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Renata Carosone

 “TORERO“

(RENATO CAROSONE)

Capitol 71080

 No. 18    June 2, 1958

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Nothing is known of Mr. Carosone; ok, a smudge.  Moments after Renata’s sole intrusion  into the

U. S. charts, Julius LaRosa’s cover version of this other universe-sounding instrumental entered the

Billboard listings  (#21, 1958).  “Torero” would be Renata’s only contender and the last of the seven

chartings for LaRosa, the Italian crooner familiar to TV viewers of the then-popular “Arthur Godfrey

and His Friends.”