Editing Domenico Modugno (section)

== Early life ==
The youngest of four children, Modugno was born at [[Polignano a Mare]], in the [[province of Bari]] ([[Apulia]]), on 9 January 1928.<ref name=Parents /> His father, Vito Cosimo Modugno,<ref name=Birth>{{Cite web | url = http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2002/01/09/polignano-mister-volare-storia-di-un.html | work = [[la Repubblica]] | language = it | access-date = 11 June 2012 | title = Polignano & Mister Volare storia di un amore impossibile | date = 9 January 2002 | author = Raffaele Lorusso}}</ref> was a [[Municipal police (Italy)|municipal police]] commander,<ref name=Parents>{{Cite web |url=http://www.okmusik.com/it/artisti/domenico-modugno_2222 |publisher=OkMusic.com |language=it |access-date=11 June 2012 |title=Artisti – Domenico Modugno |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131024140/http://www.okmusik.com/it/artisti/domenico-modugno_2222 |archive-date=31 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while his mother, Pasqua Lorusso,<ref name=Birth /> was a housewife.<ref name=Parents />

At the age of 9, his family moved to [[San Pietro Vernotico]], in the [[Province of Brindisi]],<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1995/agosto/07/Controfesta_per_Modugno_nel_paese_co_0_9508077179.shtml | work = [[Corriere della Sera]] | language = it | date = 7 August 1995 | access-date = 11 June 2012 | title = Controfesta per Modugno nel paese che lo adottò | author = Alberto Selvaggi}}</ref> where his father was transferred for a new job position.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2002/01/10/era-orgoglioso-delle-sue-radici.html | work = [[la Repubblica]] | language = it | access-date = 11 June 2012 | title = Era orgoglioso delle sue radici | author = Antonella Gaeta | date = 10 January 2002}}</ref> Here Domenico attended primary school and learned San Pietro Vernotico's dialect, which belongs to the linguistic area of [[Salentino dialect]], similar to [[Sicilian language|Sicilian]]. He attended secondary school in Lecce.<ref name=bio />