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Dedicato a mio padre
Dedicato a mio padre
Studio album by Mina
Released	December 1967
Recorded	14 December 1967
Genre	Pop; jazz;
Length	36:08
Language	English; Italian; Spanish;
Label	PDU
Mina chronology

Dedicato a mio padre is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1967 by PDU and distributed by Durium.

Overview

In December 1967 Mina and her father Giacomo Mazzini opened their own record label, PDU – Platten Durcharbeitung Ultraphone, in Lugano, Switzerland. The founding of the label answered Mina's requests for independent creativity from producers.^[3] One of the first releases on the label was Mina's album Dedicato a mio padre (English: Dedicated to my father).

Critical reception

In 2018 Giorgio Moltisanti from Rolling Stone placed it on the 6th place in the list of Mina's most underrated albums. Moltisanti stated that this is actually the peak from an artistic point of view, which, unfortunately, did not succeed in sales, comparing this result with Dusty in Memphis, which did not shine on the charts and was recognized only after a while.^[4]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lazy River"	Hoagy Carmichael Sidney Arodin	2:49
2.	"I Should Care"	Axel Stordahl Paul Weston Sammy Cahn	3:15
3.	"I discorsi"	Augusto Martelli Mina	3:06
4.	"Somos"	Mario Clavell	2:29
5.	"La canzone di Marinella"	Fabrizio De André Elvio Monti	3:11
6.	"The Man that Got Away"	George Gershwin Harold Arlen	2:44
Total length:			17:34

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That Old Feelin'"	Lew Brown Sammy Fain	3:33
2.	"So (Preciso aprender a ser só)"	Marcos Valle Paulo Sérgio Valle Tania Bellanca	3:19
3.	"Sentimental Journey"	Ben Homer Les Brown Bud Green	2:50
4.	"Johnny Guitar"	Peggy Lee Victor Young	2:41
5.	"Ma se ghe penso"	Attilio Margutti Mario Cappello	3:31
6.	"Bésame Mucho"	Consuelo Velázquez	2:40
Total length:			18:34

Personnel

Mina – vocals
Augusto Martelli – arrangement, conducting

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[5]

Charts

Chart performance for *Dedicato a mio padre*
Chart (1967)	Peak position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[6]	5

References

^ "Dedicato a mio padre". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ "Mina e il jazz". Jazz Convention (in Italian). 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ "The Story". PDU Music (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ Moltisanti, Giorgio (27 November 2018). "I 10 album dimenticati di Mina". Rolling Stone (in Italian). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ Mina (2001). Dedicato a mio padre (liner notes). Italy: PDU. 090 7906862. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.