While I am generally not terribly convinced of the merits of Dutch artists, this single by Willy Alberti was curious enough to get my hands on it. Willy, the father of Willeke who entered the Eurovision Song Contest during the Nineties with a terribly oldfashioned song, had an interesting career, singing lots of Italian standards - and his version of 'Nel blu dipinto di blu' was only one of those singles.
Between 1956 and 1960 he recorded a handful of Italian Eurovision Song Contest songs, and this single was just one of them. It is backed with a cheerful version of 'Nanni (Qua gita a li castelli)', a cheerful song composed by Franco Silvestri.
My collection: 7" single no. 6631
Found: Discogs.com, received 9 February 2022
Cost: €2
Tracks: 'Nel blu dipinto di blu' / 'Nanni (Qua gita li castelli)'
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