Emil Dimitrov
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Born | Pleven, Kingdom of Bulgaria | December 23, 1940
Died | March 30, 2005 Sofia, Bulgaria | (aged 64)
Genres | Pop |
Occupation | singer |
Instrument(s) | Accordion, Piano |
Years active | 1960–1999 |
Emil Dimitrov (Template:Lang-bg) (December 23, 1940 in Pleven – March 30, 2005 in Sofia) was a Bulgarian singer, musician and composer. He was popular for his songs "Ако си дал" ('If you have given'), "Моя страна, моя България" ('My country, my Bulgaria'), "Нашият сигнал" ('Our signal'), "Само един живот" ('Only one lifetime'), "Джулия" ('Julia'), "Арлекино" ('Arlequine'), "Писмо до мама" ('Letter to my mother') and others. Dimitrov was an extremely prolific artist, with 400 songs in his repertoire, and 280 of them being of his own composition; he released 30 albums in his lifetime.[1]
He was born the son of the Bulgarian illusionist Fakira Miti .[2] In 1970 he was signed to the French record company EMI Pathé-Marconi, which released his first French-language single "L'amour c'est toi".[3] His song Monica (known in Bulgarian as "Моя страна, моя България" ('My country, my Bulgaria') sold out with a circulation of over 500,000 copies in Germany and 100,000 copies in Belgium.[4]
According to the American magazine Billboard Emil Dimitrov has sold over 40 million copies of his albums in the countries in Eastern Europe and the USSR.[3][5][6][4][7]
Discography
- Bulgarian Evergreens
- Моя страна, моя България (My country, my Bulgaria) – Emil Dimitrov; Director: Stilian Ivanov
- Само един живот не е достатъчен (Only one life is not enough)
- Ако си дал... (If you have given something...) – Emil Dimitrov
- Писмо до мама (A letter to my mother) – Emil Dimitrov
- Само тази нощ (Only tonight) – Lili Ivanova
- Само един живот (Only one life) – Iordanka Hristova
- Сбогом, Мария (Good-Bye Maria) – Panaiot Panaiotov
References
- ^ "80 години от рождението на поп легендата на България Емил Димитров" [80th anniversary of the birth of Bulgarian pop legend Emil Dimitrov]. Bulgarian National Radio (in Bulgarian). December 23, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "Синът на Емил Димитров с разтърсващо разкритие" ["The son of Emil Dimitrov makes a shocking reveal"]. Standart (newspaper). October 26, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ a b Billboard 31 Oct 1970
- ^ a b "Eмил Димитров". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ "Eмил Димитров". Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ "Eмил Димитров". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
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- 1940 births
- 2005 deaths
- Bulgarian pop singers
- 20th-century Bulgarian male singers
- Bulgarian male stage actors
- Burials at Central Sofia Cemetery
- Musicians from Pleven
- Bulgarian bisexual people
- Bisexual singers
- Bisexual male musicians
- Bisexual male actors
- Bulgarian LGBT singers
- Traditional pop music singers
- 20th-century Bulgarian LGBT people
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