Background
Nicola Salerno was born in Naples.
Nicola Salerno was born in Naples.
He formed a famous songwriting duo with Renato Carosone. His first hit was "Eulalia Torricelli" of 1947, about the unhappy love story between a wealthy girl from Forlì and a guy named Giosuè. Nisa put the whole team of songwriters in the lyrics, as heirs to the beautiful Eulalia: "Un castello lo dà a Nisa, un castello lo dà a Redi, un castello, ma il più bello, al maestro Olivieri lo dà" ("she gives one castle to Nisa, one castle to Redi, but the most beautiful ones goes to Maestro Olivieri").
Nisa and Carosone met in 1955.
Nisa brought Carosone three texts to be set to music One of them was titled Tu vuò fà l"americano.
Carosone had an instant inspiration and started composing a boogie-woogie on the piano keyboard. lieutenant took just fifteen minutes to create Carosone"s most famous song, that became a worldwide success.
Their most famous hits include ""O suspiro", "Torero", "Tu" vuo" fa" l"americano", "Caravan Petrol", "Pigliate "na pastiglia" and ""O Sarracino".
Nisa worked also with other songwriters. Besides writing lyrics, Nicola Salerno was also an illustrator. He was the author, for example, of cover designs for some Neapolitan music scores published between the 1920s and 1930s.
He died in Naples in 1969.
We Number Speak Americano.