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Daniele Serra - Sonny Boy, 1929

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Channel: 240252 · 2013 · Music

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Daniele Serra con Orchestra -- Sonny Boy, canzone fox-trot dal Film „Il Cantante Pazzo" (The Singing Fool) (De Sylva -- Brown -- Henderson) Disco Grammofono 1929  (Italy) 

NOTE: It's always so difficult to part with the Italian song. Therefore -- after having uploaded  a couple of days ago, a wonderful rendition of "Violino tzigano" by Ada Neri, I am now presenting again the Great Daniele Serra -- whose other few renditions I had presented in my channel some time ago: "Scrivimi"  http://youtu.be/Sa309iNW9Lk "Come le foglie" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuSZnP4NeqQ&feature=share&list=PL5C30EDD2D0A2C4B6  and "Gigolo" http://youtu.be/FBU1C_43by4 

There's no doubt for me, Daniele Serra's wonderful voice and his dramatic talent would have made him forever one of the greatest canzone interpreters in Italy in the 20th century -- alas, he missed the opportunity because of his erroneous political choice: he completely commited himself to fascism. His numerous recordings of Italian fascist's hymns and songs from the Italian-Abissinia war in 1936, have invariably assigned his name to the history of Mussolini's regime in bella Italia. And it will forever be unknown for us, whether any comfort to this great artist is the fact that many of his contemporary artists, unfortunately, also went this route. 

For the picture-show -- to accompany Daniele Serra's flaring interpretation -- I selected several unique old Italian posters, which I am the fan of.

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