Romantica (song)

"Romantica" (English: "Romantic [Woman]") is a song written by Italian singer-songwriter Renato Rascel with Dino Verde.

It was performed for the first time during the tenth Sanremo Music Festival in January 1960, when two different versions of the song were sung by Rascel and Tony Dallara.

Rascel performed the song as a soft ballad, while Dallara, who was considered by Italian music critics as one of the urlatori ("screamers"), a music style popular in Italy during the 1960s, gave a more powerful rendition of the song.

It followed Germany's Wyn Hoop with "Bonne nuit ma chérie" and preceded France's Jacqueline Boyer with "Tom Pillibi".

[6] As the Italian representative, "Romantica" was succeeded at the 1961 contest by Betty Curtis with "Al di là".

Tony Dallara singing "Romantica" at the 1960 Sanremo Music Festival , accompanied by guitarist Pino Rucher (first from left) with the Angelini Orchestra .