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12 (American Song Book)

Field	Value
name	12 (American Song Book)
type	Studio
artist	Mina
cover	12 (American Song Book).jpg
released
genre	Jazz
length	49:07
label
producer	Massimiliano Pani
prev_title	Piccolino
prev_year	2011
next_title	Christmas Song Book
next_year	2013
misc	{{Singles
name	12 (American Song Book)
type	Studio
single1	Over the Rainbow
single1date	23 November 2012
single2	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
single2date	19 December 2012

12 (American Song Book) is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 4 December 2012 by GSU/PDU and Sony Music.

Overview

In the album, Mina covers 12 standards of American music, originally published between 1930 ("Just a Gigolo") and 1970 ("Fire and Rain"). Among the others, she sings "Everything Happens to Me" for the third time (previously recorded in 1964 for the album Mina and in 1993 for Lochness) and "Love Me Tender" for the second time (previously covered for the 1991 album Caterpillar).

The album was produced by Mina's son, Massimiliano Pani. It was recorded in the studio with the participation of an orchestra, some of the musicians are long-time friends of the singer: Danilo Rea (piano), Alfredo Golino (drums), Massimo Moriconi (double bass) and Gianni Ferrio (string arrangement).

In the first edition of the album, 12 different covers were released.

The album was preceded by the single "Over the Rainbow" released on 23 November 2012. The second single "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" was released on 19 December, on the occasion of the Christmas holidays.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012–2013)	Peak
position

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)	Position	Italian Albums (FIMI)
48

Certifications ans sales

References

(4 December 2012). "Mina - 12 - American Songbook - la recensione".
(4 December 2012). "Mina, con "12 (american song book)"".
Augliera, Pippo. (13 November 2012). ""12 (american song book)" il nuovo disco di Mina con classici da Cole Porter a James Taylor".
Bochicchio, Maria Stefania. (13 November 2012). "Mina, "12 (american song book)" è il nuovo album: tracklist e uscita".
(February 2018). "Il composit con le 12 copertine e le 12 tracce dell'album".
"Mina - "Over The Rainbow", il primo straordinario singolo estratto da "12 (american song book)" in radio dal 23 novembre".
"Mina - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Radio Date: 19-12-2012)".
"Classifica annuale 2012 (dal 02.01.2012 al 30.12.2012)". [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]].

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