- Cara Mia
"Cara Mia" is a popular
song published in 1954. The title means "my beloved" in Italian. TheUnited Kingdom singer ,David Whitfield , first recorded the song with theMantovani Orchestra in 1954. This recording made the charts in theUnited States , and in the UK it was the first record to spend ten weeks in the #1 slot on theUK Singles Chart . In 1965 it was recorded byJay and the Americans for a #4 chart hit in the U.S.Authorship of the song was credited to "Tulio Trapani and Lee Lange." In reality Lee Lange was a
pseudonym for Whitfield's producerBunny Lewis , and Tulio Trapani was thenom de plume of the song's co-writer and arranger Mantovani."Cara Mia" is the pet name
Gomez Addams has for his wife Morticia, in the 1960s live action television series, "The Addams Family".Recorded versions
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David Whitfield (withMantovani and His Orchestra) (1954)
*Jay and the Americans (1965)
*Mario del Monaco (withMantovani and His Orchestra)
*Gordon Macrae
*Jose Carreras
*Richard Clayderman
*Josef Locke
*Frank Patterson
*Gene Pitney
*Nikolai Volkoff
*Slim Whitman
*The Johnny Mann SingersPlus
*Matti ja Teppo (1976, Finnishlyrics )
*Måns Zelmerlöw (2007) - a different song with the same title
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