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

  
About the Song
"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!
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Getting access to free sheet music for Christmas Christmas is one time when everyone wants to learn how to play the piano. There are so many Christmas carols, hymns and other compositions played. In such a situation, you will find it useful to get free sheet music especially with the Christmas compositions in them. New age and classical One of the best advantages about free sheet music is that you can get both classic as well as New Age Christmas musical notes. That means you will be able to play the old time classical compositions, carols etc. and the new artists compositions. The New Age Christmas musical notes are very poignant and lovely and playing these piano notes is sure to stir hearts. One of the drawbacks about New Age Christmas music sheets is that they are very difficult to access. Most New Age albums do not sell too well and hence the demand for these is lesser. In this context, getting access  (More...)