In a message dated 9/27/2002 8:50:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, njysprez@optonline.net writes: > The original was title was Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu and was recorded by > Domenico Modugno > That's right, Domenico also wrote the song. "Nel Blu..." hit # 1 during the summer of 1958 and remained # 1 for 5 weeks. You couldn't go to any beach down the shore that summer without hearing the song 20 - 30 times on all the portable radios. Dean Martin released his version soon after Domenico's but his record label changed the name of the song to Volare (I fly or I'm flying). Dean also had a hit with it but his version only reached # 12. Al Martino's version came out in 1975 and hit # 33 on the charts. I have Dean's version on the "Mob Hits" CD. Some place in the deep recesses of all the "junque" we collect over the decades, I have my mother's 45 rpm version by Domenico. Regards, Frank