Amore scusami
{{Short description|1964 song performed by John Foster}}
{{For|the Dalida album|Amore scusami (album)}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Amore scusami
| cover = Amore scusami cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = John Foster
| album =
| B-side = Dedicata a Paola
| released = April 1964{{Cite web |title=John Foster – Amore scusami |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Foster&titel=Amore+scusami&cat=s |website=ultratop.be}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length =
| label = Style
| writer = Gino Mescoli, Vito Pallavicini
| producer =
| prev_title = Ed ora insegnami
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = Io e te
| next_year = 1964
}}
{{Infobox song
| name = My Love, Forgive Me
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Robert Goulet
| album = My Love, Forgive Me
| B-side = I'd Rather Be Rich
| released = September 4, 1964
| recorded = 1964
| studio = Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
| venue =
| genre = Traditional pop
| length = 2:47
| label = Columbia 4-43131
| writer = Gino Mescoli, Vito Pallavicini, Sydney Lee
| producer = Ernie Altschuler
| prev_title = Too Good
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = I Never Got To Paris
| next_year = 1965
}}
"Amore scusami" is a 1964 song composed by Gino Mescoli and Vito Pallavicini. The song premiered at the Un disco per l'estate music festival with a performance of John Foster, and then got an immediate commercial success, peaking at third place on the Italian hit parade and remaining in the top ten for five months.{{cite book|last=Dario Salvatori|title=Dizionario delle canzoni italiane|publisher=Elle u, 2001|isbn=8888169016|chapter=Amore scusami|year=2001}}
Background
Cover versions
It was later covered by numerous artists, including:Ernesto Bassignano. "Foster, John". Gino Castaldo (ed.). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990.
- Rita Pavone
- Dalida
- Jula De Palma
- Rosanna Fratello
- Giuseppe Di Stefano
- Fausto Papetti
- Jerry Adriani (Brazilian Singer)
- Elvina Makarian (Armenian Jazz singer)
- Andre Hazes (Dutch Singer)
"Amore scusami" was adapted in French by Dalida
"Amore scusami" was adapted in English as "My Love, Forgive Me" by Sydney Lee and was recorded by:
- Robert Goulet whose 1964 recording peaked at number sixteen on the Hot 100, number three on the Middle-of-the-Road Singles chart,{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=105}} and number 22 in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5576.pdf| title=RPM Top 40&5 Singles - January 11, 1965}}
- Jerry Vale
- Lovelace Watkins
- The Ray Charles Singers
- Patrizio Buanne in The Italian (2005)
- Peggy Lee
Track listing
; 7" single – STMS 588
- "Amore scusami" (Gino Mescoli, Vito Pallavicini)
- "Dedicata a Paola" (Bruno Lauzi, Maggiorino Icardi, Elio Isola)
Charts
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!align="left"|Chart (1964–65) !align="left"|Peak |
align="left"| Argentina (CAPIF){{Cite web |date=10 July 1965 |title=Hits of the World |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-07-10.pdf |website=Billboard Magazine}}
|align="center"|1 |
align="left"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{Cite web |title=John Foster – Amore scusami |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Foster&titel=Amore+scusami&cat=s |website=ultratop.be}}
|align="center"|11 |
align="left"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)
|align="center"|12 |
align="left"| Brazil (IBOPE){{Cite web |title=March 27, 1965 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1965/CB-1965-03-27-OCR-Page-0051.pdf |website=Cashbox}}
|align="center"|1 |
align="left"| Italy (Musica e dischi){{cite book |last=Dario Salvatori |title=Storia dell'Hit Parade |publisher=Gramese, 1989 |year=1989 |isbn=8876054391}}
|align="center"|3 |
References
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{{Robert Goulet}}
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Category:Songs with lyrics by Vito Pallavicini