Thank you, Domenico Modugno and Franco Migliacci. It is by far one of the greatest hits the world has ever seen. between the songs, I guess we have to arrive at the conclusion that De Marco was lying and that he just wanted to have a piece of the Volare pie. felice di stare lassù. The Grammys were just the start. He was not only an actor and a singer. Nel blu dipinto di blu [nel ˈblu diˈpinto di ˈblu] (em português: "No azul pintado de azul"), popularmente conhecida por Volare é uma canção que se tornou a primeira vencedora do Grammy em 1958. Enquanto o mundo aos poucos desaparece nos teus olhos azuis. Ah, that’s beautiful! Despite all his success, Domenico was able to enter the Billboard Hot 100 charts only twice: the first time with “Volare” and then again with “Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)” which peaked at number 97 – a rather disappointing position for such a great song that has also become a timeless classic over the years. Please take a moment to review my edit. Source #8: The grand finale will then be a quick exploration of the song’s legacy. Source #17: Domenico did Sanremo a couple more times and even won it two more times in 1962 with “Addio….addio….” and in 1966 with “Dio, come ti amo”. The band that played the song was relatively small – only 6 people including Alberto Semprini – and the inclusion of a Hammond organ, played by Mario Migliardi, was quite unusual. Publishing Group in 2012. But nevertheless, 1959 was another huge year for Domenico. Fabio Camilli, Domenico’s fourth son, is an Italian actor and was born in Rome on August 10th in 1962. This must have made the difference at Sanremo. It was an endless back and forth between Fabio Camilli and Domenico’s other three kids. The “Canzone d’autore” is one of seven main genres in today’s Italian musical system based on the form of the “Canzone”: The traditional song, the pop song, the “sophisticated” song, the political song, the rock song, the children’s song and the “Canzone d’autore”. He was considered one of the great Italian American pop crooners. Source #39: In the blue painted blue, Ma tutti i sogni nell’alba svaniscon perchè In 1958, as we have discussed already, he co-authored “Volare” together with Domenico Modugno. Domenico had three older siblings Teresa, Giovanni and Vito and when he was 9, he and his family moved further south to San Pietro Vernotico in the province of Brindisi because his dad got a job there. Source 14 is the official Wikipedia article for “Mario Migliardi”. Source #35: E continuo a voar feliz mais alto que o Sol e ainda mais alto,Enquanto o mundo aos poucos desaparece nos teus olhos azuis,A tua voz é uma doce música que toca pra mim. It was beautiful. Source #1: – The Song & Production – 00:12:19 This is noteworthy as Domenico now impressed audiences as both an actor and a singer. That was an appropriate name, wasn’t it? Quando tramonta, la luna li porta con sé. This, by the way, is a common challenge for a lot of podcasters and one that will hopefully soon be solved in a creative and effective way by the music industry. happy to be up there. As soon as “Volare” was released, a gentleman – I assume that he was one – named Antonio De Marco claimed that Domenico and Franco copied his 1956 song ”Il castello dei sogni” and that, therefore, “Volare” was the result of plagiarism. The lyrics were not typical for the time as they expressed a carefree attitude combined with a search for an undefined freedom. Not even after some wine. Johnny’s father was Nino D’Aurelio, an Italian tenor that had great success in the US in the 1940s and 1950s and lived from 1908 until 1958. But at the same time wonderful and beautiful. Source #26: “Le coq rouge” features a yellow man suspended in midair, while in “Le peintre et la modelle”, half the painter’s face was colored blue. 1958 Kentañ ma voe kanet a voe er Festival di Sanremo e 1958. The song finished second which shows that even 50 years after its initial success, “Volare” is still a favorite of many. oh, oh, oh, oh!Nel blu, dipinto di blu,Felice di stare lassù. Domenico Modugno was born on January 9th, 1928 in Polignano a Mare which is a small town in Apulia, on the South-East coast of Italy, right on the Adriatic Sea. It would take another 36 years, until 1994, before another non-American song, it was “The Sign” by the Swedish group “Ace of Base”, would become Billboard’s Song of the Year. E voava voava feliz mais alto que o sol e ainda mais alto. The timing of the record release was perfect as it went on sale on February 1st, 1958, on the day the song won the Sanremo Festival. I checked out a couple of really disturbing stories and images of the asylum that I could find on the web and have to say that it really breaks my heart to see how these poor people were treated. After that, we’ll get to know the artists behind the song, Domenico Modugno (who co-wrote and sang the song) and Franco Migliacci (who co-wrote the song) and we’ll also explore more of the musical aspects related to “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)” and the canzone d’autore music genre per se. Detroit, for example, saw an unemployment rate of 20%. The song was then released in other European countries as well asthe US and quickly became a worldwide hit and, over the years, one of the great classics. This is just speculation as I really have no idea how Romano Camilli entered Maurizia Calì’s life and how they handled her having a son from Domenico. I painted my hands and my face blue. – Success & Reception – 00:19:03 Al Martino had an amazing and massive voice. His disco-type version of the song reminds me of “Copacabana” by Barry Manilow. Anyway, the news that there is a fourth child claiming to be  Domenico’s was a huge story in Italy. And the world was able to witness it when he performed “Volare” at the 1958 Sanremo Music Festival with open arms looking like he was going to fly. Well, so let us now travel to the Italy of the late 1950s and discuss a lot of interesting details about Domenico Modugno’s classic “Nel blu, dipinto di blu” also known as “Volare”. Dion – whose real last name was DiMucci –, Marcello is an actor and a composer. In the blue painted blue. • Walter Beduschi played the bass. E continuo a volare felice più in alto del sole ed ancora più su,Mentre il mondo pian piano scompare negli occhi tuoi blu,La tua voce è una musica dolce che suona per me. He lived from 1919 to 2000 and, in the 1960s, even worked on films that were also released in the US such as “Secret of the Sphinx“, “Colossus and the Huns“ or “Battle of the Worlds“. Whatever title I’m using, I’m talking about one and the same song. know any borders. The song was released on the 1st of February in 1958. There’s a video online that shows the two performing the song live on RAI Uno. Source 3 is the official Wikipedia article for the “Explorer I” satellite. In Italy, it was released on the Fonit label, in the US on Decca and in the UK on Oriole international. Out of all the cover versions I know, this is the most powerful one, in my opinion. He was of Italian ancestry and studied both composition and conducting in Milan, Italy. -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Migliardi Please note that this was just a quick overview of a subset of the most important events of that year and in no way am I claiming this to be a complete review of 1958. Source 32 is the official Wikipedia article for the “Eurovision Song Contest 2010”. Que são azuis como um céu repleto de estrelas. Semprini was born in Bath, England in 1908 and he died in 1990 at the age of 81 in Brixham which is also in England. All of this doesn’t mean that most of the music experts back then considered Domenico a great singer when he had his initial success in the 1950s. It is also a lyrical masterpiece that will never grow old. But all dreams fade away at dawn because. Nel blu dipinto di blu may refer to: "Nel blu dipinto di blu" (song), a 1958 Italian song by Domenico Modugno; Nel blu dipinto di blu (film), a 1959 Italian film by Piero Tellini. By 2019, for example, this list had grown to 84 categories. And one year later, in 1958, the time had come: Domenico recorded and released his eternal hit “Nel blu dipinto di blu” also known as “Volare”. That’s not impossible, I would say, but combined with the fact that the expert couldn’t find any relevant similarity. Source 31 is the official Wikipedia article for the “Eurovision Song Contest 1958”. Source 30 is the official Wikipedia article for the song “O sole mio”. They sang and danced to it at birthdays and other celebrations. There are a couple of reasons why Domenico had such a breakthrough with “Volare”. Source #28: -https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legge_Merlin&prev=search ), Related products: oh, oh, oh, oh!Nel blu, dipinto di bluFelice di stare lassù. E voava voava feliz mais alto que o sol e ainda mais alto,Enquanto o mundo pouco a pouco desaparecia longe lá em baixo,Uma doce música tocava só pra mim. Volare, oh oh Cantare, oh oh oh oh Nel blu dipinto di blu Felice di stare lassù. Nel blu dipinto di blu, Before we do that though, how bout we first meet the musicians that can be heard on the record. Also, being a music lover and not a historian, I always do my best to provide you with the most accurate information I find on the web and other sources and if there should ever be any mistakes, they are not intentional and please point them out to me. He was chosen over Johnny Dorelli who had done Sanremo together with Domenico. – The Artist – 00:33:19 Let’s now talk about Franco Migliacci who wrote the song together with Domenico. On a lighter note, stereo recordings became available, the “Barbie” doll was introduced becoming an instant success, Pizza Hut was founded in Wichita, Kansas and instant noodles went on sale for the first time. Happy to stay down here, E continuo a volare felice più in alto del sole -https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Modugno Source #22: The song consists of two verses and two main chorus sections. An economic slowdown in the U.S. caused a sharp rise in unemployment. Actually, this is more than a song. I’m not sure though to what extent Domenico was able to see and experience the beauty of the region as he was working in a tire factory. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen filed a patent for the iconic plastic Lego brick. el%20blu%20dipinto%20di%20blu%20analysis&f=false higher than the sun and even higher, mentre il mondo pian piano spariva -https://www.viaggiareinpuglia.it/at/140/giardinovilla/5774/en/The-Statue-of-Domenico-Modugno-Polignano-a-Mare-(Bari) Source #37: -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Party_(Italy) Volare, oh, oh! Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh! Nel blu dipinto di blu • Best Vocal performance, Female: Ella Fitzgerald for “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book” Source 20 is the article titled “Fabio Camilli: ‘Domenico Modugno was my father, everyone knew except for me’” published on August 20th, 2019 on website x-gossip.news. -https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/Songs-of-the-summer-1958/ And Domenico Modugno was the perfect chansonnier. Today, we’re gonna talk about one of the most iconic Italian popular songs that conquered not only Italy but the whole world: “Nel blu, dipinto di blu” better known as – especially in the US – “Volare” by Domenico Modugno who, by some – especially in the US – was and still is also called “Mr. The rest is history. In the 1970s, Franco was the Italian voice of actor Klaus Kinski and he continued to write lyrics; notable works here are the song “Il cuore è uno zingaro” for Nada and “Che sara” for Jose Feliciano – an absolutely wonderful classic. • Responsible for the harp was Ebe Mautino. And in 1975, it was Al Martino’s turn. This is where Lago Maggiore is, for example. It was full of passion. Domenico later told the story that Johnny was so nervous that he had to punch him to persuade him to go on stage with him. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1958 Vinyl release of Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu on Discogs.