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Thread #135627   Message #3094078
Posted By: Commander Crabbe
12-Feb-11 - 07:18 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Il Silenzio
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Il Silenzio
Grishka

Sorry just read it again and now understand why it may be confusing!

Should have put, I believe "The Last Post" found it's origins in this.(Referring to a well known bugle call not your actual last post in the thread)

Contrary to this belief, Wikipedia states:

Il Silenzio (Silence in English) is an Italian pop music instrumental piece, with a small part of spoken Italian lyrics, notable for its trumpet theme. It was written in 1965 by trumpet player Nini Rosso and Guglielmo Brezza[1], its thematic melody being an extension of the bugle military call for taps. It has become a worldwide instrumental standard, which has sold around 10 million copies.[2] It was a number one hit in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Italy and in Switzerland in 1965. [3] It reached the position of Number 1 in Australia on 01/09/65 and stayed in the charts for 19 weeks. In the United States it reached #32 in the Billboard Easy Listening Charts.

So I stand corrected.

Apologies for the previous confusion

CC