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2 unusual facts about Renato Carosone


It Started in Naples

One of the highlights of the film is a tongue-in-cheek musical number by Loren called "Tu vuò fà l'americano" (You Want To Be Americano) written by famed Neapolitan composer Renato Carosone.

Renato Carosone

He made an album called Honeymoon in Rome with Capitol Records T-10031.


Neapolitan language

Thanks to this heritage and the musical work of Renato Carosone in the 1950s, Neapolitan is still in use in popular music, even gaining national popularity in the songs of Pino Daniele and the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare.

Ultra.Dance 12

# "We No Speak Americano" (Johnson Peterson, Sylvester Martinez, Duncan Maclennan, Renato Carosone, Nicola Salerno) (Yolanda Be Cool, DCUP) – 3:38


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