2, (2005), Pavarotti Songbook, (1991), and Romantica, (2002). Mario Lanza recorded an acclaimed selection of 12 Neapolitan songs on his 1959 album, Mario! Lanza At His Best. Opera/pop crossover tenor, Sergio Franchi recorded his very popular Billboard Top 25 RCA debut album, Romantic Italian Songs in 1962, and continued to record Neapolitan songs on most of his albums throughout his career. Andrea Bocelli recorded an album in 2009 dedicated to the style, entitled Incanto. The most important native Neapolitan performers of Neapolitan songs in the last few decades include Roberto Murolo, Bruno Venturini, Mario Trevi, Mario Abbate, Mario Merola, Giulietta Sacco, Franco Ricci, Sergio Bruni, Renato Carosone, and Mario Maglione. Murolo is known not only as a singer and guitarist, but also as a composer, scholar and collector of the music; his collection of twelve LPs, released in the 1960s, is an annotated compendium of Neapolitan song dating back to the twelfth century. Representatives of different veins, but nevertheless leading the continuing tradition of song in Neapolitan, are the jazz-rock singer-songwriter Pino Daniele and the folkloric group Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare. An important factor in defining what makes a Neapolitan song is the matter of language. All these songs are written and performed in the Neapolitan language. Although the music is sung by many non-Neapolitan singers, it is difficult to sing correctly without knowledge of the Neapolitan dialect, which is crucial in obtaining the correct inflection. The matter of dialect has not prevented a few non-Neapolitans from writing dialect versions of Neapolitan songs. The most famous examples of this are ’A vucchella by Gabriele D'Annunzio and Tu sì 'na cosa grande by Domenico Modugno. List of songs 'A vucchella Accarezzame Canzone amalfitana Caruso C'è la luna mezz'o mare Cerasella Comme facette mammeta Core 'ngrato Cu 'mmé Dicitencello vuje Era de maggio Fenesta vascia Funiculì, Funiculà Guaglione 'I te vurria vasa' Indifferentemente Lacreme napulitane Lazzarella Luna caprese Luna rossa Malafemmena Mamma mia che vo sapé Mare verde Marechiare Marenariello María, Marí Munasterio 'e Santa Chiara Na' sera e' maggio 'O marenariello 'O paese d'o Sole 'O sarracino 'O sole mio 'O surdato 'nnammurato Passione Pecché? Reginella Rose rosse Santa Lucia Santa Lucia Luntana Tiempe belle Torna a Surriento Tu Vuò Fà L'Americano Voce ′e notte Noted figures Recording artists Mario Abbate Francesco Albanese Renzo Arbore Andrea Bocelli Sergio Bruni Renato Carosone Enrico Caruso Franco Corelli Nino D'Angelo Gigi D'Alessio Gabriele