"Dalida" was a pseudonym of
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (1933-1987), also known as
يولاندا كريستينا جيجليوتي and, following French naturalisation,
Yolanda Gigliotti, was a singer of Italian origin, who made her career in France. She received fifty-five gold records, and was the first female singer to get a diamond disc. Born on the 17th January 1933 in Shoubra, Cairo, Egypt, she was the child of an opera violinist, and was given singing lessons at an early age. She developed into a beautiful young lady and, in 1954, she won the Miss Egypt beauty contest and immediately lef…
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