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Tu Vuo' Fa' L'Americano - Hetty & the Jazzato Band
"Tu vuò fà l'americano" ("You Want to Be American" ) is a Neapolitan language song by Italian singer Renato Carosone.
Carosone wrote the song in collaboration with Nicola "Nisa" Salerno in 1956. Combining swing and jazz, it became one of his best-known songs. Commissioned by Ricordi director Rapetti for a radio contest, the music was composed by Carosone in a very short time after reading Nisa's lyrics; he immediately believed the song would become a great success.
Carosone's original version of the song was performed by him in the film Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (directed by Mario Mattoli, 1958). The song was featured in the 1960 Melville Shavelson film It Started in Naples, in which it was sung by Sophia Loren. It was also performed by Rosario Fiorello in the 1999 film The Talented Mr. Ripley.
The lyrics are about an Italian who affects a contemporary American lifestyle, drinking whisky and soda, dancing to rock 'n roll,...
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Here are some different versions that were hits around the world.....
Brazilian singer José Augusto recorded the song in Portuguese as "Faz de Conta".
Vietnamese singer Đàm Vĩnh Hưng recorded his version in Vietnamese as "Say Tình" in 2001
Austrian-Italian singer Patrizio Buanne recorded his version in album "The Italian" in 2005.
In 1983, Finnish singer Kari Tapio recorded a cover titled "Olen suomalainen" ("I am a Finn" ), which became a hit in Finland.
Also in 1983, a Dutch version titled "Als ik maar bij jou ben" ("As long as I'm with you" ) was a moderate hit for palingsound group Canyon from Volendam.
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"Venus" is a song by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, initially released as a single in the Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by Robbie van Leeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries.
The song has been covered dozens of times by many artists. In 1986, English girl group Bananarama covered "Venus" for their third studio album, True Confessions, with the single reaching number one in six countries. The composition has been featured in numerous films, television shows and commercials.
The song was written by Robbie van Leeuwen, Shocking Blue's guitarist, sitarist and background vocalist. Van Leeuwen wrote new lyrics set to music based on "The Banjo Song" by Tim Rose and the Big 3, which is in turn lyrically a modification of the 19th century song "Oh! Susanna" by Stephen Foster. Influences from other songs include the opening guitar riff that is similar to The Who's "Pinball Wizard".
The song was recorded on a two-track machine in Soundpush Studio in Blaricum, the Netherlands....
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Piemontesina Bella is a love song that became popular in 1936, though not in Piedmontese dialect, it has however become also a symbol of the folk tradition of Piedmont. Lyrics were by Enrico Frati, music by Giovanni Raimondo.
The song tells about a young student in Turin who must leave after finishing his studies. In addition to leaving the city of Turin, he also must leave his "beautiful Piemontesina" (Rosina), with whom he fell in love and spent many evenings at the "Valentino", the city park of Turin, one of the Historic landmarks of the city.
The music is a rather melancholic waltz, and is often danced and sung in folk festivals, but is also a symbol of so many Piedmontese who emigrated and missed their homeland. ItalyHeritage.com
Italian folk music has a deep and complex history. National unification came quite late to the Italian peninsula, so its many hundreds of separate cultures remained un-homogenized until quite recently compared to many other European countries. Moreover, Italian folk music reflects ...
