KSMQ Music Specials
In Our Midst: Kathryn Bisanti, "Mambo Italiano"
3/9/2022 | 3mVideo has Closed Captions
Kathryn Bisanti performs "Mambo Italiano" which had become a hit for Rosemary Clooney.
"In Our Midst" is a series that features unheralded talent in the Austin area. We showcase six songs performed by Kathryn Bisanti, a mezzo-soprano and an instructor at MacPhail Center for Music in Austin. In 1954, "Mambo Italiano" became a hit for Rosemary Clooney. The composer, Bob Merrill, is said to have scribbled the lyrics onto a napkin under deadline while eating at a restaurant in New York.
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KSMQ Music Specials is a local public television program presented by KSMQ
KSMQ Music Specials
In Our Midst: Kathryn Bisanti, "Mambo Italiano"
3/9/2022 | 3mVideo has Closed Captions
"In Our Midst" is a series that features unheralded talent in the Austin area. We showcase six songs performed by Kathryn Bisanti, a mezzo-soprano and an instructor at MacPhail Center for Music in Austin. In 1954, "Mambo Italiano" became a hit for Rosemary Clooney. The composer, Bob Merrill, is said to have scribbled the lyrics onto a napkin under deadline while eating at a restaurant in New York.
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(water flowing) (piano music) ♪ A girl went back to Napoli ♪ ♪ Because she missed the scenery ♪ ♪ The native dances and the charming songs ♪ ♪ But wait a minute, ♪ ♪ something's wrong ♪ - [Musician] One, two, three, four.
(lively music) ♪ Hey, mambo mambo Italiano ♪ ♪ Hey, mambo mambo Italiano ♪ ♪ Go, go, go you mixed up Siciliano ♪ ♪ All you Calabrese do the mambo like crazy when ya ♪ ♪ Hey mambo, don't want to tarantella ♪ ♪ Hey mambo, no more a mozzarella ♪ ♪ Hey mambo mambo Italiano ♪ ♪ Try an enchilada with da fishy bac a la ♪ ♪ Hey Goombah, ♪ ♪ I love it when you dance rhumbah ♪ ♪ But take-a some advice Paisano ♪ ♪ Learn how to mambo ♪ ♪ If you gonna be a square ♪ ♪ You ain't-a gonna go nowhere a ♪ ♪ Hey, mambo mambo Italiano ♪ ♪ Hey, mambo mambo Italiano ♪ ♪ Go, go, go you mixed up Siciliano ♪ ♪ It's a so delish a ev'rybody can copisha ♪ ♪ When you mambo ♪ ♪ Italiano ♪ ♪ (lively piano music) ♪ ♪ Shake a baby shake a cause I love a when you take a me ♪ ♪ (lively piano and base music) ♪ ♪ Mama say ♪ ♪ "Stop-a or I'm gonna go to papa" ♪ ♪ And a hey ja drool ♪ ♪ you don't have to go to school ♪ ♪ Just make-a wid da beat bambino ♪ ♪ It's a like a vino ♪ ♪ Kid you good a lookin' but you don't a-know ♪ ♪ What is cookin' till you ♪ ♪ Hey, mambo mambo Italiano ♪ ♪ Hey, mambo mambo Italiano ♪ ♪ Go, go, go, shake it like a Giovanno ♪ ♪ Hello kess-a-deetch-a you getta happy in the feets a ♪ ♪ When you mambo ♪ ♪ Italiano ♪ ♪ (lively music) ♪ ♪ 'Ats nice ♪ - [Narrator] Funding for this program is provided in part by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund, and the citizens of Minnesota.
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