“Una lacrima sul viso” Single by Bobby Solo from the album Bobby Solo
B-side “Non Ne Posso Più”
Released February 1964
Label Ricordi
Songwriters Lunero and Mogol
Charted No.1 in Italy, No.2 in Brazil,No.2 on Belgium, No.7 in Uruguay, No.34 in Netherlands
The song premiered at the fourteenth Sanremo Music Festival, with a double performance by Solo and Frankie Laine, who proposed an English version of the song with the title “For Your Love”. The song entered the final, but Solo was affected by laryngitis. Unable to sing live, he sang with playback, being subsequently disqualified.
The single peaked at first place for nine consecutive weeks on the Italian hit parade. It sold over three million copies worldwide, and it was awarded a gold disc.
