Non, à jamais sans toi - Patricia Carli

'Non, à jamais sans toi' was the Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965. The song was performed by the Greek singer Yovanna, but the song was never released as a single. (It did appear on a 'greatest hits' album by Yovanna many years later.)

Rosetta Ardito (born 12 March 1938), known by her stage name Patricia Carli, is an Italian and Belgian origin French singer, songwriter, lyricist and composer. She grew up in Belgium, where her parents had emigrated for work. After studying music and singing, she began performing in public and in a few years she became well known in Belgium and in France.

In 1965 she recorded 'Non, à jamais sans toi', hoping to cash in on the success of the song on the Eurovision stage. During last week's record fair I actually scored two copies of the single. First I found a two track single in the offiical 'Bel Air' record company sleeve. After a walk through the record fair I returned to the same seller, and as it turned out, he also had a four track EP with a picture sleeve! Luckily, both singles weren't very expensive, so I decided to buy that one as well. 

My collection: 7" single no. 7409, no. 7432
Found: Record fair, Den Bosch, 9 November 2024
Tracks: 'Ce que tu es pour moi' / 'Non (a jamais sans toi' (no. 7409); 'Non (a jamais sans toi)', 'Ce que tu es pour moi' / 'Oublie que je t'aime', 'Pagliacci (Comme des pantins)' (no. 7432)

Non ho l'eta' per amarti - Patricia Carli

The song 'Non ho l'eta' is best known in the version by Gigliola Cinquetti, who won the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, representing Italy. During the San Remo festival, which was organised in Italy almost two months before Eurovision, she sang the song together with Patricia Carli as per the rules of San Remo. Both Cinquetti and Carli released the song as a single, although only Cinquetti's version became an international hit.

Patricia Carli was born on March 12, 1938 in Taranto, a coastal city in southern Italy. She grew up in Belgium, where her parents had emigrated for work. After studying music and singing, she began performing in public and in a few years she became well known in Belgium and in France, where she performed at the prestigious Olympia music hall in Paris. She released dozens of singles during the Sixties, but only one album.

My collection: 7" single no. 6096
Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, May 24, 2019
Cost: 2 euro
Tracks: 'Non ho l'eta' per amarti' / 'Cosi' felice'