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76. Harry Warren (Cont.)
And we, as proud Italians, can especially enjoy "That's Amore," a song from the Jerry Lewis-Dean Martin film The Caddy (1953). Martin's playful vocal rendition made it the love song of the fifties; it introduced Americans to a whole range of Italianized expressions like "signore," "pasta fazool," "vita bella," and "scusa mi." The song was reintroduced and repopularized when it was used as part of the soundtrack to the hit film Moonstruck (1987).
So why doesn't anybody know who Harry Warren is? Because he preferred to stay out of the limelight, letting his music speak for itself. Always the wit, Warren quipped "Even my best friends don't know who I am." Warren died in 1981. Only a few remember his name, but he gave the world songs that will be sung and remembered for a long time.
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