Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, professionally known as Dalida, was a French-Italian singer born in Egypt to Italian parents. She sang in eleven languages, and sold millions of records internationally. Her best known songs are "Bambino", Les enfants du Pirée" "Le temps des fleurs", "Darla dirladada", "J'attendrai", and "Paroles, paroles" featuring spoken word by Alain Delon.