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Excellent article I remember visiting Sicily in 1980 and being amazed by what was on the variety shows. I remember the show called Colpo Grosso And the old man and the kids are watching the show that was kind of racy! Grazie mille

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Emanuela Caiazzo's avatar

I grew up in Italy in the 70s-80s and Heather was definitely a star. Everybody loved her, she was so fresh. We were all in awe of what she could do with her body (as you pointed out she was a dancer most and foremost), so us kids tried to emulate her moves. Disco bambina was a huge hit, and so was Cicale (fun fact: even if I know the lyrics to this day, I had never realized the wordplay cicale-ci cale, thank you for that). Good times, teinted of nostalgia for a lot of us growing up then.

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