Patrizio Buanne & Renee Olstead

Born in Vienna but raised primarily in Naples (where his family originated), Patrizio Buanne is a singer whose style is rooted in the pop traditions of his Italian homeland (not classical or opera), and he has recorded everywhere from Abbey Road Studios in London to Capitol Studios in Hollywood. Buanne spent much of his youth listening to the great Italian-American singers -- Mario Lanza, Dean Martin, Al Martino, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett -- in his father's pizzeria, and soon fell in love with the music of the 1950s and '60s. While living in Austria, he won local singing co...