Lazzarella
| "Lazzarella" | ||||
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| Single by Aurelio Fierro | ||||
| Language | Neapolitan Italian | |||
| B-side | "Napule, sole mio" | |||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3 minutes | |||
| Label | Durium | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Domenico Modugno, Riccardo Pazzaglia | |||
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"Lazzarella" is a famous Italian song composed by Domenico Modugno and Riccardo Pazzaglia. The song, with a performance by Aurelio Fierro, ranked second at the fifth edition of the Festival di Napoli. It also got an immediate commercial success, peaking at second place on the Italian hit parade.
The song was later covered by several artists, including the same Modugno, Dalida, Renato Carosone, Nino D'Angelo, Roberto Murolo, Massimo Ranieri, Laila Kinnunen, Claudio Villa, Eugenio Bennato, Pietra Montecorvino, Marino Marini, Nunzio Gallo, Nilla Pizzi, Jos Cleber, Giacomo Rondinella, Mario Trevi, Olavi Virta, Renzo Arbore, Jo Basile (accordion), and the tenor Aldo Conti.
The song also inspired a comedy film with the same name, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Alessandra Panaro and Terence Hill.