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She starred in 12 European movie-musicals she dances (less exuberantly since undergoing two major hip operations) and is a virtuoso on the guitar, having strummed the instrument in an orchestra when only a teen-ager. The Grand Prix du Disque was her award in France for "Bimbombey" and she topped the charts in the US and the UK with the before mentioned "Malaguena" and "The Breeze and I". In Italy romantic ballads like "Nessuno al mondo" and "Till" brought her gold records. She stormed the charts in Germany with "Ganz Paris träumt von der Liebe" and Tipitipitipso" becoming the queen of German Schlager.
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In "The Entertainers" aired in 1964/65 she shared the bill with Carol Burnett, Dom DeLuise and Bob Newhart and was awarded the FAME Award as best vocalist on American television.įrom the mid fifties to the eighties German, Italian, Swiss and Austrian Television produced more than a dozen series of Valente-Shows and her guest spots over the globe are uncountable.Īmong others, she has performed with Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, toured extensively in concert with Woody Herman, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Buddy Rich and has recorded with Sy Oliver, Claus Ogerman and Chet Baker just to name a few.īorn in Paris (January 14th 1931) of Italian parents, once married to a German then to an Englishman, Caterina Valente easily related to fans wherever she performed, particularly in Europe.
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Danny Kaye, Perry Como and Bing Crosby often featured her as well, along with other TV hosts. Las Vegas critics raved about the extraordinary talent of the young European vocalist who could sing in 12 languages and she soon found the spotlight on TV, at the Hollywood Palace and Dean Martin was so impressed he invited her on his TV show at least a dozen times. This was followed by the worldwide hit "The Breeze and I". In 1955 Gordon MacRae presented her on the "Colgate Comedy Hour" as the "Malaguena" Girl. Members Of The Munich Philharmonic, stringsIn 1954 Caterina Valente introduced herself to European audiences with her recordings of "Istanbul" and "I love Paris". Renate Maurer, Edith Prock, Claudia Schwarz, Helmut Knorr, Gunther Eric Thoner - background vocals Sonny Cohn, Johnnie Coles, Bobby Ojeda, Byron Stripling, Melton Mustafa - trumpetsĬlarence Banks, Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, Dennis Wilson - trombonesĮric Dixon, Kenny Hing, Danny House, Danny Turner, John Williams - saxophones, woodwinds Thad Jones, conductor, cornet on "Solitude"
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Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s, the band survived long past the big band era itself and the death of Basie in 1984. The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. While she is best-known as an international performer, Valente also spent part of her career in the United States, where she performed alongside Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Perry Como, and Ella Fitzgerald, among others. Valente is a polyglot she speaks six languages, and sings in eleven. Recorded at the legendary Criteria Studio, Miami, Florida with additional recordings and final mix at Arco Studios, Munich.Ĭaterina Valente (born Januin Paris, France) is a French-born, Italian multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress. Originally released in 1986, here's the double-LP edition from 2016.
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