Lost Lover ( Sola me ne vo per la città)

IN CERCA DI TE. Lyrics by Gian Carlo Testoni, music by Eros Sciorilli, 1944, Italy. First recorded by Natalino Otto with Eros Sciorilli and His Orchestra in 1944, it was covered by sixteenyearold Nella Colombo the next year. It s one of the hottest moments for Italian history. The song is on air during the last offensive of the Allies; provides an unusual soundtrack to the Resistance uprising, Mussolini s escape, his capture and execution; then to the surrender of the Nazi troops and the lineup of the