Giorgio Calabrese
Biography
Giorgio Calabrese (28 November 1929 – 31 March 2016) was an Italian songwriter and frequent collaborator with French pop music star Charles Aznavour. Calabrese wrote the original Italian lyrics for the popular song "Softly, as I Leave You", and the Italian version of Aznavour's famous song, "She", titled "Lei". He also wrote the Italian lyrics for the song, "E se domani", composed by Carlo Alberto Rossi and recorded by Mina. It was entered in the 1964 Sanremo Music Festival.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits
1968
Getz Au Go Go
1964
And Then...Along Comes The Association
1966
A Man And His Music
1965
Changes
1966
Portrait Of Sinatra: Forty Songs From The Life Of A Man
1977
This Is Henry Mancini
1970
Voices
1967
Softly, As I Leave You
1964
She Cried
1964
Maeba
2018
Oggi Ti Amo Di Più
1988
Two On One : Greatest Hits! / Greatest Hits Vol. 2
1983
Italian Graffiti 1962
1980
Un Altro Sud
1973
Canto L'Amore
1973
I Remember N. 7: Ciao Italia
1971
The Great Popular Favorites
1970
Softly
1970
This Is My Life
1968
Mein Lied Für Dich
1968
Bye Bye Blues
1966
The Last Dance...For Lovers Only
1965
My Love Forgive Me
1964
Credited work
3,907 releases · 910 albums · active 1958–2025
- Performance · 4,976
- Other credits · 133
- Production · 2
Studios: La Basilica Studios · Studi PDU, Lugano · Fonoprint · Fonorama Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Mina (3)
- Various
- Ornella Vanoni
- Milva
- Adriano Celentano
- Dalida
- Fausto Papetti
- Orietta Berti