30 Years Ago, Gipsy Kings' 'Volaré' Rumbaed to the Top of the Hot Latin Songs Chart
Thirty years ago Tuesday (April 21), Gipsy Kings -- the band that had the world striking a flamenco pose and screaming out “bem bem” and “djobi, djoba” on dance floors -- rumbaed to the top of the Hot Latin Songs chart with “Volaré.” The Kings’ first Hot Latin Songs No. 1 covered Domenico Modugno’s 1956 Billboard Hot 100 topper, recorded as “Nel Blu, Dipinto