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Dio Come Ti Amo , frequent Eurocovers readers know that it's one of my favorite Eurovision songs. Here's a new version that ha...

Italian/American singer and actor Al Martino has died last tuesday at the age of 82. From Al Martino's Volare (originally this eurocov...

While lingering at the sofa with a nasty back injury, I watched the Antiques Roadshow the other week. I may lose some of my credibility her...

I received a message from Sladjan Jovanovic concerning the Belgrade Eurocovers post where I stated that I hadn't found any version of ...

Another goodbye this week. Croatian singer Vice Vukov died at the age of 72. Vice Vukov entered Eurovision twice for Yugoslavia. In 1963 w...

How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? In the U.S. it was Patti Page windowshopping for a domestic animal but in the U.K. the song was a # ...

Here's a selection of Volares from 1958 Umberto Marcato recorded at least 4 'modern' versions of Volare, but here's his o...

Selecting coverversions for Anno Domenico, the Volare year, isn't an easy task. Hearing the same song over and over again should come w...

With the Euro 2008 well underway, (we're talking football here, or soccer if you must) here's a second bunch of coverversions of Nel...

After Eurovision there's another event that enjoys some popularity in the European communities this year, the European Cup Football, Eur...

I noticed that the Platters entered the U.K. album top 10 this week with a Best Of compilation. And as I had prepared a bit on their Volare ...

Chilean singer Monna Bell has died last week at the age of 70. Monna Bell rose to international fame with the song Un Telegrama , the song ...

Here's a Russian version of Volare I have no clue about. The song is probably titled Letayu (Летаю) and it sounds like an old record...

Here's a Danish version of Volare by The Defenders. The song Vi Har Det Åh, Åh was recorded in 1967 and released on single (Sonet T 82...

With Eurovision 2008 on track with all entries chosen it's a long wait until the big nights. Instead of speculations, fan polls and bett...

American singer / actress Anita Bryant shot to international infamy when she used her star status in her battle to stop a Miami law against ...

Another Volare , Another tragedy. Sardinian born twin* Pier Angeli's entry in the history books on the shelf may be mostly about her bei...

Today it's 50 years ago that the final of the Italian SanRemo contest took place. The 3 day contest started on januari 30 and the final ...

Volare , basically has had three lives. Three times in the past 50 years the song was covered very successfully and confused a new generatio...