Editing Dalida (section)

==== "Am Tag als der Regen kam" and international recognition; best selling singer in Europe ====

Dalida toured extensively in 1959, playing sold-out dates in France, Egypt, Italy and Germany.<ref name=":5" /> As her fame spread outside France, she started to record songs in other languages to cater for these new audiences. She understood five languages and interpreted her songs in eleven languages: [[German language|German]], [[Egyptian Arabic]], [[English language|English]], [[Lebanese Arabic]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]]. In February, during a TV appearance, she performed her recent version of "{{lang|he-Latn|[[Hava Nagila]]|i=no}}".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x46m14b|title=DALIDA Hava nagila 2 – Vidéo dailymotion|website=Dailymotion|date=24 April 2016|language=en|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> On 2 March, the [[Minister of Information (France)|Minister of informations]] awarded her, alongside [[Yves Montand]], with the Bravos du music hall, the most prestigious music award in France, as the most popular singer in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/egyptian-born-french-singer-dalida-and-french-actor-and-news-photo/627501516|title=Les Bravos du Music Hall|date=March 1959|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> During the summer, she covered her own recordings "{{lang|fr|Ne joue pas|i=no}}" and "{{lang|fr|C'est ça|i=no}} {{lang|it|l'amore|i=no}}" in [[Flemish dialects|Flemish]] as "{{lang|nl-BE|Speel niet met m'n hart|i=no}}" and "{{lang|nl-BE|Ik zing|i=no}} {{lang|it|amore|i=no}}", respectively, the only time in her career that she sang in Flemish.<ref name=":6" />

In late summer, Dalida was back in the studio to record her first major international hit. In the period from 1958 to 1959, "{{lang|fr|[[The Day the Rains Came (song)|Le Jour où la pluie viendra]]|i=no}}" was recorded in three languages, propelling Dalida straight into the top three in six different European countries. The German-language version "{{lang|de|Am Tag als der Regen kam|i=no}}" topped the German charts for ten weeks in September and October, earning her another gold disc. It was the best-selling record of the year in Germany, and remains one of the most successful songs in the history of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-12000|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts|website=www.offiziellecharts.de|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> During the closing night of the [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin Film Festival]] on 28 September 1959, she was presented with a Golden Lion award by RTL as the best-selling musical artist of the year in Germany, and was saluted with a fanfare playing the verses of  "{{lang|de|Am Tag als der Regen kam|i=no}}".<ref name=":2" /> The song was her first international hit, reaching half a million accumulated copies and remaining one of her greatest successes in Germany.<ref name=":7" />

During the course of 1959, Dalida scored five Top 10 hits in French charts, most notably "{{lang|it|[[Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)|Ciao, ciao Bambina]]|i=no}}" and "{{lang|fr|Guitare et Tambourin|i=no}}"; both of which earned gold discs. In Italy, [[RAI]] awarded her with {{lang|it|Oscar di popolarità|i=no}} and Golden Wolf awards as the best-selling musical artist of the year in the country.<ref name=":7" /> These were her first two foreign awards and furthered her international recognition. Dalida also performed in successful sold-out concerts in [[Berlin]], [[Athens]] and Cairo, delivering a sentimental performance in front of a crowd in the Rivoli cinema that she frequented as a child.<ref name=":11">{{Cite book|title=Du Nil à la scène|last=Brachet|first=Jacques|publisher=Éditions de la courtine|year=2002|isbn=2913483364|location=France|page=1}}</ref> On 23 September 1959, Dalida sang in a successful three-week run at Parisian {{lang|fr|[[Théâtre de l'Étoile (Champs-Élysées)|Théâtre de l'Étoile]]|i=no}}, where a jukebox was installed in recognition of her being dubbed "Mademoiselle Jukebox", the most listened-to artist on [[jukebox]]es in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/paris-france-french-actor-jacques-charrier-poses-with-his-news-photo/517325006|title=French actor Jacques Charrier poses with his wife, actress Brigitte...|website=Getty Images|date=22 March 2016 |language=en-gb|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> By the end of the year, she had released her fifth and sixth albums, {{lang|fr|[[Le Disque d'or de Dalida]]}} and ''[[Love in Portofino (album)|Love in Portofino]]'' (titled after her hit song "[[Love in Portofino]]"), and had already sold three and a half million records, the highest sales of all European artists.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=December 1959|title=Dalida surtout|journal=Discographie française|page=2}}</ref>

[[File:Dalida 1961.jpg|thumb|Dalida in 1961]]