Both of my parents are originally from Italy, though both lived there for only a short time. As a child, most of the music I remember hearing in my house was more Italian-American than strictly Italian in style and language. For the most part they listened to singers like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, and Dean Martin.
Before even researching for this project I recalled the similarities between all the different artists and songs in my parents' record collection. Italian style music tends to have three different topics; love, food or love and food. And while several of the songs I found in this category are either in English, Italian or a mix of both, you can clearly hear words like: Amore, Pizza and Cannoli tossed in every song.
Probably the best example of the marriage between love, food and music would be the music of Dean Martin. Though people my age may think they aren't familiar with his music, songs like "That's Amore", "Ain't that a kick in the head", and "Beyond the sea"......
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