Английская Википедия:C'è la luna mezzo mare
Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox song Шаблон:Listen Шаблон:Langnf, mostly known in the English-speaking world as "C'è la luna mezzo mare", "Luna mezz'o mare" and other similar titles, is a comic Sicilian song with worldwide popularity, traditionally styled as a brisk Шаблон:Music tarantella. The song portrays a mother-daughter "coming of age" exchange consisting of various comic, and sometimes sexual, innuendos. It is frequently performed at Italian-American wedding receptions and other festive occasions. Hit versions have included "Oh! Ma-Ma! (The Butcher Boy)" by Rudy Vallée and "Lazy Mary (Luna Mezzo Mare)" by Lou Monte.
Origin
Related music and lyrics appeared as early as 1835, in the art song "Шаблон:Lang" (Шаблон:Lang) by Gioachino Rossini and Carlo Pepoli. By 1871 in Italy, bawdier versions were circulating. In 1927, New York City's Italian Book Company arranged and recorded a version by Sicilian sailor Paolo Citorello (sometimes spelled Citarella), and an American court upheld their copyright in 1928.[1][2]
Popularity
Since the first recording in 1927, the song has proliferated with different titles and lyrics, both in English and in several southern Italian dialects.[2][3] Hit recordings in the United States have included "Oh! Ma-Ma!" by Rudy Vallée (1938, peaked at No. 8)[4] and "Lazy Mary" by Lou Monte (1958, peaked at No. 12).[5] Monte's version was initially banned from British broadcasts for undesirable innuendo,[6] but has been played to a family-filled baseball stadium during the seventh-inning stretch at almost every New York Mets home game since the mid-1990s, as the result of a fan survey.[7] The humorous lyrics center around a young woman wondering about marriage with various tradesmen (butcher, fisherman, fireman, etc.), ensuring the song's sustained popularity at Italian wedding receptions, including the opening scene of The Godfather (1972).[2][3]. The song was also included in the 2010 videogame Mafia II, as part of the fictional radio station Empire Classic. In early 2022 the song was used as part of a popular TikTok trend where creators would use the song showing things in their home that "just make sense" while making a stereotypical Italian hand gesture to the beat of the song.
Notable recordings
The song has been notably recorded with the following performers and titles:[2][3][8]
- 1927: Paolo Citarella, "Luna mezzomare (Moonlight at Sea)" (Brunswick Records – 58042)
- 1928: Rosina Gioiosa, "Шаблон:Lang (I Want to Get Married)" (Brunswick Records – 58073)
- 1929: Paolo Citorello, "Шаблон:Lang"
- 1930: Paolo Citorello, "Шаблон:Lang (I Want to Get Married)"
- 1930s: Silvia Coruzzolo, "Шаблон:Lang"
- 1930s: Шаблон:Lang, "Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang)"
- 1938: Rudy Vallée, "Oh! Ma-Ma! (The Butcher Boy)", 1975 compilation Jukebox Saturday Night. 96 Great Jukebox Hits (Reader's Digest – RDA 139-A)
- 1938: Billy Cotton and His Band, "Oh! Ma-Ma" (Rex – 9309)
- 1938: Joe Loss and His Band, "Oh! Ma-Ma!" (Regal Zonophone Records – MR 2785)
- 1938: Dick Robertson and His Orchestra, "Oh! Ma-Ma! (The Butcher Boy)" (Decca Records – 1726)
- 1938: Gracie Fields, "Oh! Ma-Ma (The Butcher Boy)" (Rex – 9350)
- 1938: Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "Oh! Ma-Ma (The Butcher Boy)" (Victor – 25857)
- 1938: Nat Gonella & His Georgians "Oh! Ma-Ma" (Odeon Records – O.F. 5712)
- 1938: George Hall, "Oh! Ma Ma (The Butcher Boy)"
- 1938: Andrews Sisters, "Oh! Ma-Ma! (The Butcher Boy)" (Decca Records – 1859); 1957 album Andrews Sisters by Popular Demand (Decca Records – DL 8360)
- 1938: Gail Reese and Glenn Miller Orchestra, "Oh! Ma-Ma! (The Butcher Boy)", 2001 album The Complete Sustaining Broadcasts: Volume 3 - On the Sentimental Side (Jazz Band Records – EBCD 2180/81-2)
- 1939: Paolo Dones, "Шаблон:Lang" (Columbia Records – 14359-F)
- 1940: Trio Vocale Sorelle Lescano, "Ohi Ma - Ma! (Parlophon – G.P. 92840)
- 1946: Rosemarie, "Chena a luna", 1953 album Show Stoppers (Mercury Records – MG 25143)
- 1951: Dean Martin, "Luna mezzo mare" (Capitol Records – 1724); 1993 album Pardners (Fremus – CDFR 0507)
- 1954: Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, "Oh! Ma-Ma" (Disque "Gramophone" – K-8170); album Guy Lombardo Plays (RCA Camden – CAL-255)
- 1958: Lou Monte, "Lazy Mary (Шаблон:Lang)", album Lou Monte Sings For You (Per te) (RCA Victor – LPM-1651)
- 1958: Johnny Puleo and His Harmonica Gang, "Шаблон:Lang", album Шаблон:Lang (Audio Fidelity Records – AFLP 1883)
- 1960: The Mills Brothers, "Oh! Ma-Ma! (The Butcher Boy)" (Dot Records – 45-16049); 1974 album The Best of The Mills Brothers Volume II (Famous Twinsets – PAS-2-1027)
- 1961: Marianne, "Oh! Ma-Ma!" (Sonet Records – T 8109)
- 1961: Louis Prima, "Oh Ma Ma Twist" (Dot Records – 45-16301); 1962 compilation Februar I/1962 (Telefunken – MU 4)
- 1962: Marino Marini and his quartet "Oh! Ma-Ma Twist" (durium - Ld A 7201)
- 1963: Louis Prima, "Che-la-luna" (Prima Magnagroove – PS 3001); 1964 album The King of Clubs (Prima Magnagroove – PM 3003)
- 1973: Salix Alba, "Oh Mama" (Disques Vogue – VB. 278); album Salix Alba (Disques Vogue – CLPVB)
- 1975: I' Liguri, "Шаблон:Lang", album I' Liguri (Complex IV – XPL-1055)
- 1979: De Deurzakkers, "Oh, Mama" (Philips - 6012 880)
- 1983: Stars on 45, album Star Sisters Album (Delta – DEL 7018)
- 1999: Frank Simms, "Luna mezzo mare", compilation Mickey Blue Eyes (Milan Records – 73138-35888-2)
- 2002: Enrique Rodríguez and his Orchestra, album Шаблон:Lang (EMI – 7243 5 41705 2 2)
- 2005: Patrizio, "Шаблон:Lang", album Patrizio The Italian (Universal Music TV – 9871823)
- 2013: Guido Luciani, "Luna mezzo mare", album That's amore! A night in Little Italy (Somerset Group)
- 2015: Famiglia Amica Valenza, "C'è la luna mezz'o mare"
- xxxx: Len Hughes and his Orchestra "Oh! Ma-Ma!" (Tempo - 667)
- xxxx: Kristian Haugers Danseorkester – "Oh, Ma-Ma" (Telefunken – T-8198)
References
See also
Шаблон:The Andrews Sisters Шаблон:New York Mets Шаблон:Authority control
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- 1927 songs
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