Fred Buscaglione: Criminalmente Fred (Sugar Music, 1992)

Ferdinando Buscaglione was one of the most known entertainers of the Italian Fifties. Both as an actor and as a singer, he played the character of a Thirties-style gangster: whisky, women and gunfights were his key clichés. From a musical perspective, he was one of the most important Italian jazz/swing players of his era. Relying on the proficient Asternovas septept (Buscaglione himself played the violin), he improved a distinctive night-club style with ironic lyrics and smoky, half-spoken vocals which would later influence many Italian artists, the most prominent being Paolo Conte.
"Criminalmente Fred" is a commemorative compilation which collects Buscaglione's most renown songs.


Tracklist:

1. Eri piccola cosi'
2. Che notte
3. Il dritto di Chicago
4. Porfirio Villarosa
5. Teresa non sparare
6. Sgancia e pedala
7. Whisky facile
8. Che bambola
9. Le rififi
10. Noi duri
11. Nel cielo dei bars
12. Che bella cosa sei
13. A qualcuno piace Fred
14. Ninna nanna del duro
15. Ciao Joe
16. Joe Castagnola
17. Fred's scat
18. Voglio scoprir l'America
19. Carina
20. Buonasera (signorina)
21. Love in Portofino
22. Guarda che luna
23. Tu che ne dici
24. Supermolleggiata
25. Non partir
26. Criminalmente bella
27. Una sigaretta
28. Mi sei rimasta negli occhi
29. Mi sei rimasta negli occhi (stumentale)

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