Adriano Celentano (1966) Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck ( Tar And Cement)

Adriano Celentano cowrote the song and it originally appeared in March 1966 on his La festa album and on his followup album Il ragazzo della via Gluck, released in November 1966. The song was launched at the Sanremo Festival in 1966 with little success and was eliminated from competition after the first night. But it gained great favour with his fans making it his bestknown and most representative song with many autobiographical references; Via Gluck was the street of Milan where he lived as a boy with the family, and eight years gli anni, ma 8 son meaning the years go by. .. 8 long is a reference to the top of his recording career from 1958 to 1966. The same year American singer Verdelle Smith released her English version Tar and Cement, with songwriting credit to Paul Vance, Lee Pockriss, Luciano Beretta, Michele Del Prete, and Adriano Celentano. It was her only hit and made it to No 1 in Australia and N