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Caterina Valente
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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.
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.
