Which famous Neapolitan song was borrowed from heavily in the 1927 novelty song written by Van and Schenck?
Funiculì, Funiculà "Funiculì, Funiculà" (] ) is a famous Neapolitan song composed in 1880 by Luigi Denza to lyrics by Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular cable car on Mount Vesuvius. It was presented by Turco and Denza at the Piedigrotta festival the same year. The sheet music was published by Ricordi and sold over a million copies within a year. It has been widely adapted and recorded since its publication.
You Are Love You Are Love is a song by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II from their classic 1927 musical play "Show Boat". It is sung twice in the show - first, by Magnolia Hawks, the heroine, and riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravenal when they agree to marry near the end of Act I, and again in the penultimate scene of Act II by Ravenal when he returns to Magnolia after having deserted her for twenty-three years.