Monday, 3 October 2011

Volare

This was a hit for Domenico Modugno in 1958.

Modugno's recording became the first Grammy winner for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1958. It is the only foreign-language recording to achieve this honor. It spent five non-consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100 in August and September 1958 and was Billboard's number-one single for the year.

Wikipedia

It has been covered by at least 50 artists, including Al Martino, Barry White, Bobby Rydell, Chet Atkins, Cliff Richard, Connie Francis, David Bowie, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Engelbert Humperdinck, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Louis Armstrong, Luciano Pavarotti, Paul McCartney, Petula Clark, Roger Wiliams, The Platters, Wayne Newton...