Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)

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"Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina"
("Botch-a-Me")
Music by Luigi Astore
Lyrics by Riccardo Morbelli (Italian)
Eddie Stanley (English)
Written 1941
Language Italian
English
Original artist Alberto Rabagliati
Recorded by Rosemary Clooney

"Botch-a-Me" is a popular song, written in 1941. The original Italian version ("Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina") by Alberto Rabagliati was written by Riccardo Morbelli (words) and Luigi Astore (music). English lyrics were written by Eddie Stanley. "Baciami" in Italian means "kiss me".

The song was popularized by Rosemary Clooney in 1952. The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39767. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on June 20, 1952 and lasted 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2.[1]

The Rosemary Clooney version appears in season one of the TV show Mad Men, as well as the Mad Men, Vol. 1 album.[2]

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research. 
  2. "Mad Men, Vol. 1". iTunes. Retrieved 28 March 2013. 


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