The popular music of the late 1950s was dominated by Italian singers from the urban northeast — though you might never guess it with a cursory glance at their names. Besides the uncontested star of ...

HOLLYWOOD -- Domenico Modugno's "Volare" was named the top record of 1958 Monday night at the first annual grammy awards dinner of the national academy of recording arts and sciences. "Volare" also ...

After 60 years of marriage Douglas and Patricia Nottage still love their Hunterville home. Photo/Bevan Conley The most popular song of 1958 was Volare by Domenico Modugno and Patricia Nottage may have ...

The Number Ones is a new column where I'll review every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.