Hello Italy/Knees Up, Mother Brown

RELEASE
August 31, 2004
LABEL
Collectables
GENRES
Vocal Music, Traditional Pop, Harmony Vocal Group

Album Review

This two-fer from Collectables features a pair of out of print Ames Brothers LPs, Hello Italy and Knees Up, Mother Brown. Both albums were issued in 1963 on Epic, and together contain two-dozen tracks dominated by Italian songs such as "Volare," "Dammi Dammi Dammi," and "Ciao Ciao Bambina" along with parody songs like "When Banana Skins Are Falling (I'll Come Sliding Back to You)," "When Grandma Got Her Teeth in Upside Down," and "(If I Had My Life to Live Over) I'd Live Over a Grocery Store." While this is a strange combination, the albums sound great and work well as individual entities.
Al Campbell, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Fontana Di Trevi (Three Coins in the Fountain)
  2. Corrin Corrina (Corrine, Corrina)
  3. Dammi Dammi Dammi (From the Bottom of My Heart)
  4. Fiamma d'Amor (Once in a While)
  5. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)
  6. Luna Malinconica
  7. Ritorna a Me (Return to Me)
  8. Chi Sara? (Sway)
  9. Nastri Rossi (Scarlet Ribbons)
  10. Ciao Ciao Bambina
  11. Tre Campane (The Three Bells)
  12. Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye to Rome)
  13. In the Middle of the House
  14. I'll Lend You Everything I've Got Except My Wife
  15. (If I Had My Life to Live Over) I'd Live Over a Grocery Store
  16. Knees Up! Mother Brown
  17. Take Your Fingers out of Your Mouth (I Want a Kiss from You)
  18. When Banana Skins Are Falling (I'll Come Sliding Back to You)
  19. Shut the Door (They're Comin' Through the Window)
  20. Where Can I Find a Bookie? (The Daily Double Blues)
  21. When It's Night Time in Italy It's Wednesday Over Here
  22. That Old Red Undershirt My Daddy Wore
  23. When Grandma Got Her Teeth in Upside Down
  24. Two Ton Tessie