Domenico Modugno

Über Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno changed Italian popular music overnight with Nel blu dipinto di blu, known the world over as Volare. Winning Sanremo in 1958, it became a global smash, topped the American charts, and won the first ever Grammy for Record of the Year. A singer, actor, and later a politician, Modugno broke from the stiff crooning of his day with open-armed, emotional performances that made him the father of the modern Italian song.