Eh, Cumpari!. Julius LaRosa. (1953)

[@candyapple4utoo]

as a kid every Sunday on the Victrola this was played and we all sang it .. best days of my life , with my Italian grand parents ..

[@mohammedcohen]

...good way to learn Italian...I remember this song from my early yout' (ca 4 or 5 years old - 1954 - '55) in August during the saint Rocco feast in Fort Lee, NJ...

[@moboutmen]

Had no idea what I was singing, but Nonni sure loved it when I sang it as a 5 year old..

[@SamuelMignery]

E la risata a 2:11. Fantastico.

[@MarionCap]

This was my Napoledan granmpa's favorite song - he loved music more than anything, and he used this folksong to propagandize us grandchildren into learning to play musical instruments. "A-Zinga-Zing, u-Plinga-Pling, Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa, u-frischoletto, tipiti tipiti ta!" 50 years after his death, one of his granddaughters is an acclaimed composer of contemporary serious music. I think Grampa would be very proud

[@drania76]

There are a lot of similarities between Neapoletan and Sicilian dialect.

[@birdman5939]

My dad used to sing us this song when we were kids.....,and you're right, it got us interested in music...I was about 3 years old...he was a musician......3 out of his 4 kids play at least 1 instrument...I did professionally for over 30 years......

[@mamboitaliano92866]

Excellent way to learn a few Italian words!! Thanks so much!

[@jorgearturodelvallecosio2094]

it's really napolitano.

[@tommypizzo1677]

I thought it was Sicilian

[@kioku119]

I was actually brought here after watching a video of Luigi's ride in Disney California Adventure (one of the Cars characters). It's one of the songs he sings and got stuck in my mind : )

[@edh7071]

Sooo many memories! And all good ones!! Thanks so much!

[@fransvanderzee9480]

Brings back good memories

[@brynnkohler4084]

A song that WILL make you smile and make you think you're having an ice cream on a summer day when you're age 6. :)

[@Swiffland25]

Around whole face ;)

[@FasterPATH]

Love

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1953 {November 1st} "Eh, Cumpari!" by Julius La Rosa peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart, the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Vaya Con Dios" by Les Paul and Mary Ford... Between 1953 and 1958 the Brooklyn, NY native at eleven charted records according to Billboard Magazine, two made the Top 10, besides the above "Eh, Cumpari!", his other Top 10 record was "Anywhere I Wander" {#4 in 1953}... Mr. La Rosa passed away at the age of 86 on May 12th, 2016... May he R.I.P.

[@rawmark]

RIP Julius LaRosa.

[@robinchesterfield42]

I love the approach of translating the lyrics by just showing pictures of each instrument instead of writing it all out in English. :D Kinda works with the original song better that way too, 'cos the song just tells you what each instrument is by PLAYING it. So, this is basically the visual version of what the song does with sound. :)

[@loloz2877]

Dank Gott for KZbin -- da gibt's Musik

[@merihamilton9711]

This guys awesome! Lol thanks for sharing?

[@jimott19731]

Love it

[@lucianoalqueja9630]

questa canzuni é calabrisi.....

[@Stelian68]

Wonderfull. :)))

[@richchambers7242]

Ah oh , PIZZA...

[@s.larosa4141]

If one more person asks me if I’m related to Julius….. I wish, but who knows with all the Sicilian secrets that were hidden.

[@ignatiosaraber1993]

Check 2:12 he is laughing.

[@AllBobsAllTheTime]

In which dialect are the subtitles??

[@victordb9238]

Italian

[@WD8JCT]

+Victor del Busto I believe it's Sicilian

[@anthonycolavito1496]

madone this meddiganse don't fucking know Italian when he hears it

[@martinfrontini8763]

in dialetto siciliano. Si podés mirá la pelicula "El Padrino 3"....ahí la cantan cuando homenajean a Michael Corleone

[@michelegillis3149]

@@anthonycolavito1496 HA! He means dialect as in which part of Italy ;)

[@Leon-hs1cd]

american dad XD

[@Swiffland25]

ROFL xD, me too

[@arthuroliveira5892]

What the hell was in this sauce ?

[@ratapremium]

The song jßjß

[@jornalracional9376]

It isn't in italian, It is in calabrese

[@maszkamagdalena9404]

So still italian from Calabria. Anyway my bf is saying it's sicilian :D