"Nessuno" ("Nobody") is a 1959 Italian song composed by Antonietta De Simone and Edilio Capotosti. The song premiered at the ninth edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, with a double performance by Wilma De Angelis and Betty Curtis, and placed at the eighth place.[1][2]
Ignored by the public in its original versions, the song got a large commercial success thanks to the rock'n'roll version recorded by Mina.[2] Mina's version was performed in fortissimo and in a syncopated style, distorting the linearity of the original melody.[3] This version of the song premiered at the Festival of Rock and Roll held at the Milan Ice Palace.[4] Thanks to the song Mina got her early television appearances, performing the song in the three most popular television shows of the time, Il Musichiere, Lascia o raddoppia? and Canzonissima, in the latter case in a duet with De Angelis.[5] Mina also performed the song, in a slightly different version, in the 1960 Lucio Fulci's film Howlers in the Dock.[5]
The song was later covered by numerous artists, including Johnny Dorelli, Nilla Pizzi, Jula De Palma, Tony Dallara, Fiorello, Nico Fidenco, Miranda Martino.[2]
Mina's "Nessuno" was released as a "double A-side" together with another song from the Sanremo Festival, "Tua", which had been originally performed by Jula De Palma and Tonina Torrielli.
Track listing
7" single – MH-23
"Tua" (Bruno Pallesi, Walter Malgoni)
"Nessuno" (Antonietta De Simone, Edilio Capotosti)
References
↑Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN978-8863462296.
↑ 2.02.12.2Dario Salvatori (2001). "Nessuno". Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle u, 2001. ISBN8888169016.
