List of songs recorded by Sergio Franchi

This is a comprehensive list of the songs recorded by Sergio Franchi. It begins with the songs he recorded on the Durium label in Italy and in the UK (1959-1961), and continues with the songs he recorded in the United States beginning in 1962.

Songs recorded at Durium Studios, Italy & UK

Most of these thirty-one (1959-1961) songs were recorded in the Italian language: the exception is the third song, which was recorded in both Italian and English/Italian versions. "Il nostro concerto" and "Amore Mio" were both originally recorded by Franchi in Italian, but English/Italian versions were recorded by him on the Durium (UK) label. Franchi's recordings of "Amore Mio" and "I tuoi occhi verde" were hit singles in Italy. The songs in this section were primarily recordings for the popular Italian market (includes four Christmas carols) during Franchi's return to Italy from South Africa; it includes selections from the Sanremo Music Festival during 1960 and 1961. Songs titles include likely English translations.

• "Amore mio" (My Love) (Hit record for Franchi in Italy)^[1]
• "Falsamoneta" (False Money..Counterfeit)
• "Good Old London Town (Grigio di Londra)" (from Dal film Il mondo di notte)
• "Grand'mere"
• "Gringo"
• "I' tuoi occhi verde" (Your Green Eyes) (Hit record for Franchi in Italy)^[1]
• "In fondo all' anima" (The depth of soul)
• "Il nostro concerto" (Our Concert) List of number-one hits of 1960 (Italy)
• "La montagna" (The Mountain)
• "Le nacchere" (The Castanets)
• "Lassu nel cielo" (Up there in the sky)
• "Lei" (Senterei; Pazzaglia authors) Italian song placed 12th Sanremo Music Festival 1961
• "Non cercatemi" (Do not look for me)
• "Non ho mai amato" (I never loved)
• "Non so dimenticare" (I cannot forget)
• "Perderti" (Miss). From Sanremo Music Festival in 1960
• "Perdoniamoci" (Let us forgive). From Sanremo Music Festival in 1960
• "Pero' la bocca" (However the mouth?)
• "Piu' nulla" (More than anything)
• "Princepessa d'un di" (Princess of a time)
• "Sapro' che sei tu (I will know it is you)"
• "Se due squarde s'incontrano" (If two glances meet). Franchi credited with lyrics.
• "Smarrimento" (Loss of Self)
• "Splende il sole" (The sun is shining). From Sanremo Music Festival in 1960
• "Splende l'arcobaleno" (Shines the rainbow). From Sanremo Music Festival in 1960
• "Sulla sabbia" (On the sand)
• "Uscita da un quadro (Di Modligiani)" (Output from a painting by Modigliani)

Christmas carols:

• "Tu scendi dalle stelle" (Traditional Italian Christmas carol)
• "Fra l'orrido rigor" (Traditional Italian Christmas carol)
• "Bianco Natale (White Christmas)"
• "Santa notte ((Silent) Holy Night)"

Songs recorded on American albums

Regarding his repertoire, Sergio Franchi stated that he had a "four-pronged approach",^[2] but that included some of his operatic arias which were very popular as encores with his concert audiences. A true operatic crossover artist (with its genre-busting complexities), Franchi recorded two studio albums devoted to opera (The Dream Duet and The Great Moments From Die Fledermaus, both with Anna Moffo). He also recorded three other operatic arias: two solo arias ("E lucevan le stelle," "Vesti la giubba" and "My heart at Thy Sweet Voice" dueting with Julie Andrews).. although he thought he performed many more. Songs from opera, operettas, and many of the classic Neapolitan songs are usually classified by genre as Opera. For the purposes of this list of songs, Sergio Franchi's recordings will be placed into the four categories that he used in organizing his repertoire.

Neapolitan and Italian songs

The following seventy-five songs were originally written by Italian composers and lyricists. Franchi's dedication to the genre is evidenced by the fact that almost all of his studio albums contain one or more Neapolitan and/or Italian songs. Three of his studio albums (Romantic Italian Songs, Our Man from Italy, & La Dolce Italy) contained all Italian selections.

• "Al di la" (Beyond) Winning song Sanremo Music Festival 1961
• "A Man Without Love" (Quando M'innamoro) From Sanremo Music Festival 1968
• "Ammore mio"
• "Anema e Core" (How Wonderful to Know)
• "Arrivederci Roma" (from the film of the same name, released as Seven Hills of Rome in Europe)
• "A vucchela ("Arieta di posilippo")"
• "Ay, ay Maria" (Franchi accompanies self on Flamenco guitar)
• "Buona sera"
• "(Dearest) Cara"
• "Caruso"
• "Chiove" (And it Rains)
• "Chitarra Romana" (Roman Guitars)
• "Comme facette mammeta?"
• "Core 'ngrato" (Ungrateful Heart)
• "Di nome si cimava vena ronda"
• "Dicitencello vuie" (You Should Tell Her) Several versions recorded
• "E lucevan le stelle" (aria from Puccini's opera Tosca)
• "Fenesta che lucive"
• "Fili d'oro" (Golden Threads)
• "Funiculi, Funicula"
• "(Give Him That) Pizza-zza"
• "I Have But One Heart" "(O Marenariello)" *(Neapolitan song in English featured in film The Godfather)
• "I Wrote A Song For You" ("Canzone per te") Winning song Sanremo Music Festival 1968
• "I'te vurria vasa!" (I Want to Kiss You!)
• "If You Should Leave Me" ("E se domani"). From Sanremo Music Festival 1964
• "Il primo amore" (My First Love)
• "Just Say I Love Her" ("Dicitencello vuie")
• "La strade nel bosco" (A Road in The Woods)
• "La vilanella" (Traditional Italian folk song with Sergio Franchi/Norman Luboff adaptation)
• "Laugh You Silly Clown" (Disco/Experimental rock version of "Vesti la giubba")
• "Luna rossa" (Blushing Moon)
• "Malafemmena" (A standard in Sergio Franchi's repertoire)
• "Mama" ("Mamma") (Franchi recorded several versions)
• "Mamma mia, che vo' sape'"
• "Marechiare"
• "Mattinata" ("L'auora di bianco vestita")
• "More Than Strangers" (Vorrei che fosse amore)
• "Musica proibita" (Forbidden Music)
• "My Heart Reminds Me" ("And That Reminds Me")(based on Italian instrumental "Autumn Concerto.")
• "Na voce, 'na chitarra e ' poco 'e luna" (In Italian & English)
• "Never Never Never" (Grande Grande Grande)
• "Non dimenticar" Franchi accompanies self on guitar
• "Non ti scordar di me" (Do Not Forget Me)
• "No One Else (Lui no)"
• "Oh Marie" (Maria Mari')
• "'O sole mio"
• "O Surdato 'Nnamurato" (Soldier in Love)
• "Oh, How Much I Love You" ("Dio, come ti amo") Winning song Sanremo Music Festival 1966
• "Our Concerto" ("Il nostro concerto")" Also recorded on Durium.
• "Parlami d'amore" (Speak to me of Love)
• "Passione"
• "Perdere l'amore" (Losing the Love) Winning song Sanremo Music Festival 1988
• "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" Winning song Sanremo Music Festival 1959
• "Piscatore'e Pusilleco" (Fishermen of Pusilleco)
• "Quando, quando, quando" (When, When, When) From the 1962 San Remo Music Festival
• "Santa Lucia"
• "Santa Lucia Luntana"
• "Serenade in The Night" ("Violino tzigano") English lyrics
• "Sicilian Wagonners"
• "Souvenir d'Italie" (Memories of Italy)
• "Speak Softly Love" *(Love Theme from 1972 film The Godfather) (aka "Parla piu piano")
• "Statte vicino a'mme" (Stay Close To Me)
• "The Gypsies" (Les Gitans)
• "This Is My Life (La vita)" From Sanremo Music Festival 1968 (English lyrics N. Newell)
• "Time Alone Will Tell ("Non pensare a me") Winning song Sanremo Music Festival 1967
• "Torna" (Come Back)
• "Torna a Surriento"
• "Torna, piccina!" (Come Back, My Little Girl)
• "Until Tonight" ("Concerto d'amore")
• "Vesti la giubba" (Aria from Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci)
• "Volare" ("Nel blu dipinto di blu") Winning song Sanremo Music Festival 1958
• "Vurria"
• "With You Beside Me" (Vogliamoci tanto bene)
• "Within Me" ("Stanotte sentirai una cazone") From the 1968 Sanremo Music Festival.

Songs from film and stage

This category contains eighty-three songs; but not the largest category when considering the one-hundred-six Italian and Neapolitan songs recorded by Franchi in both Italy and America. Five of his studio albums were dedicated to show tunes (Broadway - I Love You!, The Dream Duet with Anna Moffo, Original Cast Album of Do I Hear a Waltz?, the collaboration album Great Moments from Die Fledermaus, & The Songs of Richard Rodgers.)

Note: Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song^[3]

Popular and romantic ballads

This song list contains seventy-three songs recorded in a variety of styles (including Country/Western, American folk songs, and some International favorites). "Appasionada" and "Midnight in Paris" were recorded on a single in London with Wally Stott in 1962 and are believed to be two of the songs presented for Sergio Franchi's 1962 audition with RCA Victor.

• "And I Love You So"
• "Appasionada" (Luboff/Russell composition)
• "Autumn Leaves" ("Les Feuilles Mortes")
• "Bella Nina"
• "Blue Moon"
• "Buona Fortuna, Addio Bambina'
• "Chicago" (sung in Italian)
• "Cuando calienta el sol"
• "Ciao, Ciao (So Long For Now)" (Jose Melis song)
• "Don't Leave Me Now"
• "Ebb Tide"
• "Everybody Knows"
• "Granada" (in Spanish & English)
• "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
• "Here We Go 'Round Again"
• "Hold Me (I Need Your Arms Around Me)"
• "I Can't Get You Out of My Heart"
• "I Had the Craziest Dream"
• "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (in Italian)
• "I Mustn't Say I Love Her"
• "I Never Fell in Love"
• "I Search the World for Love"
• "I Should Care"
• "I Wish You Love ("Que Reste T-il de Nos Amours?") (In French & English)
• "I'll Never Smile Again"
• "I'm a Fool to Want You"
• "If (Bread song)"
• "In The Still of the Night"
• "It's Impossible"
• "Jean"
• "Let Me Try Again"
• "Lisa Love Me Now"
• "Love Is All"
• "Love Letters"
• "Marta" (1931 radio fame)
• "Midnight in Paris"
• "Mon Credo" (in French)
• "Moon Over Naples" (lyrics later revised to "Spanish Eyes")
• "Music From Across the Way"
• "No Arms Can Ever Hold You"
• "Noche De Ronde" (Be Mine Tonight) (In Spanish & English, Sergio accompanies himself on guitar)
• "No Man Is an Island" (with Texas A&M Singing Cadets)
• "Once"
• "Once in Love and Nevermore"
• "Open Your Heart" (In English & Italian)
• "Serenata (Love's Melody)" (Not Neapolitan song)
• "Oh Shenandoah" (accompanying self on guitar)
• "Somehow"
• "Stardust" (English & Italian)
• "Summertime in Venice" (In English & Italian)
• "Sweet Georgia Brown"
• "Tenderly" (English & Italian)
• "The Girl From Ipanema" (English & Italian)
• "The Good Life"
• "The Lives of Me"
• "The More I See You"
• "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (1935 song)"
• "The Night Ran Away With the Moon"
• "There Goes My Heart"
• "There's No Such Thing As Love"
• "This Heart"
• "To Give (The Reason I Live)"
• "To Love and Be Loved"
• "What Will Tomorrow Bring"
• "When Love Has Passed You By"
• "When Will It End (PJ's Theme)"
• "Why or Where or When"
• "Wind Beneath My Wings"
• "Winter Snow, Summer Rain"
• "Without You"
• "Yesterday"
• "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (In Italian & English)
• "You've Got Your Troubles"

Christmas and religious songs

• "Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)"(in Latin)
• "Away in a Manger"
• "Buon Natale (Christmas in Rome)"
• "Hatikvah" (The Hope) (Traditional Passover song, in Hebrew)
• "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"
• "O Come All Ye Faithful" ("Adeste Fidelis" in English)
• "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
• "Panis angelicus" (in Latin)
• "Silent Night"
• "The First Noel"
• "The Heart of Christmas (Cour' Di Natale)"
• "The Lord's Prayer"
• "Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle" (Traditional carol of Neapolitan origin) (recorded 2 versions)

References

External links

• Sergio Franhi on MusicBrainz
• Official Website for Sergio Franchi
• Sanremo Festival
• Sergio Franchi on IMDb
• Sergio Franchi on Discogs
• Sergio Franchi at Allmusic.com
• WorldCat Holdings for Sergio Franchi
• Library of Congress Audio Holdings for Sergio Franchi