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An ironic car ode, the lyrics of "Sausalito Summernight" focus on a couple driving a "Rambler" north from Los Angeles to San Francisco who take a break in Sausalito, four miles from San Francisco (and in fact to its north). In other countries, the track is known as "Sausolito Summernight", as a result of a misspelling on the Netherlands ...
Diesel was created in October 1978 by ex- Kayak drummer Pim Koopman. The group, at first no more than a hobby project, initially consisted of Koopman (drums, keyboard and vocals) and Rob Vunderink (guitar/lead vocals, composer and lyricist), Mark Boon (guitar, composer and lyricist), and Frank Papendrecht (bass; 10 May 1953 – 18 November 2009 ...
The song has been recorded in a number of versions. The Italian version performed by Fran Jeffries appears in the film, but not on the soundtrack album.An instrumental that resembles the underscore of Jeffries' version is included on the soundtrack album, as is a group vocal with only vaguely related English lyrics (which can be heard in the film during the fancy-dress ball and costume party ...
Four of the tracks from this album (the aforementioned "Sausalito Summernight", "Goin' Back to China" (US No. 105), "Alibi", and "Down in the Silvermine") were released as singles. [3] Worldwide sales of 350,000 units were reported for Watts in a Tank in December 1981. [8] The album charted at #68 in the U.S. and #19 for four weeks in Canada.
Neapolitan. " Santa Lucia " (Italian: [ˈsanta luˈtʃiːa], Neapolitan: [ˈsandə luˈʃiːə]) is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was translated by Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) into Italian and published by the Cottrau firm, as a barcarola, in Naples in 1849. Cottrau translated it from Neapolitan into Italian during the first stage of the ...
Un'estate italiana. " Un'estate italiana " (Italian: [uneˈstaːte itaˈljaːna]), " Un verano italiano " (Spanish: [um beˈɾano itaˈljano]; both meaning "An Italian summer") or " To Be Number One " is the official song of the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy, composed by Giorgio Moroder. The Italian version, also known as " Notti magiche ...
Ulvaeus then recorded a demo using nonsense French words for lyrics, and took the recording home to write the lyrics for "The Winner Takes It All". According to Ulvaeus, he drank whiskey while he was writing, and it was the quickest lyric he ever wrote. He said, "I was drunk, and the whole lyric came to me in a rush of emotion in one hour."
Jasper Cini (October 7, 1927 – October 13, 2009), known professionally as Al Martino, was an American traditional pop and jazz singer.He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid-1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", [1] and became known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The Godfather.