Thursday, August 21, 2008

UMBERTO MARCATO covers various SANREMO-entries


Italian born Umberto Marcato started his recording career from Sweden, where he was quite successful in the late 50's & 60's.

He usually sang in Italian covering Sanremo-winners like "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" & "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" from 1958 & 1959 by Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli,

"Romantica" from 1960 by Renato Rascel & Tony Dallara,

"Vola colomba" from 1952 by Nilla Pizzi,

"Al di là" from 1961 by Betty Curtis / Luciano Tajoli, which you can see on this EP, which includes also

"Le mille bolle blu" from the same year by Mina / Jenny Luna.

He also recorded "Nessuno" from 1959 by Betty Curtis / Wilma De Angelis,

"È mezzanotte" from 1960 by Joe Sentieri / Sergio Bruni,

"Casetta in Canadà" from 1958 by Carla Boni & Gino Latilla &

"Sole sole" from 1964 by Laura Villa.

His version of this latter one is a duet with Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist, which they recorded also in German.

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