Hello Frank,
I play in an Italian BYOB restaurant and in some respects the wine dictates the music selection. For the first hour or so, soft, mostly down tempo tunes, then as the wine kicks in, the tempos, and the energy increase. Towards the end of the night it’s show time … here is a partial list that seems to work in an Italian restaurant setting:

SORRIENTO/SANTA LUCIA/OUI MARIE (MEDLEY)
ANAME E CORE/NU QUARTO E LUNA/ACARREZZAME (MEDLEY)
MALA FEMMENA
SPERANZA PERDUTE
JUST SAY I LOVE HER
NA VOCE NA CHITARRA…
CHITARRA ROMANA
MAMBO STAMBO
RETURN TO ME
NON TI SCORDAR DI ME
VITTA NA CROZZA
SPANISH EYES (RHUMBA OR TANGO)
LA SPAGNOLA
ROMA NUN FA LA STUPIDA
ARRIVEDERCI ROMA
CIURI, CIURI
INNAMORATA
THE MAN WHO PLAYS THE MANDOLINO
MIELE
MORE
SUSANNA
LISBOA
L’ANATRA(O’PATO)(SAMBA)
RECADO(BOSSA)

TARANTELLA BELLA/ HEY CUMPARI
FERRY BOAT SERENADE/PEPINO(LOU MONTE)/REGINELLA COMPAGNOLA
FROM THE VINE CAME THE GRAPE/THAT’S AMORE
VICINA MARE
EVE. IN ROMA
TIC TI TIC TA(CHA CHA)
CHE LLA LLA(SOCA)
DOMANI(CUMBIA)
ANGELINA/CHE LA LUNA
FELICIA

SIMPATICI ITALIANI
QUANDO, QUANDO
VOLARE
BACIAMI PER DOMANI
CHE SERA
CON UN BACIO PICCOLISIMO
GIGOLO
BA BA BACIAMI
BELLA BELLA
CON TE PARTIRO
MARINA, MARINA


ALWAYS SPRINKLED IN EACH SET ARE SONGS FROM THE ‘AMERICAN SONG BOOK’ PARTICULARLY THE CURRENT MICHAEL BUBLE RENDERINGS, AS WELL AS PATRIZIO, LOUIE PRIMA, DINO AND OF COURSE, SEVERAL SINATRA TUNES.
Ciao,
Jerry