Editing Domenico Modugno (section)

{{Short description|Italian singer, actor and politician (1928–1994)}}
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| honorific-prefix    = [[Italian honorifics|The Honourable]]
| name                = Domenico Modugno
| image               = Partitissima modugno67.jpg
| caption             = Modugno at ''{{interlanguage link|Partitissima|it|Partitissima}}'' in 1967
| office1             = Member of the [[Italian Senate|Senate of the Republic]]
| term_start1         = 18 April 1990
| term_end1           = 22 April 1992
| constituency1       = [[Rome]] 
| office2             = Member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]]
| term_start2         = 2 July 1987
| term_end2           = 18 April 1990
| constituency2       = [[Turin]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|1|9}}
| birth_place         = [[Polignano a Mare]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1994|8|6|1928|1|9}}
| death_place         = [[Lampedusa]], Italy
| restingplace        = 
| birthname           = 
| spouse              = {{marriage|Franca Gandolfi|1955}}
| party               = [[Radical Party (Italy)|Radical Party]]
| relations           = 
| children            = 4
| alma_mater          = 
| occupation          = {{hlist|Singer|actor|politician}}
| signature           = 
| website             = 
| footnotes           = 
| module              = {{Infobox musical artist
|embed       = yes
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Canzone napoletana|Neapolitan song]]|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[Folk music|Folk]]}}
| instrument      = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}
| years_active    = 1953–1993
| label           = {{hlist|[[RCA Italiana|RCA]]|[[Fonit Cetra]]|[[Carosello Records|Carosello]]|{{Ill|Panarecord|it|Panarecord}}|[[Decca Records|Decca]]|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]|[[Jubilee Records|Jubilee]]}}
| associated_acts = 
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| height              = {{convert|1.74|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
}}

'''Domenico Modugno''' ({{IPA|it|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 (song)|Nel blu dipinto di blu]]", for which he received [[1st Annual Grammy Awards|the first Grammy Awards]] for [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. He is considered the first Italian [[cantautore]].<ref name=bio>{{in lang|it}}[http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=DmdBiografiaDiDomenicoModugno Domenico Modugno: biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917213814/http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=DmdBiografiaDiDomenicoModugno |date=17 September 2014 }}</ref>