"O Dio Mio" - Annette

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   According to the database, there are two versions of Annette's "O Dio Mio": the English version and the Italian version.  Does anyone know which version appears on the commercial 45?  And did both versions receive radio airplay?

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Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "O Dio Mio" - Annette Posted: 15 August 2009 at 5:53am
	According to the database, there are two versions of Annette's "O Dio Mio": the English version and the Italian version. Does anyone know which version appears on the commercial 45? And did both versions receive radio airplay?

Paul C Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 October 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 19	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul C Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 August 2009 at 6:16am
	The U.S. commercial 45 (Vista 354) is the English version. For many years I only had this song on the Collectables 45 which is (apparently in error) the Italian version. It wasn't until I got my hands on an original commercial 45 that I realized it was the English version.

Yah Shure Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 11 December 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Yah Shure Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 August 2009 at 6:29am
	When the song was a current, it was always the English version I heard (on WDGY/Minneapolis.) It wasn't until I became an XM subscriber that I heard it in Italian.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 August 2009 at 12:02am
	Thanks, Paul and Yah Shure. I'm thinking it might be more helpful for Pat's subscribers if the database were to clarify that the English version of "O Dio Mio" is also the 45 version.

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 June 2013 at 7:09pm
	Just to confirm what has already been established here, I have just acquired a 1960, Vista 354 promo copy of "O Dio Mio." (Deadwax: a handwritten "F- 354A-1", followed by a machine-stamped "B".) Listed time (2:48); actual time (2:47). And, as was almost always the case then, the promo copy's flip included the same song that was found on the stock 45's flip, "It Took Dreams." Since there was no "English v/Italian v promo 45 option available to U.S. radio, it makes total sense that those who remember hearing this song as a current only recall hearing the English version. Edited by jimct