Renzo Cesana

Trackimage Playbut Trackname Playbut Trackname
[Untitled Spoken Track] 02:29 Tools
I Bought You Violets 02:25 Tools
Monologue - The Continental 02:29 Tools
Today I Bought You Violets 02:25 Tools
Hidden Track 00:00 Tools
Blue Rhumba 02:40 Tools
All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings 02:40 Tools
You Go To My Head (1996 Digital Remaster) 02:29 Tools
Walk The Lonesome Night 02:30 Tools
Renzo Cesana 02:50 Tools
The Contintental 03:15 Tools
Untitled Spoken Track 02:30 Tools
All of a Sudden My Heart Sings [from "The Continental"] 02:51 Tools
Where Was I 02:29 Tools
(Untitled) 02:25 Tools
Untitled 02:25 Tools
Lounge Talk 02:50 Tools
You go to my head 02:29 Tools
[untitled] 02:29 Tools
Le Dernier Mot 02:25 Tools
Unknown 02:25 Tools
The Continental 02:29 Tools
Roses And Champagne 02:50 Tools
Unlisted Voice Track 02:51 Tools
The Continental Monolougue 02:51 Tools
Violets for Your Furs 02:51 Tools
Bonus Track 02:51 Tools
The Crime Scene [Hidden Track] 02:30 Tools
Unlisted Bonus Track 02:48 Tools
Hidden Track: Untitled 02:50 Tools
A Handful Of Stars 02:25 Tools
[Hidden Track] 02:50 Tools
Unknown Voice Track 02:50 Tools
(All of a sudden) My Heart Sings 02:39 Tools
Today I Buy You Violets 02:25 Tools
[The Continental - Renzo Cesana] 02:50 Tools
Where was I? 02:50 Tools
All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings (Mid-Late 50's) 02:40 Tools
Renzo Cesana Monologue 02:25 Tools
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Renzo Cesana a.k.a. 'The Continental' is perhaps best known for playing opposite Ingrid Bergman in Rossellini's 1949 film Stromboli, but lounge music lovers will undoubtedly have run into him in the bonus tracks of many (but not all) of the Capitol Records' popular Ultra-Lounge series. These tracks, recitations of popular songs with slushy Hammond organ accompaniment are usually unlisted on the CD inlay card, and are therefore 'credited' to all kinds of cyphers such as 'Mystery Voice' and 'Bonus Track'. Between 1952 and 1953 Renzo Cesana appeared on national network television in the USA (starting on CBS and then moving to ABC) reciting poetry and the lyrics to popular romantic ballads. This would happen twice a week just after the 11 o'clock news, and was evidently a big hit with lonely women everywhere. (Compare with Korla Pandit, another exotic TV heartthrob from the same period). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.