"Gondolier" is a song by the French singer Dalida, first released on EP in December 1957. It was her second major hit after "Bambino". Reaching No. 1 on both the La Bourse des Chansons chart and the Music Hall chart in France, it was the title song for Dalida's 1958 album Gondolier.^[1] The song also reached No. 1 on the Belgian and Canadian charts.^[2]

The song's melody was composed by Peter De Angelis with lyrics by Jean Broussolle.^[3] It was released as promotional single on February 22, 1957,^[4] but it received no promotion because of the prolonged success of "Bambino".^[4]

As the song did not reach its audience, De Angelis and his colleague Bob Marucci^[5] wrote the English language version which gained success in the US and UK in mid 1957.^[6] During an interview in 1958, Dalida said, "I heard on radio Petula Clark singing it in English, and I like it very much so I decided to use the song for my Christmas special show."

On the end of 1957, Dalida used "Gondolier" as the title song of a French TV Christmas special, in which she was the main attraction. The song was issued on EP the next day and it gained instant success.^[4] It entered the charts at #1 in the first week of January 1958, and eventually spent 53 weeks in the top 20, until the last week of December 1958.^[7] It spent 9 weeks as #1 in January and February and again reached #1 for 10 weeks during the summer, earning Dalida her third gold disc.^[8]

Eventually, it became the most sold record of 1958,^[7] so promotions through TV and concert performances made the song a pop standard in France and one of Dalida's signature tracks.^[9]

"Gondolier" was covered by many artists.

In English, the song has been recorded by several artists under the title With all my Heart, including:

• Jodie Sands recorded the first version in English, released in April or May 1957. It reached #1 in the Belgian chart and was her only major hit in the United States (reaching #15 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in 1957).
• Petula Clark released it in June or July 1957 in Belgium and the United Kingdom (it reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart), which was before she became known in the US.^[10]
• Bing Crosby in 1958^[11]
• Dawn Robertson in 1977 made a disco remix on maxi single.
• Dave King in 1957.^[12]
• Betty Curtis "Con tutto il cuore" in 1958

• Eve Boswell in 1957.^[13]
• Judy Scott^[14]