Love, Italian Style

Love, Italian Style
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Studio album by Connie Francis
Released	January 1967
Recorded	October 12–14, 1966
Studio	Milan Ricordi Studios, Rome
Genre	Pop
Label	MGM E-4448 (mono)/SE-4448 (stereo)
Producer	Pete Spargo
Connie Francis chronology
Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door (1966) Love, Italian Style (1967) Happiness - Connie Francis On Broadway Today (1967)

Love, Italian Style is a studio album recorded by American pop singer Connie Francis.

Background

During October 1966, Francis recorded several Italian language tracks at Milan Ricordi Studios in Rome, Italy. Some tracks were Italian language cover versions of her current US hits, such as "Spanish Nights and You", while others were of Italian origin, such as "Regent's Park" (the theme song for an Italian television miniseries Melissa) and "Canta ragazzina," her entry for the 1967 edition of the Sanremo Festival. The album was produced by Pete Spargo and engineered by Val Valentin; the orchestra was conducted by Iller Pattacini. The album consists of traditional Italian songs brought up to date with combined arrangements of traditional Italian instruments (e.g. mandolins) and modern instruments (e.g. electric guitars). Francis sings all songs either entirely in Neapolitan, or bilingually in Neapolitan and English.

Track listing

Side A

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
1.	"Souvenir d'Italie" ("Souvenir of Italy")	L. Luttazzi, S. Tambusi, Carl Sigman	2.38
2.	"Chella llá"	S. Taccani, U. Bertini, A. Hoffman, D. Manning	1.45
3.	"I' te vurria vasà"	V. Russo, E. Di Capua	3.31
4.	"La Violetera"	Traditional	1.37
5.	"Passione"	Traditional	2.42
6.	"Tango delle Rosa"	Albert Gamse, Schreier-Bottero	2.00

Side B

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
1.	"Statte vicino a 'mme"	E. Barrata, A. Ciervo, A. Delle Grotte	2.57
2.	"Piscatore 'e Pusilleco" ("The Fisher of Pusilleco")	E. Marolo, E. Tagliaferri, O. Paul	2.20
3.	"Tarantella" ("Lucky, Lucky, Lucky Me")	M. Berle, B. Arnold	1.45
4.	"'Na voce, 'na chitarra e' 'o poco 'e luna"	C. A. Rossi, U. Calise, A. Stillmann	2.05
5.	"Scalinatella" ("Stairway to the Sea")	G. Cioffi, S. Bonagura, A. A. Beach	2.39
6.	"Terra straniera"	Traditional	3.08