Song of the Week #146: “Four Or Five Times” by Muggsy Spanier feat. Song of the Week #147: “Mele Kalikimaka” by The Puppini Sisters You can find the songs also on my Spotify playlist or on 8tracks. What do you think about this version? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!Įvery Monday, I post a new “ Song of the Week“. ITunes EU ･ iTunes US ･ Amazon DE ･ Amazon US ･ Amazon UK Title: Tu Vuo' Fa' L'americanoĪlbum: Canzone Della Strada Well, the lyrics you have to find somewhere else since this version by the German Jazz and World Music quartet Quadro Nuevo (founded in 1996) is an instrumental one. The lyrics are about an Italian who imitates the contemporary American lifestyle and acts like a Yankee, drinking whisky and soda, dancing to rock ‘n roll, playing baseball and smoking Camel cigarettes, but who still depends on his parents for money. The song is generally considered to be a satire on the process of Americanization that occurred in the early post-war years, when southern Italy was still a rural, traditional society. It was also performed by Rosario Fiorello in the 1999 film The Talented Mr. The song was featured in the 1960 Melville Shavelson film It Started in Naples, in which it was sung by Sofia Loren. Combining swing and jazz, it became one of his best-known songs. Commissioned by Ricordi director Rapetti for a radio contest, the music was composed by Carosone in a very short time after reading Nisa's lyrics he immediately believed the song would become a great success.Ĭarosone's original version of the song was performed by him in the film Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (directed by Mario Mattoli, 1958). “Tu vuò fà l'americano” (English: “You want to do American”, or more idiomatically, “You're an American wannabe”) is a Neapolitan language song by Italian singer Renato Carosone.Ĭarosone wrote the song in collaboration with Nicola “Nisa” Salerno in 1956. My thanks go to David Knoll, a swing and tango dancer in Zürich, who brought this tune to my attention. I'm more than happy to share it in my weekly series. This song is quite new in my library and always when I spin it, a few dancers wanna know the details about it. Most of the times, I'm DJ'ing for Balboa dancers. According to the Italian newspaper la Repubblica, “Tu vuò fa l’americano” is the definitive hit single of Carosone’s artistic career, as he retired from music in 1960, just four years after releasing the song.Currently, I'm at The Snowball in Stockholm Sweden and I'm one of the main DJs here. The song is generally considered to be a satire of the Americanization that occurred in the early years after World War II, when southern Italy was still a rural, traditional society.

The lyrics are about an Italian who affects a contemporary American lifestyle, drinking whisky and soda, dancing to rock ‘n roll, playing baseball and smoking Camel cigarettes, but who still depends on his parents for money.

It was also performed by Rosario Fiorello in the 1999 film The Talented Mr. The song was featured in the 1960 Melville Shavelson film It Started in Naples, in which it was sung by Sophia Loren. Commissioned by Ricordi director Rapetti for a radio contest, the music was composed by Carosone in a very short time after reading Nisa’s lyrics he immediately believed the song would become a great success.Ĭarosone’s original version of the song was performed by him in the film Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (directed by Mario Mattoli, 1958). Combining swing and jazz, it became one of his best-known songs. “ “Tu vuò fà l’americano” “You Want to Be American”) is a Neapolitan language song by Italian singer Renato Carosone.Ĭarosone wrote the song in collaboration with Nicola “Nisa” Salerno in 1956. Tu Vuo' Fa' L'Americano Lyrics: Puorta 'e cazune cu nu stemma arreto / Na cuppulella c''a visiera aizata / Passa scampanianno pe' Tuleto / Comme a nu guappo, pe' te f guarda / Tu vuo' f l.

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