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Salvatore Adamo
Toi, l'amour te ressemble, si fort que j'en tremble
Et je me demande dans quel paradis perdu
Dans quelle légende, quel rêve où j'étais troubadour
J'ai pu te rencontrer un jour ?
Toi, l'amour te ressemble, si fort qu'il me semble
Que j'ai connu tes yeux et ton sourire
Au pays merveilleux de mes délires !
Toi, l'amour te ressemble, si fort que j'en tremble
Mais tu viens me surprendre quand je n'y croyais plus
Quand, lassé d'attendre, j'allais au fil de mes jours noirs
Perdu, le cœur au désespoir
Toi, l'amour te ressemble et cœur à cœur restons ensemble
Et tu verras ma mie que dans la longue errance
Qu'avait été ma vie sans ta présence
Tout te ressemble
Salvatore, Knight Adamo, simply known as Adamo (born 1 November 1943) is a Belgian composer and singer of ballads, mainly in French, but also in other languages such as German, Italian and Spanish. He had commercial success during the sixties and seventies, mostly in Europe and Latin America, but also in
Adamo was born in Comiso,
Adamo's early influences were the poetry of Victor Hugo, the music of French crooners such as Jacques Prévert or Georges Brassens, and the Italian canzonette. He started singing and composing his own songs from an early age. His debut was in a Radio Luxembourg competition, where he participated as singer and composer of the song "Si j'osais" ("If I dared") winning the competition's final held in Paris, in 14 February 1960.
Adamo's first hit was "Sans toi, ma mie", in 1963, from his debut album 63/64. He followed this with a series of hits, "Tombe la neige" ("The snow falls "), "Vous permettez Monsieur" ("May I, Sir"), "La Nuit" (The Night) (1964) - "Dolce Paola" ("Sweet Paola"), "Les Filles du bord de mer" ("The girls at the beach"), "Mes mains sur tes hanches" ("My hands on your hips") (1965) - "Ton Nom ("Your Name"), "Une meche de cheveux" ("Lock of golden hair") (1966) - "Une larme aux nuages" ("A tear to the clouds"), "Inch'Allah" (1967) - "L'amour te ressemble" ("The love resembles to you"), "F... comme femme" ("F... like woman") (1968) - "A demain sur la lune" ("See you tomorrow on the moon"), "Petit bonheur" ("Small happiness") (1969) - "Va mon bateau" ("my boat goes"), "Les belles dames" ("Beautiful ladies") (1970) - "J'avais oublié que les roses sont roses" ("I had forgotten that the roses are pink") (1971) - "C'est ma vie" ("It's my life") (1975)... Other songs: "En blu jeans...", "Manuel", etc. Amália Rodrigues ("Queen of portuguese fado) ,recorded "Inch'Allah" in French. Adamo briefly attempted movie acting when he was cast in the film Les Arnaud (1967), which starred Bourvil.
He has recorded in many languages and, besides France and Belgium, had hits in Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and also in Japan, where he toured repeatedly. Adamo has had hits and toured also in Latin America in countries, such as Chile, where the audience awarded him an appreciation prize known as the "Antorcha" (Gold and Silver Torch) at the "Festival de Viña del Mar" held yearly in the "Quinta Vergara", at the Internationally famous seaside resort of Viña del Mar, where he once had to sing in three different, sold-out venues in the same night. [1]
In the eighties, Adamo's career faltered, as the style of his music was no longer fashionable. Since the nineties, however, and on the crest of a nostalgia wave, Adamo has successfully resumed composing, issuing records and touring, starting with a full season at the Casino de Paris venue in April 1990.
