DEAN MARTIN - MAMBO ITALIANO

MAMBO ITALIANO

DEAN MARTIN

SONGWRITER: FRANKIE LAINE & BOB MERRILL

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: THE VERY BEST OF DEAN MARTIN – VOL. 2

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2004

"Mambo Italiano" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill in 1954 and recorded by Rosemary Clooney. Merrill wrote it under deadline, scribbled hastily on a paper napkin in an Italian restaurant in New York, United States using the wall pay-phone to dictate the melody, rhythm and lyrics to the recording studio pianist, under the aegis of conductor Mitch Miller. The song became a hit for Clooney, reaching #10 on the charts in the United States and number one in the UK Singles Chart early in 1955.

The original record was produced by Mitch Miller.

In 2000, it was remixed and re-released by Shaft, reaching #12 on the UK Singles Chart.

Dean Martin (Steubenville, 7 de junho de 1917 — Beverly Hills, 25 de dezembro de 1995) foi um dos mais influentes artistas do século 20, tanto na música, televisão, bem como no cinema. Seu nome de batismo é Dino Paul Crocetti.

Era integrante da "Rat Pack", um grupo de amigos formado por Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford e Joey Bishop que realizaram algumas atividades artísticas em conjunto na década de 1960. É bastante reconhecido por sua parceria de enorme êxito com Jerry Lewis. Morreu em decorrência de câncer no pulmão.

A boy went back to Napoli

because he missed the scenery

the native dances

and the charming songs

but wait a minute

something's wrong!

'cause now it's...

Hey mambo

mambo Italiano

hey hey mambo

mambo Italiano

Go go go

you mixed up Siciliano

All you Calabrese do the mambo like-a crazy with the

Hey mambo

don't wanna tarantella

Hey mambo no more mozzarella

Hey mambo

mambo Italiano

Try an enchilada

with a fish baccala

And then hey gumba love how you dance the rumba

But take a some advice pisano learn how to mambo

If you're gonna be a square you ain't-a gonna go nowhere

Hey mambo

mambo Italiano

hey mambo

mambo Italiano

Go go Joe

shake like a tiavanna

E lo che se dice

you get happy in the pizza when you

Mambo Italiano

Hey chadrool

you don't-a have to go to the school

Just make it with a big bambino

It's like vino

Kid you good-a looking but you don't-a know what's cooking 'til you

Hey mambo

mambo Italiano

Hey hey mambo

mambo Italiano

Ho ho ho

you mixed up Siciliano

E lo che se dice you get happy in the pizza when you

Mambo Italiano