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Rating: This is an album unsuitable for a non-young audience or a Rocker audience. We're talking about Emilio Pericoli, one of the most famous Italian artists of the 50s. Pericoli is an artist with various facets, being a singer of light music from the 50s, and at the same time one of the few Italian crooners (Nicola Arigliano, Johnny Dorelli, Fred Buscaglione, Fred Bongusto, Bruno Martino... and very few others) that can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Indeed, Pericoli is rich in a repertoire of Swing songs. This is one of his last albums, having left the music scene very early when his style was no longer unjustly appreciated.
Today Swing with Pericoli, even though the album starts lightly and simply with a calm and practically unknown track "Quando Piove Con Il Sole". We continue with a success of Pericoli from that time "Fiorin Fiorello", a nice track, 50s twist style with Latin and crooner shades, well done Emilio! Now a success from 1938 written by the Marchetti-Bertini duo, "Un’Ora Sola Ti Vorrei", recorded in 1938 by the singer (soprano) Fedora Mingarelli, later covered by Pericoli, Arigliano, with great success by The Showmen, and many others. Beautifully interpreted by Pericoli, but personally, I prefer the Rhythm & Blues version by The Showmen. It's the turn of a love song, "Tu Musica Divina", slow, classic crooner, excellent in his interpretation, reminiscent of the song "Abbassa La Tua Radio (Silenzioso Slow)". Swing version of a classic "Parlami D’Amore Mariù", well interpreted by the Romagna crooner. The previously mentioned "Abbassa La Tua Radio (Silenzioso Slow)" is also present, the usual often-heard serenade, very well arranged, similar version to that of Dorelli, like the record. Now there's "Il Valzer Dell’Organino", a song in 40s style, too old, and not even nice.
We turn the side, and the record restarts with a track written by the great Redi-Nisa duo, "Bambola Rosa", a swing track, similar to Arigliano's songs, although the lyrics are not the best. We continue with the track "Ultime Foglie", a slow love song, beautiful, but too homogeneous with the others. Here's some healthy swing with the song "Quel Motivetto Che Mi Piace Tanto", a very nice song but too short in duration. "Bambina Innamorata", written by the Bracchi-D’Anzi duo, a love song, far inferior to Dorelli's version, much swingier than this one by Pericoli. Pericoli sings the Trio Lescano with "Maramao Perché Sei Morto", a track also sung by Arigliano, who also proposes a swingier and nicer version than this one. For now, Pericoli stays too classic; indeed, he lacks a bit of swing that gives vitality to an album that takes on a 50s style. As the title says, we start again with "La Canzone Dell’Amore", also too old even for a 60s audience, which says it all... The album closes with a Jazz version of a very beautiful track, "Non Dimenticar (Le Mie Parole)", also written by the Bracchi-D’Anzi duo, well done Pericoli, who closes well.
Nonetheless, this is a beautiful album by Pericoli, representing one of the most significant exponents of Italian music in the 50s.
I admit to making an unusual proposal, only to remember a great forgotten artist!
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