Tarantella Napoletana Explained

The "Tarantella Napoletana" is a tarantella song by Luigi Ricci, associated with Naples. It is familiar to North American viewers of popular media as a quintessentially Italian musical riff or melody.

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The tarantella was adapted into the 1950 song "Lucky, Lucky, Lucky Me", written by Buddy Arnold and Milton Berle, and performed by Evelyn Knight and the Ray Charles Band.^[1]

It imparts its melody to another bollywood song "Chahe Koi Kush Hojao" composed by S. D. Burman penned by Sahir Ludhianvi and sung by Kishore Kumar for the 1954 film Taxi Driver.^[2] It was also adapted as the starting melody of the Hindi song "Aaja Sanam Madhur Chandni" composed by Shankar-Jaikishan for the 1956 Indian film Chori Chori.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Arabian riff, "The Streets of Cairo", "The Poor Little Country Maid", "the snake charmer song"
• Jarabe Tapatío, the "Mexican hat dance"
• Oriental riff, stereotypical pentatonic riff

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lucky, Lucky, Lucky Me. Secondhand Songs.
2. Web site: Original vs Copied bollywood songs. youtube.com.
3. Web site: #LifeIsMusic: Popular Bollywood songs inspired by western music . 2023-11-03 . DNA India . en.
4. Web site: 2015-07-10 . 16 Famous Bollywood Songs You Wouldn't Believe Were Copied From The West . 2023-11-03 . IndiaTimes . en-IN.