Which Elvis Presley hit was simply 'O Sole Mio' with a new lyric?
’O sole mio hit for Presley. When performing it in concert in the mid-1970s, Elvis would explain the origin of "It's Now Or Never" and have singer Sherrill Nielsen perform a few lines of the original Neapolitan version before commencing with his version. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album "101 Gang Songs" (1961). ’O sole mio "" () is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. Its lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the music was composed by Eduardo di Capua and (1878–1972). There are other versions of "" but it is usually sung in the
’O sole mio debut album "Romantic Italian Songs." Luciano Pavarotti won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance for his rendition of "’O sole mio". For nearly 75 years after its publication, the music of "’O sole mio" had generally been attributed to Eduardo di Capua alone. According to the traditional account, di Capua had composed it in April 1898 in Odessa, while touring with his father's band. It has turned out, however, that the melody was an elaboration of one of 23 which di Capua had bought from another musician, Alfredo Mazzucchi, in the preceding year. In November 1972, shortly