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“Come Back To Sorrento” by Ernesto Di Curtis & Eduardo de Capua . . . . Chord/Melody arrangement by Ukulele Mike Lynch . . . . contained in the NEW Chord/Melody eBook FOUR

October 15, 2016

UKULELE MIKE LYNCH - All things UKULELE

sorrento-blog-headerAccording to Wikipedia “Torna a Surriento” (pronounced [ˈtɔrn a ssurˈrjendə]) is a Neapolitan song composed in 1902 by Italian musician Ernesto De Curtis to words by his brother, the poet and painter Giambattista De Curtis. The song was copyrighted officially in 1905, and has since become one of the most popular songs of this traditional genre, which include others such as O sole mio, Funiculì, funiculà, and Santa Lucia.

“Torna a Surriento” has been sung by performers as diverse as Frank Sinatra, Beniamino Gigli, Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Enrico Caruso, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Ruggero Raimondi, Meat Loaf, Mario Lanza, Franco Corelli, Robertino Loreti, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Muslim Magomayev, Francesco Albanese, Jerry Adriani, Roberto Carlos, Alfie Boe, Anna Calvi, Karel Gott

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