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The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent; however, the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish. [9] [10] Andrew Khan, writing in The Guardian, later described the sound as reminiscent of Bob Dylan's output from the 1980s. [10]
The song was a 1962 Billboard Top 100 entry by Pat Boone. Quando is the only Italian word normally retained in most English-language renditions of the song. Pat Boone sang the starting piece in Italian but then carried on the rest of it in English, repeating every now and again some Italian words. The Italian words sung by Boone are:
Pages in category "English-language Italian songs" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The song has been recorded in a number of versions. The Italian version performed by Fran Jeffries appears in the film, but not on the soundtrack album.An instrumental that resembles the underscore of Jeffries' version is included on the soundtrack album, as is a group vocal with only vaguely related English lyrics (which can be heard in the film during the fancy-dress ball and costume party ...
"Eh, Cumpari!" is a novelty song. It was adapted from a traditional Italian song by Julius La Rosa and Archie Bleyer in 1953 and sung by La Rosa with Bleyer's orchestra as backing on a recording that year. [1] [2] The song is a cumulative song, in which each verse contains all of the
In 1960, Robert B. and Richard M. Sherman wrote a new set of English lyrics to the melody of "Funiculì, Funiculà" with the title "Dream Boy". [7] [8] [9] Annette Funicello included the song on her album of Italian songs titled Italiannette and also released it as a single that became a minor hit. [10]
"Santa Lucia" (Italian: [ˈsanta luˈtʃiːa], Neapolitan: [ˈsandə luˈʃiːə]) is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was translated by Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) from Neapolitan into Italian and published by the Cottrau firm, as a barcarola, in Naples in 1849, during the first stage of the Italian unification. Significantly, it is the ...
Italian term Literal translation Definition Bel canto: beautiful singing: Any fine singing, esp. that popular in 18th- and 19th-century Italian opera Bravura: skill: A performance of extraordinary virtuosity Bravo: skillful: A cry of congratulation to a male singer or performer. (Masc. pl. bravi; fem. sing. brava; fem. pl. brave.)