Wednesday, June 25, 2008

volare: hip priest in the house of love



nel blu, di pinto di blu.


Written by Domenico Modugno and Franco Migliacci in 1958, and a huge hit for Ratpacker, Dean Martin.

From Wiki:

'"Nel blu dipinto di blu" was presented by Domenico Modugno and Johnny Dorelli at the 1958 Sanremo Music Festival, winning the contest and achieving instant popularity. It was then chosen to represent Italy in the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest and came third.'

ALEX CHILTON: VOLARE from "High Priest" LP (New Rose) 1987 (US)

DEAN MARTIN: VOLARE from "This Is Dean Martin" LP (Capitol) 1958 (US)

4 comments:

dino martin peters said...

hey pallie, like thanks so much for sharin' some history on this Dinotune...never was, never will be anyone as cool as the King of Cool...oh, to return to the days when Dino walked the earth....

ib said...

hey, dino martin peters ; nice to see a blog out there dedicated solely to Dino... You're weblog has been added to the sidecar links.

Thanks for taking the time to comment!

Now, it's about that time of day to rustle up a cocktail or two...

Brushback said...

Holy crap, "High Priest"! What a fabulously awful album! More, please!

ib said...

It is an odd LP, isn't it ?