Cocktail Hour: Mario Lanza

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How much did popular music change in the latter half of the 20th century? A good answer might begin with the career of Mario Lanza, the proclaimed "Hollywood tenor." Luciano Pavarotti would probably be the closest modern parallel, though Pavarotti's "popular" success outside classical has been decidedly limited--does anyone remember "Yes, Giorgio"? By contrast, Lanza was a superstar of records, radio, and films by his 20s, his soaring tenor maturing remarkably early and drawing many comparisons to the great Enrico Caruso. Lanza died of a massive heart attack at just 38. This bountiful double-disc collection of Lanza radio performances is a good way to get acquainted with his spectacular voice, gathering together a sometimes dizzying array of popular ballads, operatic arias, Italian folk songs, and even lovably quasi-Mexican American kitsch like "The Donkey Serenade." --Jerry McCulley

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    		Cocktail Hour: Mario Lanza
    Mario Lanza
    Manufacturer: Columbia River Ent.
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
    Traditional PopTraditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00001ZSZK
    Release Date: 1999-10-12

    Tracks:

    1. Be My Love
    2. Cosi Cosa
    3. The Donkey Serenade
    4. Parlami D'Amore Mariu
    5. A Kiss
    6. Recondita Armonia
    7. Song Of Songs
    8. Mama Mia Che Vo Sape
    9. Come Back To Sorrento
    10. Without A Song
    11. O Sole Mio
    12. The Loveliest Night Of The Year
    13. Catari Catari
    14. Vogliatemi Bene

    Tracks:

    1. My Song, My Love
    2. Granada
    3. Diane
    4. Funiculi Funicula
    5. Thine Alone
    6. Vesta La Giubba
    7. A Vuchella
    8. Serenade
    9. Marechiare
    10. The Rosary
    11. Lolita
    12. If
    13. They Didn't Believe Me
    14. Be My Love (Reprise)

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    How much did popular music change in the latter half of the 20th century? A good answer might begin with the career of Mario Lanza, the proclaimed "Hollywood tenor." Luciano Pavarotti would probably be the closest modern parallel, though Pavarotti's "popular" success outside classical has been decidedly limited--does anyone remember "Yes, Giorgio"? By contrast, Lanza was a superstar of records, radio, and films by his 20s, his soaring tenor maturing remarkably early and drawing many comparisons to the great Enrico Caruso. Lanza died of a massive heart attack at just 38. This bountiful double-disc collection of Lanza radio performances is a good way to get acquainted with his spectacular voice, gathering together a sometimes dizzying array of popular ballads, operatic arias, Italian folk songs, and even lovably quasi-Mexican American kitsch like "The Donkey Serenade." --Jerry McCulley

    Music:

    1. Cole Porter Songbook: Night & Day [Import]
    2. Confessions of a Dangerous Singer
    3. Don Ho Christmas Album
    4. Downtown: Pye Anthology
    5. Ella: The First Lady of Song [Import]
    6. EMI/UA Years 1959-1979 [Box set] [Import]
    7. Fabulous Voice of Mario Lanza [Import]
    8. From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies
    9. From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie/Venice Blue
    10. From Swing to Bebop [Box set] [Import] [Original recording remastered]

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