Konzert für Frack und Petticoat - Classics with a Chaser, RCA LSP-2119.Polydor Sonderauflage Bertelsmann J 53503, 10 inch LP Weltschlager mit Caterina Valente, 1959.A Date With Caterina Valente, Polydor 45 517.The Best of Caterina Valente, SUMMIT Karussell SRA 250-548 (on the cover)/2430 032 (on the label).Great Continental Hits, World Record Club, 1967.I Happen to Like New York, World Record Club S/4384, 196?.I Happen to Like New York, Decca LK 4630.Caterina Valente & Edmundo Ros: Nothing But Aces, Decca 4157.Classics with a Chaser, (RCA Victor LPM-2119).y Popular! (Classics with a Chaser), (RCA Victor LPM-2119) Un Brindis para las Muchachas, (Polydor 25048).Una Cita Con Caterina Valente (A Date With Caterina Valente), Polydor 24011, 10 inch LP.Caterina - A Cosmopolita, Polydor 46065.I Happen to Like New York, (London LL 3362).Caterina Valente's Greatest Hits, 1965.Classics with a Chaser, 1960, (RCA Victor LPM-2119).Fire & Frenzy – Caterina Valente & Edmundo Ros Orchestra, 1960.À la Carte - Caterina Valente Sings in French, (Decca DL 4050).Selected album discography United States Valente is a longtime resident of Lugano, Switzerland.
In addition, she is capable of singing in Dutch, Portuguese, Hebrew, Greek and Japanese. They had a son, Alexander, before divorcing in 1980.Ī polyglot, Valente speaks six languages (French, Italian, German, English, Spanish and Swedish), all of which she can also sing in. In 1972, Valente married British pianist Roy Budd. He recognized her talent and accompanied her in her initial years of worldwide success. In 1952, Valente married German juggler Erik van Aro. One of four children, she was born into a musical family her father, Giuseppe, was an accordion player, and her mother, Maria, was a musical comedienne. During her marriage to her first husband she held a German passport. Of Italian ancestry, Valente was born and grew up in France, she is a French citizen. In 2001, she released a new album, Girltalk, with harpist Catherine Michel. A briglia sciolta, the Italian jazz CD recorded in 1989 and re-released in later years under the titles Fantastica and Platinum deluxe, was her best-selling CD worldwide.
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Valente was a principal on the CBS variety series The Entertainers (1964–65). In 1959, she was nominated for a Grammy Award. Over the years, she has recorded or performed with many international stars, including Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Perry Como, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Claus Ogerman, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Sy Oliver, Buddy Rich and Edmundo Ros. There, she recorded Cole Porter's I Love Paris under the German title Ganz Paris träumt von der Liebe, which sold more than 900,000 copies in 1954. In Germany, she was a major performer of Schlager music. She was a frequent guest on The Dean Martin Show. Valente was a favorite of singer Perry Como, making eight guest appearances on his NBC Kraft Music Hall television program from 1961-66. 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 and London labels. During Haley's segment, Valente sings a duet with Haley on a newly recorded version of his song "Vive la Rock and Roll".Ĭaterina Valente also appeared at least once on the world famous weekly Ed Sullivan Show with her brother Silvio Francesco playing horn performing a special skillful song duet on the episode also featuring Leslie Uggams, Joan Rivers, Tony Holland, the Schaller Brothers, Eric Brenn, and Blood, Sweat and Tears. In 1958, she filmed the musical comedy Hier bin ich – hier bleib ich ( Here I Am, Here I Stay) which featured a guest appearance by Bill Haley & His Comets. In 1955, she was featured on The Colgate Comedy Hour with Gordon MacRae. While she is best-known as a European 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. Caterina Valente (born 14 January 1931) is an Italian-French multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress.
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