DIRLADA
Created on 21/12/2007Latest update on 27/09/2023
Artist: Pandelis Ghinis
Author: trad./Pandelis Ghinis
Label: Fidelity
Year: 1965
Captain of a sponge divers boat from the Greek island Kalymnos, traditional centre of the sponge diving industry. Worksong while rowing, dance song on shore. Recorded by Greek folklorist Domna Samiou. Reissued on double cd Kalymnos - Polysticha Tragoudia, Choroi, Disticha.
Covers:
- 1969:
Dionysis Savvopoulos [Greek hit]
- 1970:
Dirlada [as Darla Dirladada]
- 1970:
Dalida [idem; n°1 Fr; reworked by Boris Bergman]
- 1970:
Marva [idem; Dutch version]
- 1971:
Polis [hit NL]
- 1971:
Juan Bastos [arranged by Michael Schepior as Loop Di Love; hit B & NL]
- 1972:
Shag [alias Jonathan King; idem, n°4 UK]
- 1993:
G.O. Culture [Belgian; sold half a million in Fr as Darla Dirladada, inspired by the version used in '78 film Les Bronzés]
- 1994:
Recto Verso [as De Loop Di Love]
- 2001:
DJ Ötzi [idem]
- 2002:
Dana International [as Makát Chom (Heatstroke)]
- 2014:
Wendy Van Wanten [as Darli-Darlidada]
