Twisted Tales: Crooner Jimmy Roselli Says No to the Mob -- and Lives to Tell

this guy kicked franks ass when it came to singing

i am italian and because of my family ( my father,aunts,uncles,& cousins played and LOVED JIMMY...) from a little child i heard and loved
his songs they were played at all occasions after
wedding,christenings, and of couse every Sunday when
the family got together..WHAT A GREAT TALENT...i only wish i saw him in person....JIMMY YOU ARE THE GREATEST
and it was at blinstum it was closed when i was20 that durante who always helped out Cardenal Cushing had him sing

i am italian and because of my family ( my father,aunts,uncles,& cousins played and LOVED JIMMY...) from a little child i heard and loved
his songs they were played at all occasions after
wedding,christenings, and of couse every Sunday when
the family got together..WHAT A GREAT TALENT...i only wish i saw him in person....JIMMY YOU ARE THE GREATEST
and it was at blinstum it was closed when i was20 that durante who always helped out Cardenal Cushing had him sing

I grew up listening to Jimmy Roselli records that were personally signed to my father by Jimmy himself. My father had set up his custom stereo at his home in New Jersey, and brought all his albums home for us. Having been born in the fall of 1960, the two albums that were my favorites, then and now, were Mala Femmena and The Christmas Album. On the Mala Femmena album, my three favorite songs are "This Heart Of Mine", "All The Time In The World" and "The Shiek Of Araby" ( a song that my father still has of me on tape singing as a child along with Jimmy, with me bringing the house down! Only kidding, Jimmy! The Christmas Album is probably my favorite comprehensive Christmas album ever ( along with that of The Carpenters ), due to the fact that it always reminded me of a Beatles album. How? It had no fillers. Pure brilliant Roselli in arrangements that could absolutely make you go through a box of tissues crying ( listen to "The Night Before Christmas" and you'll know what I mean. Trust me on this! ). He also performs wonderful arrangements of "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Winter Wonderland", and a heartbreaking "I'll Be Home For Christmas". There is also another gemsong ( as I like to call it ) - "Christmas", a beautiful, reflective song that begins, cleverly, with the lyric "There never was a song called 'Christmas' ". But something so unique about the album was also the cover, with Jimmy standing next to Christmas gifts of all sizes. As a youngster, I actually imagined that they were toys that were in the store for the 1968 Christmas season, of course wondering what they were! For a man who lost his mother as an infant, and whose father left home, Mr. Roselli sang a Christmas album that was, literally, "Right From The Heart". Two other favorite albums of mine, that no one, and I mean no music lover should be without are "Right From The Heart" and "New York: My Port Of Call". Even at the ripe young age of 8, I could look at that New York album cover with Jimmy singing on it, and realize how his voice and arrangements captured what it felt like to literally live an "Autumn In New York". You could sense the crispness in the air and the feel the leaves falling on your shoulders as he sang every great New York song from "Give My Regards To Broadway" to "Meet Me At Jilly's". Jimmy Roselli is one of the true great singers of the world, and all someone who was not familiar with his voice had to do was to put on one of his albums ( or CD's! ), and they would be convinced. His version of "Anema e Core" is the classic version. No one will ever touch it like he did. I am a dentist by primary profession who has been writing a fictional reunion of The Beatles. At one point in the novel, I have "them" play that song. That's how much I love it. Thanks for the timeless, beautiful, and elegant songs, Mr. Roselli. They practically defined the music of my youth, along with Frankie Laine, Jack Jones, Barbra Streisand, Al Martino and, of course, The Beatles! You are one magnificent singer!!!
Dr. Paul Racioppi, Jr. Brooklyn, New York.

I grew up listening to Jimmy Roselli records that were personally signed to my father by Jimmy himself. My father had set up his custom stereo at his home in New Jersey, and brought all his albums home for us. Having been born in the fall of 1960, the two albums that were my favorites, then and now, were Mala Femmena and The Christmas Album. On the Mala Femmena album, my three favorite songs are "This Heart Of Mine", "All The Time In The World" and "The Shiek Of Araby" ( a song that my father still has of me on tape singing as a child along with Jimmy, with me bringing the house down! Only kidding, Jimmy! The Christmas Album is probably my favorite comprehensive Christmas album ever ( along with that of The Carpenters ), due to the fact that it always reminded me of a Beatles album. How? It had no fillers. Pure brilliant Roselli in arrangements that could absolutely make you go through a box of tissues crying ( listen to "The Night Before Christmas" and you'll know what I mean. Trust me on this! ). He also performs wonderful arrangements of "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Winter Wonderland", and a heartbreaking "I'll Be Home For Christmas". There is also another gemsong ( as I like to call it ) - "Christmas", a beautiful, reflective song that begins, cleverly, with the lyric "There never was a song called 'Christmas' ". But something so unique about the album was also the cover, with Jimmy standing next to Christmas gifts of all sizes. As a youngster, I actually imagined that they were toys that were in the store for the 1968 Christmas season, of course wondering what they were! For a man who lost his mother as an infant, and whose father left home, Mr. Roselli sang a Christmas album that was, literally, "Right From The Heart". Two other favorite albums of mine, that no one, and I mean no music lover should be without are "Right From The Heart" and "New York: My Port Of Call". Even at the ripe young age of 8, I could look at that New York album cover with Jimmy singing on it, and realize how his voice and arrangements captured what it felt like to literally live an "Autumn In New York". You could sense the crispness in the air and the feel the leaves falling on your shoulders as he sang every great New York song from "Give My Regards To Broadway" to "Meet Me At Jilly's". Jimmy Roselli is one of the true great singers of the world, and all someone who was not familiar with his voice had to do was to put on one of his albums ( or CD's! ), and they would be convinced. His version of "Anema e Core" is the classic version. No one will ever touch it like he did. I am a dentist by primary profession who has been writing a fictional reunion of The Beatles. At one point in the novel, I have "them" play that song. That's how much I love it. Thanks for the timeless, beautiful, and elegant songs, Mr. Roselli. They practically defined the music of my youth, along with Frankie Laine, Jack Jones, Barbra Streisand, Al Martino and, of course, The Beatles! You are one magnificent singer!!!
Dr. Paul Racioppi, Jr. Brooklyn, New York.