"
Mambo Italiano" is a
popular song written by
Bob Merrill in 1954 and recorded by
Rosemary Clooney. Merrill wrote it under deadline, scribbled hastily on a paper napkin in an Italian restaurant in New York, United States using the wall pay-phone to dictate the melody, rhythm and lyrics to the recording studio pianist, under the aegis of conductor Mitch Miller. The song became a hit for Clooney, reaching #10 on the charts in the
United States and
number one in the
UK Singles Chart early in 1955.