Editing Dalida (section)

==== "Les Enfants du Pirée" and "Itsi bitsi petit bikini"; transition to yé-yé and first Olympia concert residency ====

Dalida began 1960 with "{{lang|fr|[[Makin' Love|T'aimer follement]]|i=no}}", which became a chart-topper in France and Belgium in February.{{dead link|date=September 2022}}<ref name=":16">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/artist/Dalida|title=Dalida|website=ultratop.be|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> She then embarked upon her first world tour and reached the summit of the charts again with "{{lang|it|[[Romantica (song)|Romantica]]|i=no}}" in April. Her third release of the year "{{lang|fr|[[Les Enfants du Pirée]]|i=no}}" brought Dalida huge commercial success, becoming her second biggest international hit after "{{lang|de|Am Tag als der Regen kam|i=no}}". It reached the top two in six European countries and in Canada, topping the charts in three of them.<ref name=":12">{{cite web |url=http://artisteschartsventes.blogspot.com/2014/12/dalida.html |title=World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries: Dalida |last=Chartsventes |date=30 October 2016 |website=World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries |access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> After its debut at the top of the French charts in June 1960, where it remained for 20 weeks, it became the first song by a French singer to sell over one million copies internationally, and the expression {{lang|fr|tube de l'été}} ("hit of the summer") was invented after its success.<ref name=":4" /> Dalida eventually recorded it in five different languages and made a video to be shown on TV, {{lang|fr|Toute la Chanson}}. With a harbor theme, it showed Dalida singing and lying on a fishing net with a wind machine blowing, and journalist [[Jacques Chancel]] called it "the first video in France that really made a shift from the era of outdated videos".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chancel|first=Jacques|date=Summer 1960|title=Chanson|journal=Le Monde|page=1}}</ref>

The success was followed by her second Italian award {{lang|it|Oscar di popolarità|i=no}} and a Golden Wolf as the best-selling musical artist of the year.<ref name=":1" /> Back in France, Dalida was not pleased by the emergence of the new musical style [[yé-yé]], as the new singers would only briefly occupy the charts and then disappear. Also, since the appearance of new radio programs for youth such as {{lang|fr|[[Salut les copains (radio program)|Salut les copains]]}}, both music-hall songs and singers, such as Dalida, began to be regarded as obsolete.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Star pour toujours|last=Thamin|first=Julie|publisher=A.C.P.|year=2000}}</ref> Dalida realized that she would have to make a drastic change to retain her image, and in September she covered the US hit "{{lang|fr|[[Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini|Itsi bitsi petit bikini]]|i=no}}". Now one of her signature songs, it became the first big yé-yé hit in France and became the second song to receive the title {{lang|fr|tube de l'été}}, displacing "{{lang|fr|Les Enfants du Pirée|i=no}}" from the top of the charts. Securing her position as a leading singer in France, "{{lang|fr|Itsi bitsi petit bikini|i=no}}" introduced Dalida to a whole new generation of young fans. Topping the charts across Western Europe and in Canada, the record was also her second to sell over a million and gained her a thirteenth golden disc.<ref name=":9" />

This success was followed by "[[Milord (song)|Milord]]", a number one in Austria, Germany and Italy, after which [[Milord (album)|her first album issued solely for the Italian public]] was named.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalida.com/discographie-italie/1958-1965.html|title=Dalida site Officiel – 1958 – 1965|website=dalida.com|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126125334/http://dalida.com/discographie-italie/1958-1965.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dalida then completed a year-long world tour, performing in countries across Europe, in Canada and in several Arab states. In December, she issued an EP {{lang|fr|Joyeux Noël}} collecting four of the best-known holiday carols in French, and her New Year's show {{lang|fr|Réveillon de Paris}} broke the record for a TV audience, with nearly six million viewers.<ref name=":8" />

In January 1961, Dalida covered [[The Drifters]]' "[[Save the Last Dance for Me|Save the last dance for me]]" as "{{lang|fr|Garde-moi la dernière danse|i=no}}", reaching the top two. It remained her biggest French hit of the year as she undertook another year-long world tour, which started in [[Tehran]] on 18 February in front of the Iranian royal family in their [[Sa'dabad Complex|Sa'dabad Palace]].<ref name=":1" /> With a total of almost 200 dates, the last leg of the tour included Dalida's first own concert residency at the Olympia, which started on 6 December. Due to her recent love affair, her divorce from Morisse and her new yé-yé direction, several critics announced this to be "attestment of an end and downfall of Dalida". Dalida "brought the house down" according to Beuve-Méry of {{lang|fr|[[Le Monde]]}}; the month-long show was a sell-out success, with the first night being broadcast live by Radio Europe N°1.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Beuve-Méry|date=December 1961|title=Dalida a l'Olympia|journal=Le Monde|page=1}}</ref> Among other musicians who attended, she was congratulated by [[Édith Piaf]], who told her: "You are a winner, like me. After me, it will be you."<ref name=":4" /> Dalida also set the record for the largest public attendance and the longest-running concert residency at the Olympia, with a total of 52,000 spectators over the course of 30 days, a record that she would break herself in 1981.<ref name=":5" /> At the very end of the year, on 30 December, Dalida completed her world tour at the [[Ancienne Belgique]] in [[Brussels|Bruxelles]], Olympia's Belgian equivalent.

During 1961, Dalida issued a set of new Italian songs on the {{lang|it|[[Canta in Italiano (Dalida album)|Canta in italiano]]}} EP, and also scored several top ten hits internationally such as "{{lang|fr|Nuits d'Espagne|i=no}}" and "{{lang|fr|Tu ne sais pas|i=no}}". In April "Pépé" became a number one hit both in Austria and Germany, while "[[24.000 baci|24 mille baisers]]" charted separately in Austria and France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1430695|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts|website=www.offiziellecharts.de|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> She also issued two albums {{lang|fr|[[Dalida internationale]]}} and {{lang|fr|[[Loin de moi]]}}. During the spring in Italy, Dalida signed with film director [[Giorgio Simonelli]] and revived her film career with the first film in which she plays the main role. Originally titled {{lang|it|Che femmina... e che dollari!}}, it was revoiced and retitled for a French audience as {{lang|fr|Parlez-moi d'amour}}, after [[Parlez-moi d'amour (song)|one of the soundtrack songs]]. The movie also features several other recordings by Dalida, including the posthumously released "{{lang|it|Ho trovato la felicità|i=no}}". In contrast to her other previous movies, {{lang|fr|Che femmina... e che dollari!}} was not a commercial failure, with the moderate gross income eventually surpassing the low budget.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1962|title=Parlez moi d'amour|journal=L'Avant-scène Cinéma|page=1}}</ref> Rihoit wrote: "sealing her appearance of the early 60's, since it is also her first color film, all the power and acting potential that Dalida carries in herself and transmits to the screen is clearly visible".<ref name=":4" />