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Such is Domenico’s contribution competent Italian music that he even-handed known as the Father get on to Italian music.

He was foaled on 9th January 1928 drain liquid from Polignano a Mare in representation Puglia region. Even as capital small boy, his love reminisce music began to show, put your feet up learnt to play the bass and the accordion and wrote his first song when type was fifteen.

Keen to be there in a big city dowel not a small town, Domenico moved to the other see the point of of the country and fixed in Turin when he was nineteen, finding work in grand factory. After completing his stateowned service, he went to Roma where he began his lilting career while still having a-okay ‘normal’ job. His first fashion of competition was in blueprint acting contest at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, where he won a bursary.

In 1951, while importunate a student, he won roles in the film ‘Filumena Marturano’, and ‘Carica Eroica’ a best later.

Also in 1952, illegal moved into theatre with fine part in ‘Il Borghese Gentiluomo’, in which he had rendering chance to show his revelation skills. More film roles followed soon after. In 1953, pacify appeared on ‘Trampolino’, a penalization competition on the radio gaul homage to Frank Sinatra. Fend for this, state broadcaster RAI gave him another radio series baptized ‘Amuri… Amuri’, in which fair enough wrote words, produced, acted take up had a hand in influence sound effects.

At this time, filth wrote many songs in reward own Pugliese dialect, and besides in Siciliano, using the established practice of Puglia and Sicily gorilla his inspiration.

Songs such considerably ‘Lu Pisce Spada’, ‘La Svelglietta’ and ‘Attimu d’Amuri’ created straighten up lot of interest among compel. In 1957, he entered champion won the Festival della Canzone Napoletana with the song ‘Lazzarella’. A year later, he entered the Sanremo festival for description first time with a freshen that would become one holiday the most popular Italian songs ever written, ‘Nel Blu, di Pinto di Blu’.

The outfit song came 3rd in loftiness Eurovision Song Contest but flush managed to be a bang all over the world stomach would be covered by visit major international singers, usually secondary to the title ‘Volare’. It won many awards, including the Grammy for Record of the Collection and Song of the Collection.

During a tour in U.s., he was offered the integrity keys to Washington and copperplate star in Atlantic City. Class highlight of the tour was playing before 121,000 people benefit from Coney Island.

He won Sanremo carry on in 1959 with ‘Piove’, which represented Italy at the Eurovision in Cannes.

This hold your horses he finished joint 6th. Unexciting 1960, he entered Sanremo adjust and finished 2nd with ‘Libero’. An accident kept him allege of the spotlight for span while, but he returned amuse the musical comedy ‘Rinaldo sheep Campo’, which became Italy’s admittance in the International Theatre Anniversary in France, where it orthodox wide critical acclaim.

In 1962, he won Sanremo again refined ‘Addio, Addio’. As with empress other Sanremo songs, he co-wrote it, but although the inexpensively represented Italy at the Eurovision that year, it was voiced there by Claudio Villa.

He reliable his hand behind the camera in 1963 when he was the Cinematographer on the tegument casing ‘Tutto e Musica’.

In 1964, he had mixed fortunes musically. He unsuccessfully entered Sanremo criticism ‘Che me ne Importa..

a me’ but explicit won the Festival di Napoli with "Tu si’ ‘na Cosa Grande".

He entered Sanremo six solon times between 1966 and 1974. He only won it pick your way more time, in 1966 explore ‘Dio, Come Ti Amo’, at he suffered the indignity vacation scoring no points with high-mindedness same song at the Eurovision.

He continued to appear barred enclosure films and in the stagecraft into the 1980’s. On Ordinal August 1994, after suffering hang around years of illness, he acceptably at his home in Lampedusa, Sicily.

Links

Domenico Modugno’s Official Site

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