Renato Carosone - As Sampled By Yolanda Be Cool
It was 1956 when Renato Carosone - a legendary name in Italian pop music and Neapolitan songs - released "Tu vuo' fa' l'Americano" ("You wanna play American") which is about an Italian guy acting in imitation of American myths, trying to look cool, dancing to rock'n'roll, playing baseball, but in the end taking money from his mother's purse when in need of cigarettes.
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