Artist: Ragazza 77
Author: Lucio Battisti/Mogol
Label: Ricordi
Year: 1968
Alias for singer Ambra Borelli. Mogol is an alias for Giulio Rapetti. He also cowrote the Italian originals of Help Yourself (Tom Jones) and I Who Have Nothing (Ben E. King). No hit in Italy.
Covers:
Amen Corner [n°1 UK as If Paradise Is Half As Nice]
Patty Pravo [as Il Paradiso; RAI Uno's Festivalbar song contest winner; in German as Das Paradies auf dieser Welt; one year after Patty's pan-European success with La Bambola; Patty's star faded while searching paradise in heroin]
Dave Clark Five [idem]
Samantha [as Vakantiedromen]
Cheryl Baker [ex Bucks Fizz]
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)