' Tu vuò fà l'americano' ( pronounced 'You Want to Be American') is a Neapolitan language song by Italian singer Renato Carosone.Ĭarosone wrote the song in collaboration with Nicola 'Nisa' Salerno in 1956. You can find many versions of the song, but we have a soft spot for the fast pace of Rocco Granata (yes, Marina…) and Buscemi.1956 song by Renato Carosone 'Tu vuò fà l'americano' We pluck the following lyric translation from the net: In 1958 Nisa and his composer companion Renato Carosone again scored a major hit with a song about a cool Casanova. Mussolini was then already an outspoken supporter of Franco and Hitler, and would two year later enact racist and anti-Semitic laws. Nicola Salerno in uniform (possibly during his military service in Africa?)Ī stain on our song writer’s reputation? Or a one-time faute de parcours? It makes us wonder how much sympathy the then 26-year old Nisa had for the fascist regime. Strangely the fascist marching song ‘ L’Italia ha vinto’ (to celebrate the victory over Ethiopia in 1936) is omitted in his authorship list on l’Encyclopedia Libera. Nisa’s oeuvre of songs spans from 1937 to 1967, so tells us the Italian Wikipedia. It gives a pretty good idea of the girl’s triumph in far-away Denmark… The original footage of her performance in Copenhagen was lost, but we have to thank a certain Dave (‘1947dave’s channel’ on YouTube) for editing original stills and video from her 1 minute reprise on top of the original radio broadcast. The then 16-year-old Gigliola Cinquetti won with historic high scores. Nisa gave words to this eternal tristesse and longing of the youth: The aficionados of the Eurovision song festival will remember the 1964 winning song ‘ Non ho l’età’ (previously also the winner of the Festival di Sanremo). The song is about a girl not being old enough to go out with someone for love and romance. Or, you can enjoy the original boogie-woogie version by the cheery Renato Carosone. One of these songs ( Tu vuò fa’ l’americano) was resampled in an Australian version and became a world-wide success in 2010. To experience once again the nervous electronic beats of ‘ We No Speak Americano’, have a peek here. He was the writer of many songs, some of them became big hits even out of Italy. During four decades, from the Thirties until the Sixties, Nisa put his mark on Neapolitan music. It took us some time to discover that Nisa was a nom de plume for Nicola Salerno (1910-1969), a lyricist born in Naples. ‘Maria la O’ and ‘Primo Amore’, two songs illustrated by Nisa (s.d.) ‘Yava Nera’ and ‘Canta Bandoneon’, illustrated by Nisa (19) Photo arrangements by Nisa for the film music songs ‘ Torna, Piccina!‘ (from the 1936 film ‘Vivere’) and ‘ Son Come Tu mi Vuoi‘ (from the 1934 film ‘Il Caso Haller’). Our collection holds a dozen or so Nisa covers, mostly in the typical Italian art-deco style of the Thirties.

for the publishers Edizioni Curci and Bixio). Nisa was a talented illustrator of children’s books and designer of sheet music covers (a.o. An Italian version of the ‘ Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay‘ world hit (Edizione Curci, 1933). ‘ Taratapunt-ti-e, Storia d’un valzer’ (illustrated by Nisa).

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