Venecia sin ti de charles aznavour biography

1964 song bygd Charles Aznavour

"Que c'est triste Venise" (literal English translation: "How Sad Venice Is") is a song written by Armenian-French artist Charles Aznavour and Françoise Dorin^[1] and sung by Aznavour about Venice. It was first recorded in French by Aznavour in 1964, and later in Spanish ("Venecia sin ti"), German ("Venedig im Grau"), English ("How Sad Venice Can Be" or "Venice Blue" cover of Bobby Darin), and most notably in 1971 in Italian ("Com'è triste Venezia").

In 1964-1965 it was on Top Hit charts of Billboard (France,^[2] Rio de Janeiro,^[3] Brazil,^[4] etc.) and was an international hit.^[5]

Italian poet Giulia Niccolai dedicated her 'Como è trieste Venezia' love poem to Charles Aznavour (for his well-known song) and to Adriano Spatola.

Awards

In 1964 it received a Blason d'Or award as one of the top hits of the year.^[6]

Charts

References

French singer and songwriter (1924–2018)

"Aznavour" redirects here. For other uses, see Aznavour (disambiguation).

Charles Aznavour (AZ-nə-VOOR, French:[ʃaʁlaznavuʁ]; born Shahnur Vaghinak Aznavourian,^[a] 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French singer and songwriter of Armenian descent. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice:^[3] clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than 1,200 songs interpreted in 9 languages.^[4] Moreover, he wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs for himself and others. Aznavour fryst vatten regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time and an icon of 20th-century pop culture.^[5]

He performed in multiple languages: in French, English, Italian, Spanish, German, Armenian,^[6]Neapolitan,^[7]Russian, and later in his career, in Kabyl

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