1947 was a splendid year for Italian Americans. For decades, Italian immigrants, especially those from the poorer southern regions, were feared, discriminated against, even lynched on occasion. Then ...
In 1958, the number one song of the year on Billboard contained the following lyrics: "Nel blu, dipinto di blu/E ci dice di stare lassu." The song, "Volare," recorded by Domenico Modugno and, more ...
Rotella's revelatory follow-up to Stolen Figs is much more than the story of the years after the war and before the Beatles, when Italian-Americans ruled popular music—it's an astute examination of ...
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