#13: “Volare” – Domenico Modugno (1958)
Modugno stepped onstage at the Sanremo Festival and lifted his arms as if he planned to take flight. “Volare” followed that same spirit. It later reached number one in the US and stayed there long enough to become a household staple.
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His voice carried a sense of blue skies that cut through any gloom. You could almost feel your shoulders lift when it played on an old radio.