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Domenico Modugno

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Domenico Modugno

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Also known as Mimmo Modugno

Italian singer, actor and politician (1928–1994)

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Domenico Modugno was an Italian male singer-songwriter and pop artist. His professional career spanned from 1953 to 1994. He was born on January 9, 1928, and died on August 6, 1994. Modugno’s musical style is categorized as pop, singer-songwriter, and traditional pop.

He is associated with works including *Cyrano*. His music has been tagged with descriptors such as Italian, 50s, and oldies. An official website exists for the artist.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Domenico Modugno
  • Cyrano

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1928-01-09
Active to
1994-08-06
popsinger-songwritertraditional pop

Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
208,287
Total plays
1,259,838

Tags

italian50ssinger-songwriterpopoldies

Domenico Modugno (January 9, 1928 – August 6, 1994) was an Italian singer and songwriter. From a young age Domenico wanted to become an actor and in 1951, after his military service, he enrolled in an acting school. While still studying he had a role in a cinematographic version of Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo, and some other films. In 1957, his song Lazzarella, sung by Aurelio Fierro, came second in the Festival della Canzone Napoletana, bringing him the first popularity. <a href=

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    · 2017 · cited 5,580x

  2. 2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization

    · 2018 · cited 5,566x

  3. The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    · 2018 · cited 4,773x

  4. Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    · 2024 · cited 4,511x

  5. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    · 2016 · cited 4,417x

via Crossref · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

Domenico Modugno ( Italian pronunciation: [doˈmeːniko moˈduɲɲo]; 9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian singer, actor and, later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel blu dipinto di blu", for which he received the first Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. He is considered the first Italian cantautore.

Early life

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