Gloria (ver. 1) by Giancarlo Bigazzi - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

"Gloria" is a pop song originally written in Italian by Umberto Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi which with English lyrics by Trevor Veitch became an international hit for Laura Branigan in 1982-83. Umberto Tozzi himself made the first recording of "Gloria": his version reached #2 in Italy and spent four weeks at #1 in Switzerland in the summer of 1979. That same year saw Tozzi's "Gloria" achieve hit status in Austria (#4), the Netherlands (#29) [1] and France (#12),[2] while in Germany the track reached #8 [3] despite a cover version by Gerd Christian. The original version of "Gloria" was a love song as was the first attempt at an English version which was cut by Jonathan King (#65 UK 11/1979). [4] The song would attain its highest profile via a re-working featured on Branigan the first released album by Laura Branigan a 1982 release on Atlantic Records produced by Jack White and Greg Mathieson. It was White - a native of Germany - who suggested Branigan cut Tozzi's song; Branigan would recall her reaction: "I went hmmm because it was so soft and so European sounding. But we gave it the American kick and rewrote the lyrics and off she went." [5] It has been noted that the riff on which White and Mathieson based the arrangement for Branigan's version of "Gloria" resembles the chorus of the Olivia Newton-John hit "Physical": eventually Branigan made her last Hot 100 appearance with "Moonlight on Water" written by "Physical" composer Steve Kipner. Branigan would tell People that she and her producers at first attempted an English version of Tozzi's "Gloria" in the romantic mode of the original changing the title to "Mario" but this didn't seem effective. Ultimately Branigan would record "Gloria" with    Download this sheet!