Lady Barbara

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| name = Lady Barbara

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| type = single

| artist = Renato dei Profeti

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| B-side = L'Università

| released = April 1970

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| genre = Pop Rock

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=44}}

| label = CBS

| writer = Totò Savio, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Claudio Cavallaro

| producer = Alfredo Cerruti, Elio Gariboldi

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| next_title = Verità che batti nella mente

| next_year = 1970

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"Lady Barbara" is a song written by Totò Savio, Giancarlo Bigazzi, and Claudio Cavallaro and performed by Renato dei Profeti, founder of the group I Profeti at his first solo venture. The song won the Un disco per l'estate festival and peaked at first place on the Italian hit parade.{{cite book|last=Eddy Anselmi|title=Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana|year=2009|publisher=Panini Comics, 2009|isbn=978-8863462296}}{{cite book|last=Enrico Deregibus|title=Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana|date=8 October 2010|publisher=Giunti Editore, 2010|isbn=978-8809756250}} The same year the song also named a musicarello film, Lady Barbara, directed by Mario Amendola and starred by the same Renato dei Profeti.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|date=1991 |publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059350}}

The same year the song was adapted into English by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson, and the cover version performed by Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits, reached #7 in New Zealand and #13 in the United Kingdom in 1970.[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Lady+Barbara+by+Herman%27s+Hermits&id=19179 Herman's Hermits, "Lady Barbara" Chart Positions] Retrieved January 10, 2015 It was the last single of the Herman's Hermits that featured Peter Noone. This version was produced by Mickie Most.[http://www.discogs.com/Peter-Noone-Hermans-Hermits-Lady-Barbara/master/244038 Herman's Hermits, "Lady Barbara" single release] Retrieved January 10, 2015