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| Born | January 9, 1928_crowned.svg/20px-Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946)_crowned.svg.png){kind=small} Polignano a Mare, Italy |
| Died | June 8, 1994 (aged 66) Lampedusa, Sicilia, Italy |
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Biography
Modugno was born in Polignano a Mare, province of Bari (Apulia). Polignano a Mare is a town and Comune in the Province of Bari, Puglia, Italy. The Province of Bari (Provincia di Bari is a province in the Apulia (or Puglia region of Italy. Apulia ( Italian: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east the Ionian Sea
From a young age he wanted to become an actor and in 1951, after his military service, he enrolled in an acting school. Military service in its simplest sense is service by an individual or group in an Army or other military organization whether as a chosen job or as a result of an involuntary While still studying he had a role in a cinematographic version of Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo as well as some other films. Eduardo De Filippo, often called simply Eduardo ( 24 May, 1900 - 31 October 1984) was an Italian actor playwright screenwriter
In 1957, his song "Lazzarella", sung by Aurelio Fierro, came second in the Festival della Canzone Napoletana, bringing him his first taste of popularity.
In 1958 Modugno took part in Antonio Aniante's comedy La Rosa di Zolfo at the Festival della Prosa in Venice. Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the The turning point of his career came in that year, when he also participated in the Sanremo Music Festival, presenting, together with Johnny Dorelli, the song "Nel blu dipinto di blu". The Festival della canzone italiana (in English Italian song festival) is a popular Italian song contest running since 1951 and held annually in the city of Sanremo Johnny Dorelli, the stage name of Giorgio Guidi (born February 20, 1937) is an Italian actor singer and showman " Nel blu dipinto di blu " (literally "In the blue painted blue" popularly known as " Volare " ( Italian for the infinitive form of the Co-authored by him and Franco Migliacci, the song won the contest and suddenly became an enormous discographical success worldwide, especially in the United States. It received two Grammy Awards with sales far over a million copies, and represented Italy in the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest, where it came in third. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the 3rd Eurovision Song Contest.
In 1959, Modugno won the Sanremo Music Festival for the second time in a row, with "Piove" (also known as "Ciao, ciao bambina"), and received second place in 1960 with "Libero". This was a successful period of time for Modugno who again represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1959. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth Eurovision Song Contest. Later his hit song "Io" was sung by Elvis Presley in English with the title "Ask Me".
In 1962, Modugno won the Sanremo Music Festival a third time with "Addio. . . , addio. . . ". Four years later, he again represents Italy at Eurovision with "Dio, come ti amo". The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition and was held on 5 March 1966 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. "Dio come ti amo" ( English translation "My God I Love You So Much" was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed
The 1970s kept Modugno's voice and mind busy in more classic music genres and profiles, as a singer and as a musician, adapting poetry, acting on television and in lead singing roles of modern operas. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto
In 1986, Modugno entered the political arena as a member of the Italian Radical Party and was elected congressman for Turin in June 1987. See Italian Radicals (disambiguation. The Radical Party ( Partito Radicale) was an Italian political party. In this last stage of his life, he was very active in social issues, fighting against inhuman conditions of patients in the Agrigento psychiatric hospital. Agrigento ( Girgenti in Sicilian) is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy, and capital of the Province of Agrigento
Domenico Modugno died from a heart attack in Lampedusa, Italy, in August 1994 in his home by the sea. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply The Mediterranean island of Lampedusa ( Italian: Isola di Lampedusa; Sicilian: Isula di Lampidusa) belongs to Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
Hits
- "Lu pisce spada"
- "Nel blu dipinto di blu - also known as "Volare" (San Remo winner song, 1958), coauthored with Franco Migliacci
- "La lontananza"
- "Piove" - also known as "Ciao, ciao bambina"
- "Sopra i tetti azzurri del mio pazzo amore"
- "Vecchio frac"
- "Non piangere Maria"
- "Amara terra mia"
- "Stasera pago io"
- "Il maestro di violino"
See also
External links
- Domenico Modugno official site (Italian) (some multimedia contents require QuickTime)
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by None First Grammy Awards Ceremony |
Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1959 for Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare) |
Succeeded by Bobby Darin for Mack the Knife |
| Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1959 for Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare) |
Succeeded by Jimmy Driftwood for The Battle of New Orleans |
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