Track Listing

1. Innamorata [From the Film: Artists and Models] - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Jerry Vale
2. Volare
3. Ciao Ciao Bambina
4. Non Dimenticar
5. O Sole Mio
6. Mama
7. Arrivederci Roma
8. Al-Di-La
9. Malafemmina
10. Ah! Camminare [From Musical: Bravo Giovanni!]
11. Summertime in Venice [From the Film: Summertime]
12. Come Back to Sorrento (Torna a Surriento)
13. Luna Rossa
14. Amore, Scusami (My Love, Forgive Me)
15. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (Lo Che Non Vivo Senza Te)
16. Rusella 'E Maggio!
17. Oh Marie
18. More [From the Film: Mondo Cane]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3240 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 1998-09-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

A WONDERFUL COLLECTION FROM JERRY VALE!
This collection of Italian favorites is a perfect complement to any others you may have, by Jerry Vale or anyone else. With liner notes by Jerry himself, you can feel the passion behind every word and great arrangement executed here. A particular standout on this collection is "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" (sung in English) Only Vic Damone's version with Don Costa gets close to this fine reading. Another great cut off this CD is "Summertime In Venice", with its weeping mandolins and beautiful words, it's as if you're floating along on a gondola through Venice itself! The usual standards are also here, like the stirring "O Sole Mio", "Come Back To Sorrento", and "Santa Lucia", which makes this album all the more cherishable. Being 100% Italian and growing up listening to all these songs, I can attest that whether you speak fluent Italian or not a word, when the music's this good, you WILL understand it and appreciate it! (Just ask my non-Italian speaking friends if you don't believe me!) A long overdue handful of Jerry's finest songs. (Rumor has it a similar collection of "greatest hits" in English, and a boxed set are in the works for 2001; can't wait for those!)

Another version of "Al Di La", and LOTS of stirring vocals
You don't need to be Italian to enjoy these beautifully arranged and vocally superior Italian standards. This CD is a compilation of some of Jerry's best vocals. "Come Back To Sorrento", a hit single for Jerry, boosts Vale hitting his highest note. (Love those high notes!) This version of "Al Di La" is not the usual version of Jerry's, but an nice alternative version that's a must for collectors of Vale's music. Another of my favorites is on this CD, "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me". Originally sung by the "Floaters", Jerry's version rocks with strong vocals and stirring orchestration. The sensational "Amore, Scusami",(more high notes) and "Luna Rossa" are nice additions to this CD as well. Every song is a classic sung with perfection...crisp, clear, and ringing. No Jerry Vale collection would be complete without this CD.

Perfecto!!
There are no greater romantic songs....than Italian love songs. And the way Mr. Vale sings Innamorata.....brings chills to your soul! Truly beautiful!