On rare occasions During the 1960s American rock and roll recording artists recorded versions of their English language hit songs in foreign languages for distribution to countries overseas. These re-recordings were most often done phonetically, oftentimes with amusing results. This week , My Place takes a musical journey to sunny Italy with a collection of familiar American hit singles performed by the original artists in Italian. Gene Pitney, Diana Ross and Lesley Gore are among the artists who also recorded in Italian.