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Renato Carosone - Carosello
"Bernardine" with the great Raf Montrasio on guitar.
Bernardine (Johnny Mercer) 1957.
Maybe the best known version is by Pat Boone

www.myspace.com/rafmontrasio

Raf Montrasio was born in 1929 and he's a guitar legend in Italy.
He plays also mandolin, violin, piano and doublebass!
He's one of the fathers of electric guitar in Italy.
In the Fifties he toured all around the world with Renato Carosone (a very popular singer and pianist, who wrote the famous "Tu vuo' fa l'Americano").
They played a mix of swing, rock'n'roll, Neapolitan traditional music, etc. They were one of the best band in Italy of last century!
And they were the first pop group that played into Carnegie Hall of New York, in 1958!
During the 50s they had concerts with Nat King Cole, Joao Gilberto, and many others; and they played at 'Perry Como' and 'Ed Sullivan Show' too.

Renato Carosone Bernardine Raf Montrasio Carosello Guitar Pat Boone Davide Facchini Anita Camarella Rai Televisione