The Great Italian American Songbook
Factory Sealed CD
One of the reasons American entertainment became
such a strong cultural mix was because of the immigration from so many
countries. Many of the great Broadway songwriters and comedians were Jewish,
while blues, soul and gospel came from the African-Americans. Cajun music came
courtesy of the French; while English and Irish ballads dominated folk music,
and even the famed American balladeers were often immigrants of Italian
extraction. There were many operatic singers from Italy or of Italian
extraction and this inevitably crossed over into popular music. The American
singers were largely from Italian families, based predominantly in New York or
Philadelphia, and this 60-track collection features the very best of them.
1. Americano - Lou
Monte
2. On An Evening In
Roma (Sotter Celo De Roma) - Dean Martin
3. Papa Loves Mambo
- Perry Como
4. Summertime - Al
Martino
5. O Dio Mio -
Annette
6. Felicia No
Capicia - Louis Prima
7. Tonight You
Belong To Me - Nancy Sinatra
8. Just Ask Your
Heart - Frankie Avalon
9. Dansero - Don
Costa
10. Anything Goes -
Frank Sinatra
11. Hello Young
Lovers - James Darren
12. Just One Kiss -
Connie Stevens
13. How About You?
- Julius La Rosa
14. Teach Me Tiger
- April Stevens
15. Heart Of My Heart - Don Cornell
16. Chicago - Tony
Bennett
17. That Lucky Old
Sun - Frankie Laine
18. Delovely -
Morgana King
19. The Sheik Of
Araby - Jimmy Roselli
20. Prima Donna -
Jerry Vale
Disc: 2
1. I Left My Heart
In San Francisco - Tony Bennett
2. Think Of Me -
Nancy Sinatra
3. Mambo Italiano -
Dean Martin
4. Angelique - Lou
Monte
5. Round And Round
- Perry Como
6. Train Of Love -
Annette
7. I've Got You
Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
8. Fever - Louis
Prima
9. All Or Nothing
At All - Al Martino
10. The Girl In My
Dreams - The Four Seasons
11. Tango Italiano
- Connie Francis
12. Moonlight
Gambler - Frankie Laine
13. Undecided -
Morgana King
14. Girl In My
Office - Julius La Rosa
15. I Need You So -
Don Cornell
16. Anema E Core -
Vic Damone
17. Mr. Songwriter
- Connie Stevens
18. Eh Marie, Eh
Marie - Lou Monte
19. Non Ti Scordar
Di Me - Al Martino
20. Volare (Nel Blu
Dipinto Di Blu) - Dean Martin
Disc: 3
1. Just A Gigolo I
Ain't Got Nobody - Louis Prima
2. Tina Marie -
Perry Como
3. Venus - Frankie
Avalon
4. Come Prima -
Connie Francis
5. Buona Sera -
Dean Martin
6. Play Some Music
For Broken Hearts - Don Cornell
7. Lucky, Lucky -
Annette
8. One For My Baby
- Frank Sinatra
9. Sixteen Tons -
Lou Monte
10. Go Chase A
Moonbeam - Jerry Vale
11. Rags To Riches
- Tony Bennett
12. Everything I've
Got - Morgana King
13. A Fool In Love
- Jimmy Roselli
14. Let's Do It -
Connie Stevens
15. Con Amore - Al
Martino
16. The 3:10 To
Yuma - Frankie Laine
17. If I Had You -
Julius La Rosa
18. Comm'e Belle A
Stagione - Connie Francis
19. That's Amore -
Dean Martin
20.
Arrivederci Roma - Vic Damone