Si, Si, this classic is on our playlist and everyone loves it!
Tenor Claudio Villa was born Claudio Pica in the Trastevere quarter of Rome in 1926. He recorded over 3000 songs, sold 45 million records, and appeared in 25 musicals during his career.
Dean Martin’s ‘Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine’, a great tune for a sumptuous summer day!
Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine is a 1964 compilation album by Capitol Records released after Dean Martin moved to Reprise Records. It collects several non-LP singles and album tracks recorded by Dean while with Capitol.
L’Italiano has been on our playlist since day one.
The classic Italian song!
Let me sing!
“L’Italiano (Lasciatemi Cantare)” (commonly known as “L’Italiano“) is an Italianpop song by Toto Cutugno released in 1983. It was his biggest international hit and is his best-known composition. The song was forgotten during the 1990s and was re-discovered when Toto Cutugno performed it live at a charity concert in Rome commemorating Italy’s victory at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, creating a new wave of popularity for this song.[1]
C’est si bon is a French popular song composed in 1947 by Henri Betti with the lyrics by André Hornez. The English lyrics were written in 1950 byJerry Seelen. The song is also adapted in several languages.
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The song soon became a popular and much recorded jazz standard, described as “without doubt … one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote … Gershwin’s highly evocative writing brilliantly mixes elements of jazz and the song styles of blacks in the southeast United States from the early twentieth century”.[2] Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim has characterized Heyward’s lyrics for “Summertime” and “My Man’s Gone Now” as “the best lyrics in the musical theater”.[3] The song is recognized as one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music, with more than 33,000 covers by groups and solo performers.
“Ain’t That a Kick in the Head” by Dean Martin is one of the favourite songs for us all here at Santa Lucia.
Here is a video with the lyrics, so you can sing along!
“Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?” is a hook-laden song that was written in 1960 with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was first recorded on May 10, 1960 by Dean Martin, with conducting by Nelson Riddle. Martin performed the song in the 1960 heist film Ocean’s 11 in an alternate arrangement featuring vibraphonist Red Norvo and his quartet.
Si, Si, this classic is on our playlist and everyone loves it!
Tenor Claudio Villa was born Claudio Pica in the Trastevere quarter of Rome in 1926. He recorded over 3000 songs, sold 45 million records, and appeared in 25 musicals during his career.
Franky baby does it again with this beautiful summer song !
Summer Wind was first recorded by Wayne Newton in 1965 but is mostly known by Frank Sinatra which was released with his 1966 album, Strangers in the Night.
Music: Henry Mayer
Lyrics: (By Johnny Mercer)