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37 Italian Song Covers Continued...

10/26/2016

In the previous post there were 18 Italian song covers discussed and put to test your music knowledge. If you did not get a chance to read it or would like to re-read it,click here.

Here are the final 19 Italian cover songs. Below each of the cover video/songs there are the original artists’ video. Sit back, grab a drink, relax and listen for awhile…which version do you prefer? Buon divertimento! Enjoy!

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37 Popular Songs Covered in Italian: 18 songs presented now and another 19 will be covered in the next post. Can you guess the original artist and song title? Test your music know-how.

10/19/2016

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In the previous two posts I discussed original Italian songs that were covered by American and English musicians such as the famous O Sole Mio redone by Elvis Presley, It’s Now or Never, Pino Donaggio’s song Io Che Non Vivo remade by the iconic Dusty Springfield into You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me and many others. If you haven’t read the posts or would like to re-read them click here and here…

Now let’s explore covers/re-makes by Italian singers from the songs of American and English musicians. Will you be able to guess the original song title if you heard the Italian version? How about the original musical group? Let’s try it and see…

You will see and hear 18 Italian cover songs. Put your musical knowledge to the test and try to guess the original song title and or original group/singer correctly after viewing the 18 video/songs…Make it a little easier for yourself and grab a piece of paper and a pen, after hearing/viewing each song write down your answer for original song title and artist and then take the trivia quiz below…In Bocca al Lupo (Good Luck)!

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Part Two of 9 Original Italian Songs Covered By American and English Artists

10/12/2016

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In the previous post we discussed the allure of the Italian language and how that has been interpreted into its music, specifically its music that has been covered by American and English musicians. We had talked briefly about Elvis Presley, Gypsy Kings, Engelbert Humperdinck and many others that have remade original Italian songs into their own.
Other Italian songs from the 1960’s and beyond that had been covered were Lucio Dalla’s (another talented and gifted Italian singer-song-writer) Pafff…Bum/Io Non Ho Mai Pianto Mai Cosi’ done by the Yardbirds and the famous Lucio Battisti’s song, Prigioniero del Mondo covered by Cilla Black and retitled Only Forever Will Do. Emilio Pericoli’s famous song Al Di La was covered by artists such as the Ray Charles Singers, Connie Francis, and Jerry Vale, as the songs of Riccardo del Turco’s Uno Tranquillo redone by the Tremeloes, Suddenly You Love Me, and del Turco’s Luglio done by the Herman’s Hermits and known as Something’s Happening and another song covered by Cilla Black entitled You’re My World taken from the original song by Umberto Bindi, Il Mio Mondo. Then there are other more well known and recognizable songs such as the great Dusty Springfield’s cover of Pino Donaggio’s song Io Che Non Vivo.

And Tom Jones’ song Help Yourself taken from the original Gli Occhi Miei (Dino and Wilma Goich)…

And the Italian group known as the Rokes, Piangi Con Me which was made famous by the cover done by Grass Roots’, Let’s Live For Today…

And for those that remember the music from the 1980’s and the cheese that dripped from its notes can remember Laura Branigan covering two of Umberto Tozzi’s songs, Gloria and Ti Amo…

Last but not necessarily least, Renato Carasone’s 1956 hit, Tu Vuo’ Fa’ L’Americano recently remade by Yolanda Be Cool and known as We No Speak Americano, the words are still sung in Italian, however the music has changed slightly. Enjoy.

If you know of any others, please let me know and I will add them to the post!

The next post will be dedicated to the songs covered by Italian artists from American and English musicians. I wonder if you will be able to tell from what original song and artists the Italian covers were taken from…until next time, a presto! See you soon!

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37 Italian Song Covers Continued...

37 Popular Songs Covered in Italian: 18 songs presented now and another 19 will be covered in the next post. Can you guess the original artist and song title? Test your music know-how.

Part Two of 9 Original Italian Songs Covered By American and English Artists

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