Wilma Goich

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Wilma Goich
Goich in 1972
Born (1945-10-16) 16 October 1945 (age 78)
Occupation(s)Singer, television personality
Spouse
(m. 1967; div. 1981)
Children1

Wilma Goich (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvilma ˈɡɔitʃ];[1] born 16 October 1945) is an Italian pop singer and television personality.

Career[edit]

Born in Cairo Montenotte, Savona, Goich began her career in 1964, when she released her first single "Dopo il sole pioverà".[2]

She scored two domestic hits in 1966 and 1968 with the songs "In un fiore" and "Gli occhi miei", which peaked respectively sixth and seventh place on the Italian charts.[3] Between 1971 and 1979 Goich formed with her then-husband Edoardo Vianello the folk-pop duo Vianella.[2] In 1991 she joined the TV presenter Mike Bongiorno in the Canale 5 quiz show Tris.[4] Goich entered the Sanremo Music Festival competition six times between 1965 and 1994.[2] In 2022 to 2023, she was a contestant in season 7 of Grande Fratello VIP.

She considers herself Roman Catholic.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Canepari, Luciano (1999). Il DiPI: dizionario di pronuncia italiana (in Italian). Bologna: Zanichelli. ISBN 88-08-09344-1. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Anselmi, Eddy (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana (in Italian). Modena: Panini. ISBN 978-88-6346-229-6.
  3. ^ Salvatori, Dario (1989). Storia dell'hit parade (in Italian). Rome: Gremese. ISBN 88-7605-439-1.
  4. ^ Baroni, Joseph (2005). Dizionario della televisione: i programmi della televisione commerciale dagli esordi a oggi (in Italian). Milan: Raffaello Cortina. pp. 136–137. ISBN 88-7078-972-1.
  5. ^ Giordano, Lucio (14 July 2023). "Quando ho perso mia figlia di 49 anni, Dio mi ha donato la forza per andare avanti". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 28. pp. 86–89.

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