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Refimprove|date=March 2011Infobox person| bgcolour =| name = Domenico Modugno| image = Modugno.gif| imagesize = 200px| caption =| birth_name =| birth_date = Birth date|1928|1|9|df=y| birth_place = Polignano a Mare , Apulia|Puglia , Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)|Italy | death_date = Death date and age|1994|8|6|1928|1|9|df=y| death_place = Lampedusa , Sicily , Italy | height =| other_names =| years_active = Domenico Modugno (9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italy|Italian singer , songwriter , actor , and later in life, a member of the Italy|Italian Parliament . He is known for his 1958 international hit record|hit song " Volare (song)|Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) ". He is considered the first Italian singer-songwriter|cantautore .
Biography
Modugno was born in Polignano a Mare , province of Bari ( Puglia ).
From a young age he wanted to become an actor and in 1951, after his Military Service#Italy|military service , he enrolled in an acting school. While still studying he had a role in a cinematographic version of Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo as well as some other films.
In 1935 his father moved to San Pietro Vernotico , in the Province of Brindisi (where his parents are buried). Here Domenico attended primary school and learned San Piertro Vernotico's dialect, which belongs to the linguistic area of Lecce 's dialect, which is similar to Sicilian. He attended secondary school in Lecce.
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 . Also in 1958 he discovered the Italian comedy duo of Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia , became their manager and got them into a long running film career. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117925454/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 " Volare (song)|Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu ." Co-authored by Modugno and Franco Migliacci , the song won the contest and became an enormous success worldwide, including the United States . It received two Grammy Award scite book | first= John | last= Tobler | year= 1992 | title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years | edition= 1st | publisher= Reed International Books Ltd | location= London | page= 68 | id= CN 5585 with sales above 22 million copies, and represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958|1958 Eurovision Song Contest , where it came in third.
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 1959|Eurovision Song Contest of 1959 . 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 represented Italy at Eurovision Song Contest 1966|Eurovision with " Dio, come ti amo ." Jack Jones (singer)|Jack Jones recorded it in English (language)|English for his 1967 album, Our Song , under the title, "Oh How Much I Love You".
Modugno was an actor in 44 movies (such as Appuntamento a Ischia ), and was a film producer of two (''Tutto e' musica of 1963 was his own biographical production).
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 opera s.
In 1986, Modugno entered the political arena as a member of the Radical Party (Italy)|Italian Radical Party and was elected congressman for Turin in June 1987. In this last stage of his life, he was active in social issues, fighting against inhuman conditions of patients in the Agrigento psychiatric hospital.
Domenico Modugno died from a heart attack in Lampedusa , Italy , in August 1994 in his home by the sea. His son Massimo is following his footsteps as a successful singer.
Hits
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"Lu pisce spada"
"Lazzarella"
" Volare (song)|Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu " - also known as "Volare" (San Remo winner song, 1958), co-authored with Franco Migliacci
"La lontananza"
" Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)|Piove " - also known as "Ciao, ciao bambina" (San Remo winner song, 1959)
"Sopra i tetti azzurri del mio pazzo amore"
"Vecchio frac"
"Non piangere Maria"
"Amara terra mia"
"Stasera pago io"
"Il maestro di violino"
"Tu si 'na cosa grande"
"Questa è la mia vita"
"Addio...addio..."
"Piange il telefono"
San Remo Festival
Modugno was the winner four times (in 1958, 1959, 1962 and 1966).
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Billboard Year-End number one singles 1946–1959Congratulations (Eurovision)Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1960sGrammy Award for Record of the Year 1960s
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