Sapore di sale

"Sapore di sale" (It. for "Taste of salt") is a song written and originally recorded by Italian singer Gino Paoli, in 1963.

"Sapore di sale"
Single by Gino Paoli
from the album Basta chiudere gli occhi
B-side"La nostra casa"
Released1963
GenrePop
Length3:30
LabelRCA Italiana
Songwriter(s)Gino Paoli
Gino Paoli singles chronology
"Le cose dell'amore"
(1963)		 "Sapore di sale"
(1963)		 "Che cosa c'è"
(1963)

Background

As its composer also corroborated, "Sapore di sale" was composed in Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, "in a deserted house near a deserted beach," where Paoli was to hold concerts in a dance hall with his band and the venue's owner invited them to extend their stay for a fortnight.[1] At the time, Paoli was married to Anna Fabbri but was carrying on an affair with young actress Stefania Sandrelli, the affair resulting in the birth of daughter Amanda Sandrelli.[2] As Sandrelli claimed, "Sapore di sale" was inspired by her.[3]

Production

The song was recorded in Rome in 1963, on an arrangement by Ennio Morricone who also conducted the orchestra. Gato Barbieri performed the sax solo.[3]

Release

The song was released as a single in 1963 by RCA Italiana.[4] Paoli entered the Cantagiro music festival with it.[5]

Covers
in Italian
in Spanish

Gino Paoli had some success in Spain where, in October 1964, reached the 8th place in the hit parade.[6]

  • 1963, Gloria Aguirre, (Chile)
  • 1964, Carlos González, (Chile)
  • 1964, Jimmy Santi, (Sabor a salado) (Perù)
  • 1964, Peret, (España)
in Portuguese
in English
  • 1964, Steve Perry (When Nobody Loves You)[7]
in Croatian

Instrumental versions

References
  1. from an interview published in La Stampa, 09/08/2005, p. 27
  2. Barraco, Morgan (26 April 2020). "Stefania Sandrelli - 'Ho bisogno di lavorare', la smentita, e sui vicini" [Stefania Sandrelli - 'I need to work', the denial, and her neighbors]. Il sussidiario (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. Bogani, Giovanni (12 July 2020). "Stefania Sandrelli: 'Io e Paoli a casa di Morricone. Così è nata Sapore di sale'" [Stefania Sandrelli: 'Me and Paoli at Morricone's house. This is how Sapore di sale was born']. Il Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. "Sapore di sale". Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiano. 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. Il Cantagiro - Sito ufficiale: Storia Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Billboard oct. 3, 1964
  7. Billboard feb. 8, 1964, p.39
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