Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Caterina Valente

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Caterina Valente - Quando, Quando -1962-


Besame mucho - Caterina Valente

La Paloma (Caterina Valente).wmv

Bing Crosby & Caterina Valente - Medley

Louis Armstrong, Caterina Valente, Danny Kaye


Caterina Valente

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valente in 1966
Caterina Valente (born 14 January 1931, Paris, France) is an Italian singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress. She was born into an Italian artist family. Her father, Giuseppe, was a well-known accordion player; her mother, Maria, a musical clown. She had three siblings, one of whom, Silvio (as Silvio Francesco), was also active in show business.

Life and career[edit]

Caterina Valente, 1984

In 1952, she married the juggler Erik van Aro (Gerd Eric Horst Scholz). He recognized her talent and accompanied her in her initial years of worldwide success, although they later divorced. Their son is the singer Eric van Aro. In 1953, she made her first recordings with Kurt Edelhagen. Soon afterwards she achieved success with songs such as "Malagueña", "The Breeze and I", and "Dreh dich nicht um" with the Werner Müller orchestra. In 1955, she was featured on The Colgate Comedy Hour with Gordon MacRae. In the mid 1960s, Valente worked with Claus Ogerman and recorded material in both Italian and English that he arranged/conducted and/or composed on the Decca [1] and London [2] labels. Between 1966 and 1972 she was a frequent guest on the Dean Martin Show.

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