Video hit Toto Cutugno

Toto Cutugno feat. Diana Gurtskaya - Solo Noi (live) 

 

Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno (born 7 July 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. Cutugno may be best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano (The Italian)", which was on his hit CD, I Grandi Successi. 

Toto Cutugno was born in Fosdinovo, Tuscany, to a Sicilian father and a Tuscan mother. Shortly after his birth the family moved to La Spezia (Liguria). 

He began his musical career as a drummer, but later formed a band that performed his own songs. He also had cowritten for popular French-American singer Joe Dassin, contributing some of his most famous songs, including "L'été indien" ("Africa"), "Et si tu n'existais pas" and "Le Jardin du Luxembourg" (written with Vito Pallavicini).

He also co-wrote Dalida's "Laissez moi danser" ("Voglio l'anima"), which became a Platinum record shortly after its release.In 1976, Cutugno participated for the first time in the Sanremo Music Festival coming up with third place with his band Albatros with the song, Volo 504. He then won in 1980 with the song "Solo noi", and subsequently finished second in six editions: in 1984 with the song "Serenata" ("Serenade"), in 1987 with "Figli" ("Sons" or "Children"), in 1988 with "Emozioni" ("Emotions"), in 1989 with the song "Le mamme" ("The Mamas"), in 1990 with Ray Charles with the song "Gli amori" ("Loves", but entitled "Good Love Gone Bad" in Charles' version) and in 2005 with Annalisa Minetti with the song "Come noi nessuno al mondo" ("No One Else in the World Like Us"). Toto Cutugno participated in the festival a total of 13 times.However, Cotugno's iconic L'italiano (1983) (The Italian') revived Italian folklore with the song's lyrics and a melody that provided an affirmation of the typical Italian.Cutugno is married to Carla Cutugno but had a son from outside marriage to Nicolo.

He won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990 with his own composition "Insieme: 1992" ("Together: 1992"), a ballad which celebrated European political integration, and establishment of EU. Along with Gigliola Cinquetti, Italy's only other Eurovision winner from 1964, he presented the 1991 contest, which was staged in Rome as a result of his victory.

Diana Gudaevna Gurtskaya (born July 2, 1978 in Sukhumi, Georgia) is a blind Georgian singer residing in Moscow, Russia. Following a failed attempt in Belarus the previous year Diana, on March 1, 2008, won the Georgian national final with 39.4% of the vote, therefore she represented Georgia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, Serbia. She won a place in the final at the second semi-final on May 22 and finished 11th.

Gurtskaya has a number of awards to her credit. Most notably, a 2007 Russian Honorable Artist award given to her by president Vladimir Putin, a Medal of Honor given to her by Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, and the Award of Saint Barbara in Ukraine amongst others.

She has recorded duets with various well-known foreign singers including Ray Charles, Toto Cutugno, and Demis Roussos.

In 2009, Gurtskaya received significant media attention after failing to obtain a visa from the British embassy due to her blindness. However, after a much publicised campaign, a visa was granted and the rules were changed.

Gurtskaya is married to Pyotr Kucherenko, who is a sighted lawyer in Moscow, and they have one son, Konstantin (b. June 2007).

The lyrics:

E mi diceva... io sto bene con te.

E mi diceva... tu sei tutto per me.

Se non e' amore, dimmelo tu, cos'e'?

Si addormentava abbracciandosi a me.

Mi risvegliava con un bacio e un caffe'

e poi giocava qui nel letto con me.

Se non e' amore, dimmelo tu, cos'e'?

E poi restava a parlare di noi.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Dimmi che tu mi vuoi.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Il respiro di noi.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Dimmi che nessun uomo ti ha fatto tremar come tremi con me.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Le montagne, se vuoi.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Prati verdi, se vuoi.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Dimmi che non sai stare da sola un minuto se non sei con me.

Odio l'aurora ora che non ci sei.

Scende la sera, entri dentro di me.

Se non e' dolore, dimmelo tu, cos'e'?

Ti penso ancora, ma tu non sei con me.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Dimmi che e' amore?

Solo noi, solo noi.

La mia mente dov'e'?

Solo noi, solo noi.

Odio queste lenzuola che in tempo cancella il profumo di te.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Le montagne non vuoi.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Prati verdi non vuoi.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Mi dicevi che non poi restare un minuto lontano da me.

Solo noi, solo noi.

La mia casa non vuoi.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Vendo tutto se vuoi.

Solo noi, solo noi.

Odio queste lenzuola che in tempo cancella il profumo di te.

Solo noi. solo noi...

Noi, solo noi