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Santa Lucia

Rating:
3.8 / 5

Words & Music: traditional

Sul mare luccica
L'astro d'argento
Placida e' l'onda
Prospero e' il vento

Venite all'agile
Barchetta mia
Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia...

Recordingdate: 1963/07/10, first released on: Elvis for Everyone (album)

Musicians

Musicians who contributed to the first recording of Santa Lucia:

(guitar)
(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)
(drums)
(drums)
(drums)
(piano)
(piano)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(percussion)
(percussion)
(percussion)
(percussion)
(percussion)
(sax)
(sax)
(trombone)
(trombone)
(trumpet)

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bastiaanvinke wrote on March 10, 2009
Italian, an more then ok song.
Great Dane wrote on June 30, 2012
Another good song from the "Viva las Vegas" movie. To bad it is a litlle short, i like Elvis singing foreign languages. 31/2 stars
ElvisSacramento wrote on October 26, 2012
This is such a beautiful song and Elvis' rendition of it was marvelous. I love hearing Elvis sing in foreign languages.
Gorse wrote on January 21, 2013
What there was of it, which was just over a minute was good, and sung well by Elvis, but I always felt this sounded like a long intro on something still to come.
sugartummy wrote on April 28, 2013
Elvis loved Enrico Caruso, who sang it years before our man sang it. It's okay, because it's short. Don't want to hear three minutes of this.
Natha wrote on May 26, 2014
Love his voice on this one. Nice song and for me just the right duration. Longer would be too much. So just a nice intermezzo on the LP which is as a whole quite dear to me! I have to admit though that in this time of cds and mp3s I haven't listened to this song for more than a decade.
brunop wrote on May 27, 2014
being italian I can say my opinion..ELVIS sing in a perfect italian a beauty of song..its a pity too short
shoesuedeblues wrote on January 09, 2015
Short and sweet.Elvis in excellent voice on this this good album of left overs!
Deano1 wrote on January 09, 2015
Elvis sounds good and the scene in VLV where his character is singing the song in the background as the Count tries to seduce Ann Margaret is cute. On record it would have been ok on a soundtrack LP, but it doesn't enhance the "Elvis For Everyone" LP.
trudygillenwater wrote on January 09, 2015
Lovely version of a Italian classic!
NONE000000 wrote on January 09, 2015
Great. I think Elvis knew what an amazing voice he had and knew that he could have done anything with it, including opera. There is literally nothing he could not have done--blues, folk, rock, opera, swing. In a way, every once in a while, the mostly-bad movie soundtracks gave him a chance to reach into other types of music. And he always knocked it out of the park
rai wrote on March 13, 2015
Elvis was very commanding in singing a foreign song. I think the way he sang it is way better than those who can speak the language.
Cruiser621 wrote on November 17, 2016
Great song. Elvis alone with an acoustic guitar always seems outstanding. 5-Stars definitely.
Miknik7077 wrote on July 21, 2020
Shows the range Elvis had in this short operatic tune. Whether it be English, Spanish, or Italian the man could sing anything.
TBG wrote on May 30, 2021
This song shows Elvis' unique talent. He really could sing anything in the early sixties. It's not one of my favorites, but I love the way Elvis does the song.
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