It's been called the Italian Decade — that pop-music moment between the D-Day invasion at Normandy and the British Invasion of the Beatles and their peers, a time when a resurgent Frank Sinatra staked his claim as Chairman of the Board, and when Dean Martin, Perry Como and Tony Bennett brought a smoothly passionate brand of crooning to radio airwaves, Billboard charts and nightclub stages.

Characterized by songs that range from old-country favorites like "O Sole Mio" and "Volare" to fun novelties like "That's Amore" ("when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie..."), the music of the Great Italian-American Songbook is celebrated in style this Saturday, when singer Dave DeLuca brings his program That's Amore to Middletown Township Public Library for a free afternoon concert.

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