“Tammurriata nera” is one of those songs I'm attracted to, because its sentiments are neither easy nor simple. It tells the story of a young Neapolitan woman and her black child, born to an afro-American soldier. James Senese, a Neapolitan of afro-American extraction, has it taped as racist. It probably is, but in the sense of being written in a racist time and place. It's not unusual for words to take on meanings quite alien to their original authors. I've no idea how this selection missed out the version released by Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare. The featured genre is what I call 'Musette', for want of another way to distinguish the French style of small accordion from the meatier Scottish variety with which my father accompanied the first 50 years of my life.
Musette
- Rhythm And Swing Tony Murena
- Place de la madeleine Yvette Horner
- Trip (le) excel Maxime Perrin
- En Er Mundo Aimable Pluchard
- Amour Castagnettes Et Tango Momo Larcange et son Orchestre
- La Javanaise Maurice Larcange
- La Valse A Nini Guerino Et Son Orchestre Muset
- Une Nuit Loin Du Toi Achille Pellegrini
- Les triolets Marcel Azzola
- Inútil Jean-Pierre Coustillas
1974
- I Get Lifted George McCrae
- Bad Mouth And Gossip Z.Z. Hill
- Gotta Find A Way Wild Honey
- Caribou Earth, Wind & Fire
- Don't Take Your Love Perfections
- Fire Ohio Players
- A Hundred Pounds Of Pain Lenny Welch
- I Wanna Get Down Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s
- Pity A Fool Carl Sims
- Hot Grits! Elijah & The Ebonites
Tammurriata nera
- Tammurriata nera Angela Luce
- Tammurriata nera Aurelio Fierro
- Tammurriata Nera Enzo Guarini
- Tammurriata Nera Fausto Cigliano
- Tammurriata nera Gabriella Ferri
- Tammurriata nera Lina Sastri
- Tammurriata Nera Peppino di Capri
- Tammurriata nera Pina Cipriani
- Tammurriata nera Renato Carosone
- Tammurriata nera Roberto Murolo
English
- What a Difference a Day Made Johnny Meijer
- Snooky and Moody's Boogie Snooky Pryor
- Makin' Up Time Holidays
- The Irish Rover The Livinstones
- Ain't You Glad You Chose Love Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Distant Love Dells
- Willie's Droon'd in Yarrow Gordeanna McCulloch
- The Midnight Hour Ray Charles
- Just The One Levellers
- Singing A Song Jackie Wilson