Buona Sera
Buona Sera (sometimes titled Buona Sera, Signorina) is a song written by Carl Sigman and Peter de Rose and best known as performed by Louis Prima & His Orchestra in 1957. It reached #1 in the singles charts in Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway, and is ranked #3 on the all-time best-selling singles chart in Flanders between 1954 and 2014 as compiled by Ultratop.[1]
Ralf Bendix reached #5 in Germany with his recording of the same song in 1958. In the same year, Dean Martin recorded the song on his This is Dean Martin! album. Acker Bilk's version reached #7 in the UK in 1960.
The song was used as the theme song for the second season of the TV series "Platane" by Éric Judor in 2013.[2]
Other versions
- Svend Asmussen, Denmark
- Eddie Meduza, Sweden
- Marcel Azzola, France
- Al Bano, Italy
- Bad Manners, UK, 1981 (#34 in UK singles chart)
- Francis Bay with Freddy Sunder, Belgium
- Alfie Boe, 2014
- Dick Brave, Germany
- Patrizio Buanne, 2012
- Fred Buscaglione, Italy, 1958
- Adriano Celentano, Italy, 1958
- Emile Ford
- The Gaylords, US, 1958
- Rocco Granata
- André Hazes, Netherlands, 1985
- John Leyton
- Marino Marini, Italy, 1958
- Van Morrison
- Line Renaud, France, 1958
- Matteo Simoni, on the soundtrack of Marina (2013 film), 2013
- Vico Torriani, Switzerland
- Olavi Virta, Finland, 1958
- Dean Martin, US
References
- ^ "Ultratop 1001, de best verkochte hits aller tijden". Ultratop. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "" Platane " : une musique de générique signée Louis Prima". Quai Baco. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2019.