Sapore di sale

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"Sapore di sale"
Single by Gino Paoli
from the album
B-side"La nostra casa"
Released1963
GenrePop
Length3:30
LabelRCA Italiana
Songwriter(s)Gino Paoli
Gino Paoli singles chronology
"Le cose dell'amore"
(1963) 		"Sapore di sale"
(1963) 		"Che cosa c'è"
(1963)

"Sapore di sale" (It. for "Taste of salt") is a song written and originally recorded by Italian singer Gino Paoli, in 1963.

Background[]

As its composer also corroborated, "Sapore di sale" was composed in Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, "in a deserted house near a deserted beach," where Paoli was to hold concerts in a dance hall with his band and the venue's owner invited them to extend their stay for a fortnight.[1] At the time, Paoli was married to Anna Fabbri but was carrying on an affair with young actress Stefania Sandrelli, the affair resulting in the birth of daughter Amanda Sandrelli.[2] As Sandrelli claimed, "Sapore di sale" was inspired by her.[3]

Production[]

The song was recorded in Rome in 1963, on an arrangement by Ennio Morricone who also conducted the orchestra. Gato Barbieri performed the sax solo.[3]

Release[]

The song was released as a single in 1963 by RCA Italiana.[4] Paoli entered the Cantagiro music festival with it.[5]

Covers[]

in Italian
in Spanish

Gino Paoli had some success in Spain where, in October 1964, reached the 8th place in the hit parade.[6]

  • 1963, , (Chile)
  • 1964, Carlos González, (Chile)
  • 1964, , (Sabor a salado) (Perù)
  • 1964, Peret, (España)
in Portuguese
in English
  • 1964, (When Nobody Loves You)[7]
in Croatian

Instrumental versions[]

References[]

  1. ^ from an interview published in La Stampa, 09/08/2005, p. 27
  2. ^ Barraco, Morgan (26 April 2020). "Stefania Sandrelli - 'Ho bisogno di lavorare', la smentita, e sui vicini" [Stefania Sandrelli - 'I need to work', the denial, and her neighbors]. Il sussidiario (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Bogani, Giovanni (12 July 2020). "Stefania Sandrelli: 'Io e Paoli a casa di Morricone. Così è nata Sapore di sale'" [Stefania Sandrelli: 'Me and Paoli at Morricone's house. This is how Sapore di sale was born']. Il Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Sapore di sale". Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiano. 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ Il Cantagiro - Sito ufficiale: Storia Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Billboard oct. 3, 1964
  7. ^ Billboard feb. 8, 1964, p.39
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