Renato Carosone - Bernardine (Carosello) Raf Montrasio on guitar

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

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[pseudonimolibero]

Al sax tenore Gianni Tozzi (che suonava e suona tuttora alla grande anche il flauto e soprattutto l'ocarina).

[anitadavideduo]

Conosciamo Gianni Tozzi! E' un gran bel personaggio :-)

[campamante]

Il chitarrista è Peter Van Wood, con Renato, Gegè e compagni, ha eseguito eccellenti brani.

Bei tempi...

[anitadavideduo]

Il chitarrista è Raf Montrasio

[anitadavideduo]

Si, è proprio Alighiero Noschese :-)))

[whitefalcon64]

Yo tambien la conocia por Pat Boone (es de una pelicula del mismo titulo) y por los argentinos 5 Latinos, pero esta version de Carosone suena que se te cae la baba. Aunque hace muchisimo ese sonido que saca esa Gretsch años 40. Una joya.

[101Instrumentalist]

I disagree with you. Yes, it's very odd, but that makes it funny and memorable. And yes, it's silly, but isn't music in general a bit silly? I mean, a group of people standing in front of a larger group of people and/or cameras and making noise. It's very strange, if you think about it. People are very strange. There is nothing more human than doing things that make no sense. So call it silly, call it ridiculous and stupid. It is. And that's precisely what makes it so wonderful. :)

[101Instrumentalist]

anyone know where I can get guitar tab music for this?

[Pippo Noviello]

E' sempre una fortissima emozione vedere il leggendario Raf Montrasio.....oggi come una volta con la sua eccellente musicalità , simpatia e signorilità

[JackBlackHeartx]

0:11 - Gay Smile. XD Just kidding.

[JackBlackHeartx]

Very nice guitar solo by Raf.

[pseudonimolibero]

Pure io lo conosco...!