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About “Mambo Italiano,” from Wikipedia:
"Mambo Italiano" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill in 1954 for the American singer Rosemary Clooney. Merrill wrote it under a recording deadline, scribbling hastily on a paper napkin in an Italian restaurant in New York City, and then using the wall pay-phone to dictate the melody, rhythm and lyrics to the studio pianist…. The song became a hit for Clooney, reaching number 10 in the Billboard Hot 100 and number one in the UK Singles Chart early in 1955.”
Others who covered “Mambo Italiano” include Dean Martin, Bette Midler, and Gérard Darmon — see which ones you like:
— Rosemary Clooney —
— Bette Midler, with a glorious compilation of clips of Sophia Loren —
As an aside, the red dress scene in the previous video is from the 1955 film Scandal in Sorrento (Pane, amore e...), in which Loren dances with Vittorio De Sica to an instrumental version of “Mambo Italiano” —
— Gérard Darmon —
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