Claude Barzotti & Michelle Torr - AMAMI

Claude Barzotti & Michelle Torr - Amami with Lyrics. More Info: Claude Barzotti, whose real first name was Francesco, was born in Châtelineau, Belgium, but raised in Italy. Barzotti moved back to Belgium at the age of 18, settling in the town of Court-Saint-Étienne. Barzotti began his musical career in France in 1981 with his song “Madame,“ which sold 400,000 copies. However, later in the year, Barzotti found widespread success with his song “Le Rital,“ which propelled him to household-name status. “Rital“ is a difficult to translate French slang term used to refer in a derogatory sense to people of Italian descent, the song deals with Barzotti’s experiences as a young child and how “he wanted to be named Dupont (a common French surname),“ but the song also deals with his pride concerning the term, exemplified in lines such as “Je suis rital et je le reste,"