Domenico Modugno

Details

Instance of

human

Born

9 January 1928

Died

6 August 1994

Place of birth

Polignano a Mare

Place of death

Lampedusa e Linosa

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Domenico

Family name

Modugno

Spouse

Franca Gandolfi

Child

Massimo Modugno, Fabio Camilli

Genre

pop music, folk music

Occupation

singer, politician, human rights defender, screenwriter, stage actor, songwriter, singer-songwriter, film director, recording artist, actor, composer, musician

Position held

member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic, member of the Senate of the Italian Republic

Citizenship

Italy, Kingdom of Italy

Native language

Italian

Awards

Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Sanremo Music Festival, Sanremo Music Festival, Sanremo Music Festival, Sanremo Music Festival, Premio Tenco

birth name

Domenico Modugno

cause of death

myocardial infarction

described by source

Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers

discography

Domenico Modugno discography

educated at

Experimental Centre of Cinematography

end of work period

1994

instrument

guitar, voice

languages spoken, written or signed

Italian

manner of death

natural causes

member of

Domenico Modugno e il suo quintetto

member of political party

Radical Party

name in native language

Domenico Modugno

participant in

Eurovision Song Contest 1958, Eurovision Song Contest 1959, Eurovision Song Contest 1966, Sanremo Music Festival 1958, Sanremo Music Festival 1959, Sanremo Music Festival 1960, Sanremo Music Festival 1962, Sanremo Music Festival 1964, Sanremo Music Festival 1966, Sanremo Music Festival 1967, Sanremo Music Festival 1968, Sanremo Music Festival 1970

place of burial

Cimitero Flaminio

record label

RCA Italiana, Ariston, Paradiso Records

start of work period

1953

topic's main category

Category:Domenico Modugno

work location

Rome

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