Our Man From Italy

~ Release by Sergio Franchi (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Annotation

Sergio Franchi's second RCA was released on January 5th, and peaked at #66 on Billboard 200 on February 9, 1963. This album remained on Billboard's Pop charts for 10 weeks.

Annotation last modified on 2014-02-02 20:58 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
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A1Dicitencello vuie
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Joseph Habig
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Dicitencello vuje
lyricist:
Enzo Fusco
composer:
Rodolfo Falvo (in 1930)
2:30
A2Summertime in Venice
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Joseph Habig
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Summertime in Venice
lyricist:
Pinchi (Italian lyricist Giuseppe Perotti)
composer:
Alessandro Cicognini
translator:
Carl Sigman
3:17
A3Arrivederci, Roma
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Joseph Habig
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Arrivederci Roma (English version)
lyricist:
Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini
composer:
Renato Rascel (Italian singer)
translator:
Carl Sigman
translated version of:
Arrivederci Roma (italian original)
3:20
A4Santa Lucia
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Joseph Habig
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Santa Lucia (Italian version)
lyricist and composer:
Teodoro Cottrau (composer)
translator:
Enrico Cossovich (Italian poet) (in 1849)
translated version of:
Santa Lucia (original traditional Neapolitan song)
3:12
A5Souvenir d'Italie
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Joseph Habig
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Souvenir d'Italie
lyricist:
Giulio Scarnicci and Renzo Tarabusi
composer:
Lelio Luttazzi (Italian composer, musician, actor, singer, conductor, writer, television & radio presenter)
2:53
A6I'te vurria vasa!
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Joseph Habig
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
I’ te vurria vasà
lyricist:
Emmanuele Mazzucchi (Italian composer, known for “’O sole mio”)
composer:
Eduardo Di Capua (in 1900)
3:15
B1Anema e core (How Wonderful to Know)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
How Wonderful to Know
lyricist:
Tito Manlio
composer:
Salve d'Esposito (Italian composer)
translator:
Kermit Goell
translated version of:
Anema e core
3:00
B2Torna, piccina!
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Joseph Habig
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Torna, piccina!
lyricist and composer:
Cesare Andrea Bixio
3:31
B3Love Theme From "La strada"
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Joseph Habig
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Love Theme from "La Strada" (Traveling Down a Lonely Road)
lyricist:
Michele Galdieri (in 1954)
composer:
Nino Rota (Italian composer) (in 1954)
translator:
Don Raye
version of:
La Strada (love theme from the 1954 Federico Fellini film, instrumental version)
2:45
B4Luna rossa
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Joseph Habig
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Luna rossa
lyricist:
Vincenzo de Crescenzo (Italian songwriter, born 1915 in Naples)
composer:
Antonio Vian
2:30
B5Autumn in Rome
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Joseph Habig
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Autumn in Rome (from film "Indiscretion of an American Wife")
additional writer:
Sammy Cahn
additional composer:
Paul Weston
composer:
Alessandro Cicognini
3:25
B6Mamma
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Joseph Habig
tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Mamma
lyricist:
Bixio Cherubini (in 1940)
composer:
Cesare Andrea Bixio (in 1940)
2:57