Lady Barbara

1970 single by Renato dei Profeti

"Lady Barbara"

Single by Renato dei Profeti

B-side

"L'Università"

Released

April 1970

Genre

Pop Rock

Length

3:44

Label

CBS

Songwriter(s)

Totò Savio, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Claudio Cavallaro

Producer(s)

Alfredo Cerruti, Elio Gariboldi

Renato dei Profeti singles chronology

"Lady Barbara"
(1970)

"Verità che batti nella mente"
(1970)

"Lady Barbara" is a song written by Totò Savio, Giancarlo Bigazzi, and Claudio Cavallaro and performed by Renato dei Profeti, founder of the group I Profeti at his first solo venture. The song won the Un disco per l'estate festival and peaked at first place on the Italian hit parade.^[1]^[2] The same year the song also named a musicarello film, Lady Barbara, directed by Mario Amendola and starred by the same Renato dei Profeti.^[3]

The same year the song was adapted into English by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson, and the cover version performed by Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits, reached #7 in New Zealand and #13 in the United Kingdom in 1970.^[4] It was the last single of the Herman's Hermits that featured Peter Noone. This version was produced by Mickie Most.^[5]

References

^ Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
^ Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 978-8809756250.
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
^ Herman's Hermits, "Lady Barbara" Chart Positions Retrieved January 10, 2015
^ Herman's Hermits, "Lady Barbara" single release Retrieved January 10, 2015