Love, Italian Style

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

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 mini series) and Canta Ragazzina, her entry for the 1967 edition of the San Remo Festival.

The album project Love, Italian style was produced by Pete Spargo, 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 bilingual in Neapolitan and English.

Track listing

Side A

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
1.	"Souvenir d'Italie"	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 vasa"	V. Russo, E. Di Capua	3.31
4.	"La Violetera"	Traditional	1.37
5.	"Passione"	Traditional	2.42
6.	"Tango delle Rose"	unknown	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"	E. Marolo, E. Tagliaferri, O. Paul	2.20
3.	"Tarantella"	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"	G. Cioffi, S. Bonagura, A. A. Beach	2.39
6.	"Terra straniera"	Traditional	3.08

External links

• Official Connie Francis Fan Club Site
• The Original Connie Francis Mailing List - biggest fan community on the world wide web