This is an up-tempo, hard swinging female vocal version of Volare, and not a meek latin rendition. The chart was transcribed and adapted from a version done by the German singer & actress Yvonne Catte...
(music by Domenico Modugno, original Italian text by D. Modugno and F. Migliacci, English lyric by Mitchell Parish)
In 1958, Domenico Modugno (1928-1994) song Nel blu dipinto di blu (or Volare) was the Italian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest. Modugno did not win the contest (he became third) but the song - a t...
Nel blu dipinto di blu', popularly known as 'Volare' is Domenico Modugno's signature song. It is the only song ever by an Italian artist to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Domenico Modugno'...
Many of Domenico Modugno's songs are world famous. Giancarlo Gazzani has orchestrated, for this medley, four of the great songwriter's songs: 'Volare' (Nel blu dipinto di blu), 'Tu si' 'na cosa grande...
