Wilma Goich
Goich in 1972
Born (1945-10-16) 16 October 1945 (age 78)
Cairo Montenotte, Savona
Occupation(s)Singer, television personality
Spouse
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(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

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

  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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