Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1950
Buona Sera
Buy Buona Sera now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
"'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 in 1956. It reached number one in the singles charts in Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway, and is ranked number 3 on the all-time best-selling singles chart in Flanders between 1954 and 2014, as compiled by Ultratop. Prima's track also reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1958.
Ralf Bendix reached number 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 number 7 in the UK Singles Chart in 1960.
The song was used as the theme song for the second season of the TV series, 'Platane', by ric Judor in 2013.
Other versions
* Svend Asmussen, Denmark
* Eddie Meduza, Sweden
* Marcel Azzola, France
* Al Bano, Italy
* Bad Manners, UK, 1981 (number 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
* Andr 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
* Korda Gyrgy, Hungary, 1998
* The Jive Aces, UK
* Oliver Fonsi, Italy
* "Kvartet 4 M" from Zagreb (Croatie, ex Jugoslavia) 1960
References
Category:1950 songs
Category:Number-one singles in Belgium
Category:Number-one singles in the Netherlands
Category:Number-one singles in Norway
Category:Songs with music by Peter DeRose
Category:Songs written by Carl Sigman
Buy Buona Sera now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 1950