. At the end of 1981, she starred in a New Year TV spectacle called ''Special Dalida''. She co-hosted and sang her songs.

At the beginning of 1982, she had many TV appearances singing still unreleased songs, followed by the release of a new dance album, ''[[Special Dalida]]''. The most remembered songs of the album are the dance songs "''Jouez bouzouki''", "''Danza''" and the moody "''Nostalgie''". Dalida launched a new world tour in 1982 and spent most of 1982 to 1984 playing sold-out concerts from Rio de Janeiro across Europe to Asia. She made a lot of TV appearances in the 1980s almost every second week. In the summer of 1982, during the [[1982 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup]], like many other singers, Dalida released a song for the French team, "''La chanson du Mundial''" (#17 in France).<ref name=":3" />

In the first part of 1983, she released several songs, the most notable being "''[[Mourir sur scène]]''". The dance-pop song has very profound lyrics and has remained a big hit, one of the signature tracks by Dalida. Most of her songs of 1983 were gathered on her album released in mid-1983, ''[[Les p'tits mots]]'', which also featured such singles as "''Lucas''" and "''Bravo''".

By the beginning of 1984, her personal difficulties escalated again; she could not dedicate as much time to her career as she would have wanted. However, she recorded a new collection of mainly dance songs including "''Soleil''" and "''Kalimba de Luna''". In mid-1984, she recorded the album ''Dali'', a collection of all her songs released that year. To promote the album, a television special was later released on VHS named ''Dalida Idéale''; it was filmed in 1984, and directed by the then highly rated [[Jean-Christophe Averty]]. It includes Dalida singing in seven languages and dancing her way through a huge number of her earlier hits with the best video effects available at the time and wearing more than 40 outfits from the best French and international fashion designers, maintaining her "Glamour" and "DIVA" trademarks gained during the disco era in the late seventies.

She successfully engaged to keep the new radio station [[NRJ]] on air through her connections.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/100-ans-de-radio-le-jour-ou-dalida-a-sauve-la-bande-fm-02-06-2021-EY7AA4DRHBCI5MIFFWROCEC4LY.php | title=100 ans de radio : Le jour où Dalida a sauvé la bande FM | date=2 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://azaldazur.skyrock.com/723078625-Dalida-ou-une-petite-histoire-de-France-1984-la-Marraine-de-NRJ.html | title=Dalida ou une " petite " histoire de France : 1984, la Ma | date=15 February 2007 }}</ref>

Dalida's eye problems returned. She underwent two major eye operations in 1985 and put her career on hold as the stage lights started to become difficult for her to endure.<ref name=":1" /> She released "''Reviens-moi''", a cover of [[George Michael]]'s "[[Last Christmas]]". During early 1985, she occasionally did live performances, as well as many TV appearances. When her eyes recovered in mid-1985, she accepted the role of a young grandmother in the [[Youssef Chahine]] film ''[[The Sixth Day (film)|The Sixth Day]]''.<ref name=YC>{{Citation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jul/28/egypt|title=Youssef Chahine|website=The Guardian|date=27 July 2008 |access-date=24 January 2023 |last1=Whitaker |first1=Sheila }}</ref> The latter will become a commercial failure in France despite very favorable media criticism, especially from intellectuals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LAXAGUE |first=Philippe |date=2016-05-17 |title=Dalida et les Compagnons de la Chanson |url=https://www.radiopluriel.fr/dalida-et-les-compagnons-de-la-chanson/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=RADIO PLURIEL |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=magazine |first=Le Point |date=2012-05-03 |title=Dalida, icône populaire aux amours malheureuses, mourait il y a 25 ans |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/dalida-icone-populaire-aux-amours-malheureuses-mourait-il-y-a-25-ans-03-05-2012-1457667_3.php |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Le Point |language=fr}}</ref> Only more than 50,000 entries will be made.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LE SIXIÈME JOUR |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=11284&view=view}}</ref> As she always wanted to become an actress, she temporarily disregarded her singing career and fully devoted herself to the movie. She returned to France to promote the movie in late 1985.

In 1986, she released ''[[Le visage de l'amour|Le Visage de l'amour]]'' with more new recordings and some singles from the album, which became her last album. "''Le temps d'aimer''" and『''Le Vénitien de Levallois''』were songs that failed to hit the charts upon their release. She did promote the album but not as well as she used to do previously, due to issues in her private life which had never been worse since 1967. Dalida, therefore, spent more and more time in her house alone or going out with friends in an attempt to amuse herself, again neglecting her career. Dalida ceased to create new material in the recording studio, instead devoting herself to perform concerts. Once again organising a lot of concerts on a monthly basis and singing her previously-known hits, Dalida was then known for the amazing "show" performances, wearing her wardrobe from 1980 to 1982. She sang glamorous disco-dance songs from same period such as "''Je suis toutes les femmes''", "''Gigi in paradisco''", "''Il faut danser reggae''", "''Monday, Tuesday...''", "''Comme disait la Mistinguett''".

By the beginning of 1987, Dalida was entering into severe depression while trying to overcome it. Although no new songs had been recorded, she toured internationally from [[Los Angeles]] to the [[Middle East]]. Being part of the music spotlight in 1978, many of her songs appeared daily on TV, as well as many notable TV appearances on talk shows from 1986 to 1987. Her last live TV appearance was hosting the ''Nuit des César'' on 7 March 1987. Her last live performance took place in [[Antalya]], Turkey from 27 to 29 April 1987, just before her suicide.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.la-croix.com/Debats/Ce-jour-la/3-1987-Dalida-donne-mort-domicile-parisien-2017-05-03-1200844157|title=3 mai 1987, Dalida se donne la mort à son domicile parisien|date=3 May 2017|work=La Croix|access-date=15 December 2017|language=fr-FR|issn=0242-6056}}</ref> Her performance was not recorded by the national television of Turkey which was the only TV channel in the country.

== Personal life ==
[[File:Dalida, dom, Montmartre, 2014.09.05 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Dalida's house at rue d'Orchampt, Montmartre, Paris]]

Dalida's private life was marred by a series of failed relationships and personal problems. In January 1967, she took part in the [[Sanremo Festival]] with her new lover, Italian singer, songwriter, and actor [[Luigi Tenco]]. The song he presented was "''Ciao amore, ciao''" ("Bye Love, Bye"), which he sang together with Dalida, but Tenco failed despite Dalida's performance. Tenco died by suicide on 27 January 1967, after learning that his song had been eliminated from the final competition. Tenco was found by Dalida in his hotel room with a bullet wound in his left temple and a note announcing that his gesture was against the jury and public's choices during the competition.<ref>{{cite news|author=Chris Campion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/jan/24/unsungheroesno4luigitenco |title=Unsung Heroes No.4 – Luigi Tenco – Music |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref> Prior to Tenco's suicide, Dalida and he had become engaged.<ref>{{cite news|last=de Lamarzelle |first=Désirée | url=http://www.marieclaire.fr/,dalida-vie-amours-depression-suicide,810711.asp |title=Dalida, Artiste Comblée Ou Amoureuse Maudite ? |work=Marie Claire |date=25 January 2016 |access-date=14 March 2016|language=fr}}</ref> One month later, Dalida attempted to take her own life by drug overdose at the {{ill|Prince de Galles|fr|Hôtel Prince de Galles|vertical-align=sup}} hotel in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parismatch.com/People/Musique/Dalida-l-amour-a-mort-25-ans-apres-sa-mort-le-mythe-toujours-vivant-156780|title = Dalida, l'amour à mort| date=3 May 2012 }}</ref> She spent five days in a coma and several months [[convalesce|convalescing]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Venot |first=Catherine |url=http://www.francedimanche.fr/retro/stars-inoubliables/dalida-elle-failli-mourir-des-la-naissance%E2%80%89/ |title=Dalida : Elle a failli mourir dès la naissance ! |work=France Dimanche |date=1 February 2016 |access-date=14 March 2016 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314222357/http://www.francedimanche.fr/retro/stars-inoubliables/dalida-elle-failli-mourir-des-la-naissance%E2%80%89/ |archive-date=14 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dalida returned to the stage the following October.<ref>{{cite AV media|last=Le Tellier |first=Philippe | url=http://galerie.parismatch.com/detail.cfm?idpicture=224312218 |title=La Chanteuse Dalida Qui Prépare l'Olympia, 1967 |work=Paris March |date=4 October 1967 |access-date=14 March 2016}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

In December 1967, she became pregnant by a 22-year-old Italian student, Lucio. She had an [[abortion]] that left her infertile.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2011/07/27/03006-20110727ARTFIG00462--il-venait-d-avoir-18-ans-de-dalida.php |title=Il venait d'avoir 18 ans de Dalida |website=Le Figaro|date=27 July 2011 |access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Tenco Dalida Sanremo 1967.webp|thumb|Dalida with [[Luigi Tenco]] in January 1967]]
In September 1970, her former husband {{ill|Lucien Morisse|fr|vertical-align=sup}}, to whom she was married from 1956 to 1961, killed himself by shooting himself in the head.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schwaab |first=Catherine | url=http://www.parismatch.com/People/Musique/Dalida-l-amour-a-mort-25-ans-apres-sa-mort-le-mythe-toujours-vivant-156780 |title=Dalida, l'amour à mort |work=Paris March |date=3 May 2012 |access-date=14 March 2016|language=fr}}</ref>

In April 1975, her close friend, singer [[Mike Brant]], leapt to his death from an apartment in Paris. He was 28.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Entertainment/Mike-Brants-life-story-hits-the-stage|title=Mike Brant's life story hits the stage|last=Kaye|first=Helen|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=27 November 2007|access-date=28 August 2009}}</ref> Dalida had contributed to his success in France when he opened concerts for her in 1971 at [[Olympia (Paris)|L'Olympia]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Leroy |first=Arthur | url=http://www.francedimanche.fr/infos-people/mike-brant-revelations-sur-sa-mort/ |title=Mike Brant: Révélations sur sa mort ! |work=France Dimanche |date=6 November 2009 |access-date=14 March 2016|language=fr}}</ref>

In July 1983, Richard Chanfray, her lover from 1972 to 1981, killed himself by inhaling the exhaust gas of his [[Renault 5]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1983/07/23/faits-et-jugements_2836787_1819218.html?xtmc=richard_chanfray&xtcr=3|title=Faits et Jugements|access-date=11 January 2019|newspaper=[[Le Monde]]|date=23 July 1983|language=fr}}</ref>
[[File:Lettre de Dalida.png|left|thumb|Dalida's [[suicide note]]. It reads, "''La vie m'est insupportable. Pardonnez-moi.''" ("Life is unbearable for me. Forgive me.")]]

=== Death ===
On the night of 2–3 May 1987, Dalida committed suicide by [[Barbiturate overdose|overdosing on barbiturates]].<ref name="NYT-Dalida">{{cite news |title=Dalida |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/05/obituaries/dalida.html|work=The New York Times |date=5 May 1987 | access-date =28 February 2008}}</ref> She left behind a note which read, "''La vie m'est insupportable. Pardonnez-moi.''" ("Life is unbearable for me. Forgive me.")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://galerie-d-arts.eklablog.com/dalida-pour-en-arriver-la-a101751587 |title=Dalida: pour en arriver là |publisher=galerie-d-arts.eklablog.com |access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref>

Dalida is buried at the [[Montmartre Cemetery]], 18th Division, Chemin des Gardes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dalida.com/cimetiere-montmartre.html |title=Dalida site Officiel – Cimetière Montmartre |publisher=Dalida.com |access-date=16 May 2019 |archive-date=22 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522201547/http://dalida.com/cimetiere-montmartre.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Legacy ==
In 1988, a ''[[Encyclopædia Universalis]]'' poll, published in the French newspaper ''[[Le Monde]]'' placed Dalida as second in personalities who had the greatest impact on French society, behind [[Charles de Gaulle|Général de Gaulle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/carriere-dalida/les-recompenses.html |title=Dalida site Officiel – Les récompenses |website=Dalida.com |date=13 October 2001 |access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref>

She is also a [[gay icon]] in France<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/vertigo/audio/dalida-icone-gay?id=8270575|title = Dalida, icône gay - Radio|date = 11 January 2017}}</ref> and the Middle East.<ref name=dalida2>{{cite web |first=David |last=France |url=http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_5304 |title=Dying to come out:The war on gay people in Iraq |work=[[GQ magazine]] |date=February 2007 |access-date=7 February 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070513201216/http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing%3Fid%3Dcontent_5304 |archive-date=13 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:PlaceDalida.jpg|thumb|[[Place Dalida|Dalida's Square]] at [[Montmartre]]]]
In 2003, for the award "Greatest Singer of the Century" in France (based on three criteria: numbers of album and single sales, number of radio airplays and chart positions), Dalida was placed third after [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Céline Dion]].

Her output has also been the subject of various remix albums. Since her death, many of Dalida's hits have been remixed to modern [[techno]] and dance beats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Artiste_Ventes.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105082230/http://www.infodisc.fr/Artiste_Ventes.php|archive-date=5 November 2013|title=InfoDisc : Bilan par Artiste (Ventes RŽelles des Singles/Titres & des Albums)|date=5 November 2013|access-date=19 March 2018}}</ref> Around 50 biographies have been written in her name. In 2009, [[Lara Fabian]] said that Dalida had influenced her the most.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nostalgiedom.fr/actualites/biographies/article/lara-fabian|title=Lara Fabian|website=www.nostalgiedom.fr}}</ref> Place Dalida, a square on [[Montmartre]], [[Paris]] bears her name, and a street "rue Dalida" in [[Laval, Quebec]], Canada.

* 1965 – [[IFOP]] Poll: "Favourite French singer'"
*1976 – Dalida was voted "Woman of the Year" in Canada, ahead of [[Jackie Kennedy]]
* 1982 – ''[[Paris Match]]'' magazine survey revealed that Dalida was the only representative from show business to appear in a list of most influential French women.
* 1985 – Dalida was voted "Favourite French singer" (''[[Télé 7 Jours]]'' magazine).
* 1986 – [[VSD (French magazine)|''VSD'']] magazine published a survey in which Dalida was voted "Favourite French singer".
* 1988 – [[Taylor Nelson Sofres|SOFRES]]/''[[Encyclopædia Universalis]]'': In a survey asking the French public which events had the greatest impact on the French public between 1968 and 1988, 16% of the French public voted the『Death of Général de Gaulle』and 10% voted the "Death of Dalida".
* 1989 – ''[[Encyclopædia Universalis]]'': By examining the proof of the criteria to find out which person had the biggest impact on French society, it was concluded that Dalida is the second, just after president de Gaulle.
* 2001 – IFOP Survey: Dalida was voted the "Most important female singer who had the greatest impact on French society in the 20th century", along with [[Édith Piaf]].
* 2005 – Dalida was voted the "Favourite singer in 2004" amongst Italians, and held seventh place amongst the most collected musical artists in Italy.
* 2005 – Dalida was voted "Top 58th French person of all time" in a survey sponsored by the [[France 2]] television channel. The only women from the show business which appeared in this list were [[Catherine Deneuve]], [[Brigitte Bardot]], [[Simone Signoret]], Édith Piaf and Dalida.

===Tributes===
[[File:Dalida bust Paris.jpg|thumb|[[Bust sculpture]] of Dalida in Paris]]
* In 1987, Dalida was honoured with a [[commemorative coin]] minted by The French [[Mint (coin)|Mint]], [[Monnaie de Paris]], issued in gold, bronze and silver, bearing her likeness.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/collectionneurs/medailles.htm |title=Monnaie de Paris |date=5 May 2011 |access-date=28 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505085820/http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/collectionneurs/medailles.htm |archive-date=5 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/dalida-1818.php |title=Dalida |website=Evene.fr |date=17 January 1933 |access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref>
* In 1996, the [[Place Dalida]] was established in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alcock |first=Charlotte |title=A Brief History of Place Dalida in Paris |url=https://www.urbstravel.com/post/history-of-place-dalida |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Urbs}}</ref> In 1997, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of her death, a bronze bust of her by [[Alain Aslan]] was added to the Place Dalida.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mossati |first=Corinne |date=2010-06-25 |title=Place Dalida Montmartre Paris |url=https://gourmantic.com/place-dalida-in-montmartre/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Gourmantic |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 1998, a tribute was held on 27 October in Cairo and the "Dalida Prize" was established and awarded in her honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radionomy.com/en/artist/1174/Dalida|title=Radionomy|website=www.radionomy.com}}</ref>
* In 2001, the French government honoured her with a second stamp bearing her likeness which was released by [[La Poste (France)|La Poste]], the French postal service, as part of the ''Artistes de chanson'' (Artists of the song) series. During the eleven months the stamp was available, 10,157,601 copies were sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phil-ouest.com/Timbre.php?Nom_timbre=Dalida_2001 |title=Dalida 1933–1987 Artistes de la chanson – Timbre de 2001|first=Bernard Le|last=Lann}}</ref>
* In 2002, the first TV spectacle for marking the 15th anniversary of her death ''Dalida, 15 ans déjà'' (Dalida, 15 years already).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://threporter.com/v/dalida-15-ans-d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-sheila-a-ma-mani%C3%A8re-TjXlMTBUASo.html|title=Dalida 15 ans Déjà : Sheila "A ma Manière"|website=threporter.com|access-date=14 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514213850/https://threporter.com/v/dalida-15-ans-d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-sheila-a-ma-mani%C3%A8re-TjXlMTBUASo.html|archive-date=14 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 2005, the first biopic of Dalida; two-part telefilm ''[[Dalida (2005 film)|Dalida]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416362/|title=Dalida|date=2 May 2005|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> Its first broadcast on [[France 2]] reached 13 million viewers,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.francesoir.fr/people-tv/people/orlando-dalida-a-cherche-l-amour-toute-sa-vie-219837.html|title="Dalida a cherché l'amour toute sa vie", selon Orlando|website=Archive.francesoir.fr|access-date=21 August 2021|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102055431/http://archive.francesoir.fr/people-tv/people/orlando-dalida-a-cherche-l-amour-toute-sa-vie-219837.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> scoring its best audience number since its inception, beating TF1 the same evening during the broadcast of a football match, still holding the record.<ref name="universalmusic.fr">{{cite web|url=https://www.universalmusic.fr/artiste/1940-dalida/bio|title=Biographie de Dalida – Universal Music France|website=Universal Music France|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=4 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104050149/http://www.universalmusic.fr/artiste/1940-dalida/bio|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* In 2007, the first of two big expos dedicated to Dalida, "Dalida Expo" was held in Paris City Hall [[Hôtel de Ville, Paris|Hôtel de Ville]] to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death with an exhibit of her outfits, personal belongings, makeup, documents and previously unreleased photographs. During its four months, the exposition was visited by 300,000 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/dalida-joue-les-prolongations-05-09-2007-2008348144.php|title=Dalida joue les prolongations|date=4 September 2007}}</ref>
* In 2012, the TV spectacle ''Dalida, 25 ans déjà'' (Dalida, 25 years already) marked the 25th anniversary of her death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.programme-tv.net/programme/autre/3409978-dalida-25-ans-deja/|title=Dalida, 25 ans déjà - Télé-Loisirs|access-date=21 August 2021|website=Programme-tv.net}}</ref>
* In 2016, the second biopic ''[[Dalida (2017 film)|Dalida]]'' had its premiere in the [[Olympia (Paris)|Olympia]], the first time in history that the hall was used for a movie. The event was attended by French celebrities from public and political life while the beginning was transmitted live by [[TF1]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2016/12/01/03002-20161201ARTFIG00243-eternelle-dalida.php|title=Éternelle Dalida|date=1 December 2016}}</ref>
* In 2017, the second exposition dedicated to her, Dalida Expo, was held in [[Palais Galliera]] to commemorate the 30th anniversary of her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sortiraparis.com/arts-culture/exposition/articles/126561-dalida-au-musee-galliera-derniers-jours-de-l-expo-evenement|title=Dalida au musée Galliera : derniers jours de l'expo événement - Sortiraparis.com|website=www.sortiraparis.com}}</ref> During its three months, the exposition was visited by 100,000 people, a record for the gallery due to its limited capacity<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr/fr/expositions/dalida-une-garde-robe-de-la-ville-la-scene |title=DALIDA, UNE GARDE-ROBE DE LA VILLE À LA SCÈNE |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612211415/http://www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr/fr/expositions/dalida-une-garde-robe-de-la-ville-la-scene |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In 2019, she was featured as a [[Google Doodle]] on what would have been her 86th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/dalidas-86th-birthday/|title=Dalida's 86th Birthday|work=Doodles Archive, Google|date=17 January 2019}}</ref>

===Depictions===

Several theatrical productions have been made about Dalida's life.

*In 1999, the play ''Solitudini – Luigi Tenco e Dalida'', written and directed by Maurizio Valtieri, was performed in Rome.<ref>[http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1999/05/07/musica-solitudini.html "Musica e solitudini"]. ''[[La Repubblica]]''. Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso Spa. 7 May 1999. Retrieved 27 October 2010. {{in lang|it}}</ref>
*''Dalida: Une Vie'', directed by [[René Simard]] and under the authorization of [[Orlando (record label)|Orlando Productions]], was performed from October 2003 to June 2006, in Quebec, Canada, and was shown in [[Beirut]], Lebanon in May 2004.<ref>[http://fugues.vortex.qc.ca/main.cfm?l=fr&p=100_Article&article_id=7079&rubrique_ID=46 "Dalida, Une Vie"]. ''[[Fugues (magazine)|Fugues]]''. Éditions Nitram Inc./ Groupe Hom. 21 March 2003. Retrieved 27 January 2010. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*In 2005 a two-part television film, ''[[Dalida (2005 film)|Dalida]]'', in which Dalida was portrayed by [[Sabrina Ferilli]],<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416362/ Dalida (2005)]. IMDb</ref> was first broadcast on [[France 2]], reaching 13 million viewers. It was France 2's highest viewership since its inception, beating [[TF1]] the same evening during the broadcast of a football match. The film still holds the record.<ref name="universalmusic.fr" />
*In 2005, the play ''Dalida, à quoi bon vivre au mois de mai ?'', written by Joseph Agostini and Caroline Sourrisseau, was performed at the Ateliers Théâtre in Montmartre.<ref>[http://www.theatrotheque.com/web/article631.html "Dalida, à quoi bon vivre au mois de mai ?"] La Théâtrothèque. Retrieved 27 January 2010. {{in lang|fr}}</ref> 
*In 2017, the film ''[[Dalida (2017 film)|Dalida]]'', directed by [[Lisa Azuelos]] and assisted by [[Orlando (record label)|Orlando Productions]], featured [[Sveva Alviti]] as Dalida.<ref>{{cite news|last=Guyard |first=Bertrand | url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2016/02/03/03002-20160203ARTFIG00035-biopic-de-dalida-la-diva-incarnee-par-une-inconnue.php |title=Biopic de Dalida: la diva incarnée par une inconnue |work=Le Figaro|date=3 February 2016 |access-date=14 March 2016|language=fr}}</ref> The film achieved moderate success. Its premiere was at [[Olympia (Paris)|Olympia Music Hall]], the first time that the hall hosted a film presentation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europe1.fr/evenements/dalida-revient-a-lolympia-2884391|title=Dalida revient à l'Olympia !|website=Europe 1|date=28 October 2016 |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref>

== Discography ==
{{Main|Dalida discography}}
{{See also|List of songs recorded by Dalida}}

== Filmography ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! Ref
|-
| 1954
| ''Le Masque de Toutankhamon''
| ''"short role of a spy"''
|
|<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271634/ ''Le Masque de Toutankhamon'']. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.</ref>
|-
| 1954
| ''[[A Glass and a Cigarette]]''
| Iolanda
|
|<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271179/ ''Sigara wa Kass'']. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.</ref>
|-
|1954
|''[[Injustice Is Forbidden]]'' ({{Lang-ar|الظلم حرام|lit=El Zolm Haram}})
|
|Egyptian drama in black and white
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 18, 2019 |title=داليدا.. حكاية ابنة شبرا التي انتحر عشاقها |language=ar |trans-title=Dalida.. the story of Shubra's daughter, who many of her lovers committed suicide |work=BBC News عربي |url=https://www.bbc.com/arabic/art-and-culture-46921259 |access-date=2023-04-21}}</ref>
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Vice Squad (1959 film)|Brigade des moeurs]]'' (''Vice Squad'')
| Herself
|
|<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142136/ ''Brigade des mœurs'']. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.</ref>
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Operation Abduction|Rapt au deuxième bureau]]'' (''Operation Abduction'')
| Bella Morena
|
|<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160738/ ''Rapt au deuxième bureau'']. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.</ref>
|-
| 1961
| ''Che femmina... e che dollari!''
| Laura Pisani
|
|<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054738/ ''Che femmina... e che dollari!'']. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.</ref>
|-
| 1963
| ''L'inconnue de Hong Kong'' (''Stranger from Hong-Kong'')
| Georgia
|
|<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185379/ ''L'inconnue de Hong Kong'']. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.</ref>
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Menage all'italiana]]'' (''Household alla Italiana'')
| Armida
|
|<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165389/ ''Menage all'italiana'']. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.</ref>
|-
| 1966
| ''La morale de l'histoire'' (''The moral of the story'')
| Colette
|
|<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0922516/ ''La morale de l'histoire'']. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.</ref>
|-
| 1968
| ''[[13 jours en France]]''
| Herself (Uncredited)
| Documentary
|<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189330/ ''13 jours en France'']. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.</ref>
|-
| 1968
| ''Io ti amo'' (''I Love You'')
| Judy
|
|<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063139/ ''Io ti amo'']. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.</ref>
|-
| 1977
| ''Dalida: Pour toujours''
| Herself
| Documentary
|
|-
| 1986
| ''Le sixième jour'' (''[[The Sixth Day (film)|The Sixth Day]]'')
| Saddika
| Egyptian movie directed by Youssef Chahin 
|<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091960/ ''Le sixième jour'']. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.</ref>
|}

== Awards ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Award
! Country
! Category
! Result
|-
| 1954
| [[Miss Ondine Cairo]]
| Egypt
| Beauty competition/pageant
| Second Place<ref>Le journal d'Egypte on June 9, 1954</ref>
|-
| 1958
| [[Radio Monte Carlo]] Oscars
| France
| Radio Monte Carlo Oscar
| Won
|-
| 1958
| [[Paris Olympia]] music hall Bravos
| France
| Paris Olympia music hall Bravos (Shared recognition with [[Yves Montand]])
| Won
|-
| 1959
| Platinum Oscar Awards
| Italy
| Platinum Oscar Award
| Won
|-
| 1959
| Golden She-Wolf Award
| Italy
| Golden She-Wolf Award
| Won
|-
| 1959
| L'Oscar de la chanson Awards
| France
| L'Oscar de la chanson Award for Best Song
| Won
|-
| 1959
| Radio Monte Carlo Oscar Awards
| France
| Radio Monte Carlo Oscar
| Won
|-
| 1960
| Grand Prix Awards
| Italy
| Grand Prix Award for Best Italian Song (Shared award with [[Charles Aznavour]])
| Won
|-
| 1961
| Radio Monte Carlo Oscar Awards
| Italy
| Radio Monte Carlo Oscar
| Won
|-
| 1962
| Radio Monte Carlo Oscar Awards
| Italy
| Radio Monte Carlo Oscar (Shared award with [[Johnny Hallyday]])
| Won
|-
| 1963
| Radio Monte Carlo Oscar Awards
| France
| Radio Monte Carlo Oscar for Most Successful International Artist
| Won
|-
| 1964
| Juke Box Global Oscar Awards
| Italy
| Juke Box Global Oscar for The Year's Most-Played Artist on [[Jukebox]]es in Italy
| Won
|-
| 1965
| Chico Viola Prize
| Brazil
| Chico Viola Prize for "Zorba o Greco"
| Won
|-
| 1966
| Paris Olympia music hall ''Bravos''
| France
| Les Bravos du Musique Hall
| Won
|-
| 1967
| Golden Caravel Awards
| Italy
| Golden Caravel Award
| Won
|-
| 1968
| [[Canzonissima]] Oscar
| Italy
| Canzonissima Oscar
| Won
|-
| 1969
| [[MIDEM]] Prize
| Italy
| MIDEM Prize for Highest Selling Musical Artist
| Won
|-
| 1969
| [[Radio Luxembourg (French)|Radio Luxembourg]] Hit Parade Oscar Awards
| France
| Radio Luxembourg Hit Parade Oscar
| Won
|-
| 1969
| [[Radio Luxembourg (French)|Radio Luxembourg]] Hit Parade Oscar Awards
| France
| Radio Luxembourg Hit Parade Oscar
| Won
|-
| 1972
| Popularity Oscar
| France
| Popularity Oscar for Most Popular Artist
| Won
|-
| 1973
| APPCB (Association Professionnelle de la Presse Cinématographique Belge) Awards
| Belgium
| Gold Medal Award
| Won
|-
| 1974
| Golden Gigi award
| Spain
| Golden Gigi Award (Special award) for Extraordinary Record Sales
| Won
|-
| 1974
| Golden Heart Awards
| Spain
| Golden Heart Award for Most Popular Artist in Spain
| Won
|-
| 1975
| L'Académie du Disque Français Awards
| France
| Global Oscar ''Oscar Mondial du Disque'' Award for "[[Gigi l'Amoroso]]" and "[[Il venait d'avoir dix-huit ans]]"
| Won
|-
| 1975
| Oscar Awards
| France
| Eight Oscar Awards awarded at the Olympia in recognition of extraordinary, rare, and, distinguished achievements.
| Won
|-
| 1975
| Golden Lion Awards
| Germany
| Golden Lion
| Won
|-
| 1976
| French Summer Carnaval Awards
| France
| French Summer Carnaval Award
| Won
|-
| 1976
| French Academy Awards
| France
| French Academy Award for a number one single in nine countries
| Won
|-
| 1979
| Radio Monte Carlo Awards
| France
| Belgium – Musique Award
| Won
|-
| 1981
| [[Goldene Europa]] Awards
| Germany
| Goldene Europa for Artist of the Year in Germany
| Won
|-
| 1984
| [[Légion d'honneur]]
| France
| Highest French order of merit for military and civil merits
| Declined
|-
| 1985
| [[Golden Butterfly Awards]]
| Turkey
| Golden Butterfly Award
| Obtained
|-
| 1987
| Dalida Award
| Turkey
| Dalida Award (Special Award) for Best Performance in [[Brussels]] Belgium
| Obtained
|}

===Honours and decorations===

* [[File:Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Commandeur ribbon.svg|100px]] Commandeur of the ''[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]'' of the French Republic.
* {{flagicon|Italy}} 1962: [[Calabria]]n Citizen of Honour.<ref>[http://www.ansa.it/canale_viaggiart/it/regione/calabria/2017/10/30/dalida-icona-musica-con-radici-calabresi_8ba1cb44-284e-4144-8516-801f69f42f05.html Ansa: ''Dalida, icona musica con radici calabresi''. 30 October 2017.] (Italian)</ref>
* {{flagicon|France}} 1968: Godmother of [[Montmartre]] street urchins.
* {{flagicon|Belgium}} 1980: Graulhet Citizen of Honour.

== See also ==
{{Portal|France|Biography|Pop music}}

* [[List of Dalida live performances]]
* [[List of Dalida music in motion pictures and TV]]
* [[Mononymous person]]s
* [[Culture of France]]
* [[Music of France]]
* [[Music of Italy]]
*[[Music of Egypt]]
*[[Cinema of Egypt]]
* List of cultural icons of France

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{IMDb name|0197931|name=Dalida}}
* [http://www.melody.tv/artiste/dalida Dalida] at MelodyTv
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Greek: Ά ά Έ έ Ή ή Ί ί Ό ό Ύ ύ Ώ ώ Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π Ρ ρ Σ σ ς Τ τ Υ υ Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω {{Polytonic|}}
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