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"Buona Sera" (sometimes titled "Buona Sera, Signorina") is a song written by Carl Sigman and Peter de Rose, and best known for being performed by Louis Prima in 1956. It reached number one in the singles charts in Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway, and is ranked number 3 on the all-time best-selling singles chart in Flanders between 1954 and 2014, as compiled by Ultratop. [1]
The song popularized the title expression "que sera, sera" to express "cheerful fatalism", though its use in English dates back to at least the 16th century. The phrase is evidently a word-for-word mistranslation of the English "What will be will be", [8] as in Spanish, it would be "lo que será, será ". [3]
Norman Gimbel took the song, removed the somewhat melancholy Spanish lyrics about a man wondering if he shall ever love again, and wrote brand-new English lyrics about a man praising his dancing partner's ability to affect his heart with how she "sways" when they dance. This new song, titled "Sway", has become a standard in the pop repertoire.
"Buona Sera" – An international hit for Louis Prima in 1956 "All I Need is You" (1942), co-written with Benny Davis and Mitchell Parish – Recorded in 1942 by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra, Gene Krupa and His Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald and the Keys, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra with vocals by Peggy Lee, and in 1958 by Chris Connor [4]
Bust in Plaza de los Compositores. Luis Demetrio, born Luis Demetrio Traconis Molina (April 21, 1931 – December 17, 2007), was a Mexican singer and composer best known for composing the Spanish-language 1953 pop standard "¿Quién será?" and its English-language counterpart "Sway" together with Mexican bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz and lyricist Norman Gimbel.
The article linked to by the "not" at the bottom of the trivia suggests that the Spanish equivalent could be wrong, and that the first verb should be in the subjunctive, not the future. — Paul G 17:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC) The French translation here is wrong -- "ce qui sera sera" means "who will be, will be."
Spanish: in Argentina and Uruguay the word chau is the most common expression for "goodbye". In Chile , chao is the standard farewell. In Spain , where "adios" (with a religious etymology as "goodbye", the same as Italian "addio" and French "adieu", meaning "to God" in English) is the common expression, people can use chao as an original way of ...
The list contains a total of 696 songs in 9 different languages. [note 1] All songs were released during or after Dalida's lifetime, either on vinyl or CD or as a music video on TV or DVD, except 2 songs [note 2] that didn't receive any public broadcast or release, but are internet leaked unofficially.