"Return to Me (song) ""Return to Me"" is a song released in 1958 by Dean Martin. The song spent 22 weeks on the United Kingdom's ""New Musical Express"" chart, peaking at No. 2, while reaching No. 1 in the Netherlands, No. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, No. 7 in Flanders, and No. 8 on Norway's ""VG""-lista. In the United States, the song reached No. 4 on ""Billboard""s Top 100 Sides, No. 4 on ""Billboard""s chart of ""Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores”, and No. 4 on ""Billboard""s chart of ""Most Played by Jockeys"". Martin recorded the song again in"
"Volare (song) ""Nel blu dipinto di blu"" (; ""In the blue [sky] [as I was] painted blue"" or ""In the blue-painted blue [sky]""), popularly known as ""Volare"" (; ""To Fly""), is a song recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Domenico Modugno. Written by Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno, it was released as a single on 1 February 1958. Winning the eighth Sanremo Music Festival, the song was chosen as the Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958, where it won third place out of ten songs in total. The combined sales of all the versions of the song exceed 22"
"was ""That's Amore"", which stalled at No. 2. Other Top Tens included ""Powder Your Face with Sunshine"" (No. 10), ""Return to Me"" (No. 4), ""The Door Is Still Open to My Heart"" (No. 6), and ""I Will"" (No. 10). After ""Volare"" reached No. 12 in August 1958, Martin experienced a bleak six-year period in his recording career without any significant single activity, exacerbated by changing pop trends and his focus on movie roles. Inexplicably, a song strongly associated with Martin, ""Ain't That a Kick in the Head?,"" never charted when released as a single. His highest-charting single during that span"
"five weeks at the top of the US Singles Chart, was later named the Billboard Year-End number one single for 1958, and won two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. It is also one of only three non-British / non-winning Eurovision songs ever to have reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom. ""Volare""'s popularity has not diminished with time and it rapidly assumed the status of a worldwide musical standard. It is invariably cited, along with ABBA's ""Waterloo"", as globally the most successful and instantly recognisable song ever to have emerged from Eurovision."
"first entry, ""All"" by Patricia Bredin, was – and still remains – the shortest entry in the history of the contest, at 1:52 minutes. However, their first entry failed to impress the European juries, finishing in 7th place out of 10 songs, with only 6 votes. As a result of their poor placing, the BBC did not compete in the 1958 contest; however, after the success of the Italian entry of that year, ""Nel blu dipinto di blu"" performed by Domenico Modugno, more commonly known as ""Volare"", the United Kingdom decided to return, and began the longest uninterrupted run of"
"his album ""To the Door of the Sun"". His single peaked at number 33 in the US, it reached number 3 on the Dutch Single Top 100, and it was certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. Sergio Franchi recorded two compilation albums featuring this song, 1976's ""Sergio Franchi Sings Volare"", and 1977's ""Volare"". In 1985, the Italian supergroup MusicaItalia released a cover version for the song as a charity single for Ethiopian famine relief. The group included artists such as Vasco Rossi, Fabrizio De André, Loredana Bertè, Lucio Dalla, Patty Pravo and Giuni Russo. Australian alternative rock band"
"arrivano le ragazze"" (2004). His Most Famous Songs are : Calypso Melody (1957), Julia (1958), Boccuccia Di Rosa (Pink Lips) (1958), Love In Portofino (1959), Lettera A Pinocchio (1959), Montecarlo (1961), Speedy Gonzales (1962), Era Settembre (1964), Probabilmente (1965), Al Buio Sto Sognando (1966), Solo Più Che Mai (Strangers In The Night) (1966), L'Immensità (1967), Arriva La Bomba (1967), E Penso A Te (1971), Aggiungi Un Posto A Tavola (1975). As a (popular and jazz) crooner, he sang numerous songs live on television shows (mainly in the 60's), in Italian and in English. In 2007 he returned after 38 years"
"album, ""Volare"", in 2009 by Big Fish Records. In February 2010, a cover of the song performed by Italian singer Simona Galeandro won the international competition of the 2010 Viña del Mar International Song Festival. In 2011, a rock version of the song was included in Gianna Nannini's ""Io e Te"". One year later, a version of the song performed by Emma Marrone was included in the soundtrack of the Italian movie ""Benvenuti al Nord"", directed by Luca Miniero. Also in 2012, a version by Angelo DiPippo was included on the soundtrack for To Rome with Love. British tenor Jonathan"
"single, reaching 22 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1962. It spent ten weeks in that chart. The label also had successes with tracks licensed from European labels, notably Domenico Modugno's original recording of ""Volare"" and recordings by the Swedish instrumental group the Spotnicks. In the 1960s Oriole licensed several productions by Joe Meek, performed by the Dowlands, Alan Klein and Screaming Lord Sutch. It also distributed several American hits from Columbia Records in the US. On the long playing LP front, Oriole had a big success in 1954 with the original cast list recording of the smash hit"
"Soul II Soul Soul II Soul are a British musical group formed in London in 1988. They are best known for their 1989 UK chart-topper and US top five hit ""Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)"", and ""Keep On Movin'"" which reached number five in the UK and number 11 in the US. They won two Grammy Awards, and have been nominated for five Brit Awards—twice for Best British Group. The group initially attracted attention as a sound system, playing records at house and street parties (where their clothing style, dubbed ""Funki Dred"", started a line of clothing)."
"Return to Sender (song) ""Return to Sender"" is a 1962 hit single recorded by American singer Elvis Presley and performed in the film ""Girls! Girls! Girls!"" The song was written by Winfield Scott and Otis Blackwell and published by Elvis Presley Music. The song peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and was the UK Christmas number one of 1962. It also reached #2 on the American ""Billboard"" singles chart, (Big Girls Don't Cry by The Four Seasons kept it from the #1 spot.) However, the song reached number 1 on the rival ""Cash Box"" and ""Music Vendor"" singles"
"Take Two Steps Back / Love Me, Baby 1958 845 Little Eddie My Mama Said / Yellow Moon 1958 846 John Lee Hooker Curl My Baby's Hair / 609 Boogie 1959 847 Andre Williams I'm All For You / Put A Chain On It 1959 848 Eddie Kirkland I Miss You, Baby / I Must Have Done Something Wrong 1959 849 Walter Hamilton Combo Sherry Blues / Peaches And Cream 1959 850 Al Gelb Mad About Him Blues / Saint Louis Blues 1959 851 Andre Williams with the Five Dollars, 2nd voice Gino Parks, Walter Hamilton Combo (M m m"
"to Reprise Records (distributed by Warner Bros.) where they scored with cover versions of ""Turn Around, Look at Me"" (#7), ""My Special Angel"" (#7), ""Till"" (#27), ""No, Not Much"" (#34), ""Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)"" (#42), ""Moments To Remember"" (#47), and ""Green Fields"" (#92). The original group made many TV appearances in the 1960s, including ""The Tonight Show"", ""The Ed Sullivan Show"", ""Shindig"", ""The Red Skelton Show"", ""The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"", ""American Bandstand"", ""Hullabaloo"", and several appearances on ""The Mike Douglas Show"". In 1971, the Vogues signed a recording contract with Bell Records and recorded three singles (""Love"
"Jerry Vale Jerry Vale (born Genaro Louis Vitaliano; July 8, 1930 – May 18, 2014) was an American singer and actor. During the 1950s and 1960s, he reached the top of the pop charts with his interpretations of romantic ballads, including a cover of Eddy Arnold hit ""You Don't Know Me"" (1956) and ""Have You Looked into Your Heart"" (1964). Vale, who was of Italian descent, sang numerous songs in Italian, many of which were used in soundtracks by films of Martin Scorsese Vale showed his love of Italian music with his albums, ""I Have But One Heart"" (1962) and"
"Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 Italy was represented by Domenico Modugno, with the song '""Nel blu dipinto di blu"", at the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 12 March in Hilversum, Netherlands. Broadcaster RAI chose the winning song from the 1958 Sanremo Music Festival as their Eurovision entry: the song had been performed twice at Sanremo and Modugno was chosen over Johnny Dorelli as the performer. Although ""Nel blu dipinto di blu"" did not win at Eurovision, it went on after the contest (under the title ""Volare"") to become a huge worldwide hit. The song spent"
"to her winning the 1978 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, with additional Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female and Record of the Year. Boone also won the 1977 American Music Award for Favorite Pop Single. Decades after its release, the Debby Boone version is still considered one of the top ten Billboard Hot 100 songs of all time. In 2008, it was ranked at #7 on ""Billboard's"" ""Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs"" list (August 1958 - July 2008). An updated version of the all-time list in 2013 ranked the song at #9. Although it was written by"
"(1971) by Funk, Inc., ""I Can't Stop"" (1976) by John Davis and the Monster Orchestra, and ""Baby Don't Forget My Number"" (1988) by Milli Vanilli. Running Back to You ""Running Back to You"" is the lead single from American singer Vanessa Williams' second studio album, ""The Comfort Zone"" (1991). The single became one of the biggest hits of her career; it topped ""Billboard""s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for two weeks from October 5 to October 12, 1991 and reached number eighteen on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. A colorful music video, directed by Ralph Ziman, was shot for the single. Williams"
"Turner's ""All Around the World"", was a hit, reaching number 5 on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart. He followed up with a string of R&B hits, including the original version of ""Need Your Love So Bad"", written by his elder brother Mertis John Jr. One of his biggest hits, ""Fever"" (1956) (Pop number 24, R&B number 1), was made famous in a cover version recorded by Peggy Lee in 1958, but John's version sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. Another song, ""Talk to Me, Talk to Me"", recorded in 1958, reached number 5 on the R&B"
"""Arrivederci, Roma"" (1963), full of Italian standards such as ""Amore, Scusami"", ""Ciao, Ciao, Bambina"", ""Arrivederci, Roma"", and ""O Sole Mio"". His renditions of ""Volare"", ""Innamorata (Sweetheart)"", and ""Al di là"" became classic Italian-American songs. Gennaro Louis Vitaliano was born in the Bronx, New York, to Italian immigrant parents, and grew up in the Bronx Italian American community. In high school, to earn money, Vale took a job shining shoes in a barbershop, singing while he worked. His boss, Vito Veneziano, liked the sound so well that he paid for music lessons for the boy. Vale started singing in high school"
"Lisa"", ""Too Young"", ""Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup"", ""Pretend"", ""Smile"", and ""A Blossom Fell"". Perry Como was another frequent visitor to the charts with hits like: ""If"", ""Round and Round"", ""Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"", ""Tina Marie"", ""Papa Loves Mambo"", and ""Catch a Falling Star"". Other major stars in the early 1950s included Frank Sinatra (""Young at Heart"", ""Three Coins in the Fountain"", ""Witchcraft""), Tony Bennett (""Cold, Cold Heart"", ""Because of You"", ""Rags to Riches""), Kay Starr (""Bonaparte's Retreat"", ""Wheel of Fortune"", ""Rock and Roll Waltz""), Rosemary Clooney (""Come On-a My House"", ""Mambo Italiano"", ""Half as Much"","
"until mid-1954. In second place was pop singer Jo Stafford with ""You Belong to Me"", and, with the exception of one week, she stayed just one place behind the top spot for nine weeks, until she finally managed to knock Al Martino off the top in 1953. Another record-achiever went to English traditional pop music singer Vera Lynn, who had three singles within the top 10 at the same time with ""Forget Me Not (Vera Lynn song)"" (at number 7), ""The Homing Waltz"" (at number 9), and ""Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart"" (at number 10). Other artists that had chart success in"
"Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites is a studio album recorded by American singer and entertainer Connie Francis. The album consists of traditional Italian and Neapolitan songs (e. g. ""Santa Lucia"") as well as then-current contemporary songs like ""Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)"" or ""Piove"" which both had risen to international fame after being Italy's entries to the Eurovision Song Contests of 1958 and 1959. ""Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites"" was recorded following a suggestion from Francis' father, George Franconero, Sr., who played an active part in directing Francis' career. He had realized that Francis"
"the Hot 100. The song charted best on the Canadian country chart (#11). It was also a hit on the Easy Listening charts of both nations. In 1966, famous Italian singer Gianni Morandi recorded a cover version titled ""Se perdo anche te"" (""If I lose you too""). The author of the Italian lyrics was Franco Migliacci, who was Morandi's producer at that time and who, eight years before, had written the lyrics to Domenico Modugno's international hit ""Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare).""<br> This song was arranged by Ennio Morricone, who at that time conducted many tunes published by the"
"in Australia, going on to sell over 11 million records around the world. He also wrote lyrics for the title song of the films ""The Winter's Tale"", ""Shalako"", ""Twinky"" (""Lola"" in the United States), and ""Joseph Andrews"". At the age of 22 he became the first pop singer to work with George Martin, who produced all his hit records. Several of his songs entered the UK Singles Chart, including ""Be My Girl"" (1957, UK No. 2), ""Just Born (To Be Your Baby)"" (1958, UK No. 27), ""Crazy Dream"" (1958, UK No. 24) and ""Sugartime"" (1958, UK No. 25). In 1957,"
"""Julie Is Her Name"". She was to record 32 albums in her career. In 1956 Liberty signed the little-known Henry Mancini. They released two singles and several albums for him, but he left in 1959 when he gained in popularity. Billy Rose and Lee David's song, ""Tonight You Belong to Me"", scored a number 4 (US) and number 28 (UK) as performed by teen sisters Patience and Prudence (McIntyre), selling over a million copies. (It was first recorded in 1927, revived by Frankie Laine in 1952.) Their biggest early rock and roll artist was Eddie Cochran, who had just starred"
"to receive the award for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artist, and Album of the Year, nonconsecutively. Only five artists have won the Song of the Year and Best New Artist awards the same year: Christopher Cross (1981), Alicia Keys (2002), Amy Winehouse (2008), Fun (2013), and Sam Smith. The song ""Volare"", winner in 1959 by Domenico Modugno and performed in Italian, is the only foreign-language song to win this award, although the 1967 winner ""Michelle"" by the Beatles has a critical part of its lyrics in French. As of 2017, no songwriter has won"
"number two in the U.S. She also wrote ""Lay Some Happiness on Me"", one of Dean Martin's Gbenga Akinnagbe most successful records of the 1960s and in 1973 her song ""To Get to You"", a hit for Jerry Wallace, was nominated for Song of the Year by the Country Music Association. Among the other artists to record Chapel songs are Liz Anderson, Nancy Sinatra, Tommy Overstreet, Charlie McCoy, and Lorrie Morgan. Chapel died August 19, 1995 in Port Orange, Florida. Jean Chapel Opal Jean Amburgey (March 6, 1925 – August 19, 1995), known professionally as Jean Chapel, was an American"
"by Elvis Presley's ""Jailhouse Rock""), which was signed off by Giorgio Calabrese and Giampiero Reverberi despite being composed by Tenco and Gaber. The two went on to continue writing music together, developing at the same time a close friendship. In 1958 they toured Germany together with Adriano Celentano, Enzo Jannacci, Paolo Tomelleri e Gianfranco Reverberi. Gaber paired up with Enzo Jannacci as ""I Due Corsari"" (""The Two Privateers""), who made their debut at the end of 1958 with two vinyl singles – ""Come Facette Mammeta"", a classic song of Neapolitan humour, and ""Non occupatemi il telefono"" (""Don't Hog the Telephone"")."
"""Billboard"" Hot Latin Songs chart in April 1990 and became a minor hit in the UK, where it reached number 86. It also charted in France and the Netherlands, peaking at number 16 and at number 26 respectively. Barry White's album ""Put Me in Your Mix"", released in 1991, also includes a cover of Modugno's hit single, simply titled ""Volare"". In 1996, American polka band Brave Combo covered the song for the compilation album ""Mood Swing Music"". A piano cover of the song is included in 1997's ""Mambo Italiano"" by Stefano Bollani, while Italian singer Al Bano released in 1999"
"Vella"", an adaptation of the Berry song, with new lyrics (written by Steve Harris) about Vella, the band's longtime tour manager. It was released as the B-side of their single ""From Here to Eternity"". Narvel Felts covered the song in 1982. His version went to number 64 on the Hot Country Singles chart in 1982. In 1961, the Flairs (not to be confused with the doo-wop group) recorded a version unsuccessfully. Later that year, they changed their name to the Velaires and signed with Jamie Records, and released it again. It quickly reached number one in Los Angeles. They had"
"vocalists. On August 28, 2017, Melissa Bell died after suffering from kidney failure. The group appeared on Jools' Annual Hootenanny on New Year's Eve in 2017. Soul II Soul Soul II Soul are a British musical group formed in London in 1988. They are best known for their 1989 UK chart-topper and US top five hit ""Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)"", and ""Keep On Movin'"" which reached number five in the UK and number 11 in the US. They won two Grammy Awards, and have been nominated for five Brit Awards—twice for Best British Group. The group"
"There were two interval acts, one in the middle of the competing songs performances and one after all the rest of the competing performances were shown. Sweden, a country that would later be one of the most successful in the contest, debuted this year. The United Kingdom decided to withdraw from the contest after initially planning to submit an entry. After the contest, the Italian entry """"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu"""" (subsequently known as """"Volare"""") by Domenico Modugno went on to become a worldwide hit. During the 1st Grammy Awards, held on 4 May 1959 at Hollywood's Beverly Hilton Hotel,"
"also had a hit with the song, which reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart in 1955. The British lyrics did differ from the American ones. The song was re-arranged and re-written by Geoffrey Parsons and John Turner. The song was also recorded by Connie Francis in 1959 for her album ""Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites"", with her hit single released in February 1960. Arranged and conducted by Tony Osborne, the Connie Francis version of the song was a number two hit in the UK, and peaked at number eight on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. The song in"