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Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites
''Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites'' is a studio album recorded by American singer and entertainer Connie Francis. Background The album consists of traditional Italian and Neapolitan songs (e. g. '' Santa Lucia'') as well as then-current contemporary songs like '' Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)'' or '' Piove'' which both had risen to international fame after being Italy's entries to the Eurovision Song Contests of 1958 and 1959. ''Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites'' was recorded following a suggestion from Francis' father, George Franconero Sr., who played an active part in directing Francis' career. He had realized that Francis would have to make a timely transition from the youth-oriented Rock 'n' Roll music to adult contemporary music if she wanted to pursue a successful long-term career in music. To make the album appealing to both Italian immigrants as well as listeners not familiar with Romanic languages, Francis sang most of the songs bilingual in either I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Francis
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero ( ; born December 12, 1937), known as Connie Francis, is a retired American Pop music, pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She is estimated to have sold more than 200 million records worldwide. In 1960, Francis was recognized as the most successful female artist in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Australia, and in every other country where records were purchased. She was the first woman in history to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 when "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" topped the chart in 1960, she was also the first woman to have 3 No. 1 hits on the chart, just three of her 53 career hits. Biography 1937–1955: Early life and first appearances Francis was born to an Italian-American family (one of her grandfathers having immigrated from Reggio Calabria in 1905) in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, the first child of George Franconero (191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Languages
The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are Language family, directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. The five list of languages by number of native speakers, most widely spoken Romance languages by number of native speakers are: * Spanish language, Spanish (489 million): official language in Spain, Mexico, Equatorial Guinea, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, SADR, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and most of Central America, Central and South America * French language, French (310 million): official in 26 countries * Portuguese language, Portuguese (240 million): official in Portugal, Brazil, Portuguese-speaking African countries, Portuguese-speaking Africa, Timor-Leste and Macau * Italian language, Italian (67 million): official in Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Switzerland; mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Garinei
Pietro Garinei (1 February 1919 – 9 May 2006) was an Italian playwright, actor, and songwriter. Brother of Enzo Garinei. Biography Garinei was born in Trieste in 1919. He later worked as a sports journalist for the daily newspaper in Milan and Rome, where he met Sandro Giovannini. The two discovered a shared interest in music and entertainment, and left the paper shortly after to found a satiric newspaper. In September 1944 they established a musical theater, Cantachiaro, which was named after a weekly satirical magazine they had contributed to. The first star of their theater was Anna Magnani. Following the end of World War II, Garinei and Giovannini collaborated with the Radio RAI. In 1949 they started working as playwrights, and in 1952 they wrote one of Italy's first musical comedy, ''Attanasio cavallo vanesio'', featuring Renato Rascel. Garinei and Giovaninni also wrote a series of musicals such as ''Un paio d'ali'', ''Ciao Rudy'', '' Rugantino'', '' Aggiungi un posto a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Rascel
Renato Ranucci (; 27 April 1912 – 2 January 1991), known by the stage name Renato Rascel (), was an Italian film actor and singer. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1972. He represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 with the song "Romantica", which tied for eighth place out of thirteen entries. Biography Rascel was born to Cesare and Paola Ranucci in Turin. His parents were opera singers, and Renato evidently was born in the back stage of a theater. His father tried to make it up to him by having him baptized at Saint Peter's in Rome. Renato later sang with the "white voices choir" of Saint Peter under the leadership of composer-conductor Lorenzo Perosi. At the age of 14 Renato started to play drums in ballrooms around Rome. Soon after, he joined the Di Fiorenza Sisters as an actor, dancer and clown and in 1934 he was hired for his first big role by the Schwarts Brothers in the operetta "Al Cavallino bianco". In 1935, he joined Elena Gray for his first fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrivederci Roma
"Arrivederci Roma" (English: "Goodbye, Rome") is the title and refrain of a popular Italian song, composed in 1955 by Renato Rascel, with lyrics by Pietro Garinei and . It was published in 1957 as part of the soundtrack of the Italo-American musical film with the same title, released as ''Seven Hills of Rome'' in English. In the movie, the song is sung by the leading character, played by the American singer and actor Mario Lanza. Carl Sigman wrote the lyrics for the English-language version of the movie. Another version of the song, with the same melody but a new set of English lyrics by Jack Fishman, was published in 1955 with the title "Arrivederci Darling". Both versions of the song, in Italian and English, enjoyed lasting and widespread success in the following years. "Arrivederci Roma" lyrics ''Arrivederci'' (contraction of ''a rivederci''), which literally means "until we see each other again", is a common Italian equivalent of "goodbye". The original lyrics express the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Akst
Harry Akst (August 15, 1894 – March 31, 1963) - accessed November 19, 2011 was an American , who started out his career as a in accompanying singers such as , Frank Fay and |
Anema E Core (1950 Song)
"Anema e core" (; Neapolitan for "Heart and soul") is a popular Neapolitan song composed by Salve D'Esposito with lyrics by Tito Manlio. It was first introduced in 1950, sung by the tenor Tito Schipa. English versions Three sets of English lyrics have been written to this song: "Until" The first English lyrics were written under the title "Until" by Sylvia Dee and Sidney Lippman. The best-known recording of this song in 1952 was recorded by Dinah Shore. It was also recorded by Dean Martin on November 19, 1951. A recording of the song was made on December 16, 1951, by Johnny Desmond. It was released as Coral Records catalog number 60629. There were also instrumental recordings by the Frankie Carle and Freddy Martin orchestras (though, as instrumentals, there is nothing to differentiate them from the other versions named below). "Anema e core" / "With All My Heart and Soul" Another English lyric was written by Manny Curtis and Harry Akst. This version was sometimes recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Francis Sings Irish Favorites
''Connie Francis sings Irish Favorites'' is a studio album recorded by United States, U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis. Background After the success of her 1959 album ''Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites'' (which remained on the album charts for 81 weeks and peaked at # 4), Francis decided to release more albums that appealed to immigrants in the United States. In 1960, she had released one album each of Connie Francis sings Spanish And Latin American Favorites, Spanish and Latin American Favorites, Connie Francis sings Jewish Favorites, Jewish Favorites, and More Italian Favorites, followed by Connie Francis sings Folk Song Favorites, Folk Favorites in 1961. ''Connie Francis sings Irish Favorites'' was the sixth installment in this series of "Favorites", which would produce two more albums featuring Connie Francis sings German Favorites, German Favorites and Great Country Favorites, both in 1964, the latter being a duet album with Hank Williams, Jr., Hank Williams, jr. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Francis Sings German Favorites
''Connie Francis sings German Favorites'' is a studio album of German songs recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis. Background Unlike the other installments in Francis' series of "Favorites" albums, ''Connie Francis sings German Favorites'' does not focus on the traditional songs of a certain country or ethnic group. Beginning in 1960 with the overwhelming success of ''Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel'', a German version of her U.S. No. 1 hit ''Everybody's Somebody's Fool "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" is a song written by Jack Keller and Howard Greenfield that was a No. 1 hit for Connie Francis in 1960. A polka-style version in German, "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel", was the first German single recorded an ...'', Francis had established herself in Germany as a respected performer of contemporary German music. By the time of the album's release, Francis had enjoyed six No. 1 hits on the German charts. Hence, ''Connie Francis sings German Favorites'' is more of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a music recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, London, Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, which owned it until Universal Music Group (UMG) took control of part of it in 2013. It is ultimately owned by UMG subsidiary Virgin Records Limited. The studio's most notable client was the Beatles, who used the studio – particularly its Studio Two room – as the venue for many of the Recording practices of the Beatles, innovative recording techniques that they adopted throughout the 1960s. In 1976, the studio was renamed from ''EMI'' to ''Abbey Road''. In 2009, Abbey Road came under threat of sale to property developers. In response, the British Government protected the site, granting it English Heritage Listed building, Grade II listed status in 2010, thereby preserving the building from any major alterati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlitz Corporation
Berlitz Corporation is a language education and leadership training company which is based in Princeton, New Jersey. The company was founded in 1878 by Maximilian Berlitz in Providence, Rhode Island in the United States. Berlitz Corporation is owned by Berlitz Holdings, a company established through a 100% investment by ILSC Holdings LP (which owns ILSC Education Group, a company engaged in language education businesses such as study abroad), with more than 547 company-owned and franchised locations in more than 70 countries. History 1878: The First Berlitz Language School Maximilian Berlitz, born in Germany in 1852 to a family of educators and mathematicians, emigrated to the United States in 1870 and settled in Westerly, Rhode Island. By 1877, he had moved to Providence, where he taught languages at Bryant and Stratton National Business College, later known as Warner’s Polytechnic Business College. In 1878, Berlitz founded the first Berlitz School of Languages in Provid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
