Caruso (song) - Cover Versions

Cover Versions

• El Cigala covered the song in his album Dos Lagrimas singing the chorus in Italian while translating the rest of the song to Spanish.
• Andrea Bocelli covered the song on his debut album Il mare calmo della sera (1994) and later in his best-selling album Romanza.
• Italian singer Milva, featuring music composed by James Last, covered the song in 1994, on her album Milva & James Last: Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz, recorded in collaboration with James Last. A live rendition of the song performed in Osaka, Japan in 1996 was included on her limited edition album Live and More (Milva Collectors Club), issued in 1998.
• Luciano Pavarotti recorded the song in 1986. ( "The best version so far" is into the "Tutto Pavarotti" double album ). He sang it in many of his concerts, most notably in his 1993 "Pavarotti and Friends" album with Lucio Dalla, the composer, and in The Three Tenors, which is included in the Paris 1998 album.
• Aldo Romano Quartet, muted trumpet (Paolo Fresu) in the album Non Dimenticar (1999)
• Lara Fabian, a multi-national singer who sings in Quebec, Canada, as well as in Belgium and the US, included this song on her En Toute Intimité album (2003). She also gave a virtuoso performance of it as part of her 2003 Tour.
• Julio Iglesias covered this song in his album Crazy (1994).
• Russian singer Vitas covered this song in 2002 (later released as a digital download on the Vitas' official site - as well as the Radio Vitas Online - in 2011).
• Josh Groban covered this song in his second studio album Closer (2003).
• A slowed down version was featured on Il Divo's Siempre album released in November 2006, which includes several key changes and an arrangement of the song for four voices.
• Sergio Franchi covered the song in 1989 on his last album, Encore.
• Fatih Erkoç covered the song Turkish "Ağlama" with the name in 1996 on his album, "Kardelen".
• Florent Pagny covered the song in 1996. Released as a single, his version peaked at #2 in France and #3 in Belgium (Wallonia).
• It was covered by Antonio Forcione with Sabina Scubbia on vocals in his 1997 album Meet Me In London.r.
• Italian pop music icon Mina covered this song as part of the Ti conosco mascherina double LP, originally released in 1990.
• Zizi Possi recorded the song on the album "Per Amore" (1997).
• Mercedes Sosa covered the song on her album Sino (1993).
• Neal Schon (American rock guitarist - Journey - Santana) recorded a guitar instrumental version of this song in his album "Voice" 2001.
• In 2005 the song was covered by British tenor Jon Christos on his debut album Northern Light.
• In 2006, Mario Frangoulis included this song on his CD/DVD Music of the Night (Sony Classical) of his live performance at the Herod Atticus Theatre in Athens, Greece, 2005.
• Il divo covered the song in their album Siempre in 2006.
• The Chilean singer Bárbara Muñoz, recorded a pop version of the song in her album "Amanecer" in 2006. This song was performed before when she participated in the TV program "Rojo Fama Contrafama"
• Trumpeter Chris Botti covered the song from 2007 album "Italia."
• In 2007 the song was covered by Paul Potts on his first album One chance. Paul Potts is a British tenor vocalist who in 2007 became the winner of the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent, singing an operatic aria, "Nessun Dorma" from Giacomo Puccini's Turandot.
• In 2008 the song was covered by Next Time, a Macedonian rock band.
• In 2008 the group Pharos covered it for the album The Best POP Opera 2008
• In 2009, Dominic Mancuso covered this song on his Juno-award-winning album Comfortably Mine.
• In 2010, 14-year old Cristian Imparato covered this song on Italian's Mediaset Canale 5 show, Io Canto, later becoming the "Campione" or Winner of the show.
• On January 22, 2010, Danny Jones from McFly sang a shortened version of the song in the second round of ITV's Popstar to Operastar.
• Mark Masri recorded this song on his 2010 album, La Voce.
• Donald Braswell II recorded this song on his 2011 album, Unchained.
• Alfie Boe covered the song on his 2011 album, You'll Never Walk Alone - The Collection.
• The song was sung by duo Jonathan and Charlotte during the May 2012 semi-final of Britain's Got Talent
• The song was sung by duo Jonathan and Charlotte on their album Together issued September 24, 2012.
• Julian Jensen performed the song for the film One More Kiss (film) and it was also included on the film's soundtrack