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On August 6, 1994, Italian singer, Domenico Modugno, died of a heart attack at the age of 66. Americans remember his 1958 hit song, “Nel blu dipinto di blu,” better known in the US as “Volare.”
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On August 6, 1994, Italian singer, Domenico Modugno, died of a heart attack at the age of 66. Americans remember his 1958 hit song, “Nel blu dipinto di blu,” better known in the US as “Volare.”
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-foreign-language-1-hits-in-the-us
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1958-08-14_Ike_Tells_UN.ogv
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Domenico_Modugno_1958_newsreel_capture.jpg
The image by JJ Merelo available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macarena_stopmotion.webm is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
The low-resolution images available at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dominique_-_The_Singing_Nun.jpg, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_Bamba_Los_Lobos.jpg, and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SukiyakiCover.jpg are used briefly in a video intended for educational purposes per fair use.
The images by caelan available at pixabay.com/videos/map-old-geography-vintage-atlas-30090/, by Canva available at pixabay.com/videos/woman-model-to-dance-female-hair-116433/, and by Edurs34 available at pixabay.com/illustrations/board-chalk-chalkboard-education-5585922 are licensed under the Pixabay License: pixabay.com/service/license
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