"Mambo Italiano" is a popular song arranged by Bob Merrill in 1954. The song itself had been a traditional, danceable folk-like song in Italy for ages (no one knows who had actually written it and there were many versions of the song, including some different lyrics and types of music), but it was Merrill who put it on paper and made the song popular worldwide. The biggest-selling version, recorded by Rosemary Clooney, charted in 1954, in the francophone world it was popularised as a translation by Dario Moreno. Another version was recorded by Dean Martin. In the United Kingdom, the song was recorded by Alma Cogan in 1955. Bette Midler also recorded a version of this song.
The disk jockey Martin Block, then broadcasting on New York City radio station WABC, refused to play the song as he deemed it objectionable and inappropriate - since the song can be seen as about the mambo or sexual intercourse.
In the 1960 film It Started in Naples, Sophia Loren performs a burlesque show version of Mambo Italiano.
In 2000 it was remixed and re-released by Shaft, reaching #12 on the UK singles chart. The bands Groove Armada and Basement Jaxx have each recorded their own electronic music versions of the song.
In 2011, Lady Gaga sampled the melody of this composition in her song "Americano" featured in her album Born This Way. Wikipedia
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Here is Rosemary Clooney with a short version of the song
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