Origins
Umberto Tozzi himself made the first recording of "Gloria" in 1979. That summer Tozzi's recording entered the Italian Top Ten for a stay of sixteen weeks, six of them at #2. It spent four weeks at #1 in both Switzerland and – in a translated version – Spain. That same year saw Tozzi's "Gloria" achieve hit status in Austria (#4), Belgium (#3 on the French chart), the Netherlands (#21), France (#3) and Germany, where the track reached #8 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).
Another early translation of "Gloria" from the Italian was the Czech rendering "Dívka Gloria" recorded in 1980 by Vítězslav Vávra (cs) for whom it afforded a very successful local hit record..
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