Madonna Mia
{{about| | the song by Oscar Wilde | Music based on the works of Oscar Wilde#Madonna mia| the collaboration of Madonna, M.I.A., and Nicki Minaj|Give Me All Your Luvin'}}
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"Madonna Mia" is a love song that was transcribed by American gangster Al Capone while he was imprisoned in Alcatraz. Capone presented a copy of the sheet music for the song to Father Vincent Casey, who visited the prisoners in Alcatraz frequently in the 1930s while training to become a Jesuit priest. Capone created his own arrangement of the song as a tribute to his wife Mae.{{cite news | url = http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_364785.html | title = Al Capone's secret song | date = April 17, 2009 | accessdate = April 17, 2009 | author = Associated Press | publisher = The Straits Times}}
In April 2009, a copy of the sheet music and lyrics for the song were put up for sale for US$65,000. Rich Larsen with AlCaponeFanClub.com re-discovered the song after more than 70 years and described it as "a tearjerker". He formed a group of musicians and a vocalist to record the song, which was released on CD May 2009.{{cite news | url = http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/features/26734.html | title = Al Capone musical discovered 70 years after his death | author = John Winn | publisher = The Celebrity Cafe | date = 16 April 2009 | accessdate = 17 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090726093725/http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/features/26734.html | archive-date = 26 July 2009 | url-status = dead }}
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External links
- [http://www.caponefanclub.com Al Capone Fan Club Official Website]
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