Caterina Valente

Caterina Valente

Born: January 14, 1931
in Paris, France
Caterina Valente (born 14 January 1931) is a French-Italian multilingual singer, guitarist and dancer. She speaks six languages and sings in eleven. While she is best known as a performer in Europe, Valente spent part of her career in the United States, where she performed alongside Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Perry Como, and Ella Fitzgerald, among others.

She was born in Paris to Italian parents Giuseppe and Maria Valente. In 1955, she was featured on The Colgate Comedy Hour with Gordon MacRae. 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. During Haley's segment, Valente sang a duet with Haley on a newly recorded version of his song "Vive la Rock and Roll".

Her brother—Italian musician, singer and film actor Silvio Francesco (1927–2000)—performed with her, sang many duets, danced, and played the clarinet in the shadow of his famous sister.

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 labels. and London Valente was a favorite of singer Perry Como, making eight guest appearances on his NBC Kraft Music Hall television program from 1961 to 1966. In 1964–65, she was co-host (with Carol Burnett and initially Bob Newhart) of The Entertainers, a CBS variety show. She was a frequent guest on The Dean Martin Show.

In Germany, she was a major performer of Schlager music. 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.

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.

In 1959, she was nominated for a Grammy Award. Valente was a principal on the CBS variety series The Entertainers (1964–65). Valente also made three appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show.

In 1970 she appeared in the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium singing Before the Parade Passes By, and The Breeze and I.

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. In 2001, she released a new album, Girltalk, with harpist Catherine Michel. She retired in 2003.

In 2019 her song "Bongo cha cha cha" was included in the soundtrack of Spider-Man: Far from Home, directed by Jon Watts, becoming viral and risen to new popularity.

In 2021 the song went viral on social media platform TikTok, thanks to its use for a trend that has collected over 250 million views, started from Latin countries and South America, and then popularized also in Italy and Germany.

Source: Article "Caterina Valente" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Title: alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
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Released: December 27, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: ECHO-Verleihung
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Released: May 18, 1992
Type: TV
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Der Unschuldsengel
Title: Der Unschuldsengel
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Released: September 26, 1991
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Released: February 19, 1990
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Title: Hotel Paradies
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Released: January 16, 1990
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Title: Romy Award
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1990
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Title: Die schnelle Gerdi
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 1989
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Title: Melodien für Millionen
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Released: February 2, 1985
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Title: Wetten, dass..?
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Tag des deutschen Schlagers
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Released: January 1, 1981
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Character: Self
Released: February 3, 1980
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Title: Verstehen Sie Spaß?
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Released: January 31, 1980
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Title: Die Pyramide
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Released: March 16, 1979
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Title: NDR Talk Show
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Released: February 9, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1979
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Title: Telespiele
Character: Self
Released: November 10, 1977
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Title: Auf los geht's los
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 1977
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Title: Das ist Ihr Leben
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 1976
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Title: Rendezvous bei Caterina Valente
Character: Self - Host
Released: January 9, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: Schnick-Schnack
Character: Self
Released: April 15, 1975
Type: TV
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Système 2
Character: Self
Released: January 19, 1975
Type: TV
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Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1975
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Title: III nach neun
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 1974
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Title: Der große Preis
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: Die Montagsmaler
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 1974
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Title: 8 x 1 in Noten
Character: Self
Released: July 19, 1973
Type: TV
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Title: Hätten Sie heut’ Zeit für mich?
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 1972
Type: TV
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Title: A Kettle of Colour
Character: Self - Musician
Released: January 29, 1972
Type: TV
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Title: Dalli Dalli
Character: Self
Released: May 13, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: Dalli Dalli
Character: Self - Musician
Released: May 13, 1971
Type: TV
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Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1971
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Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1970
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Title: Wünsch dir was
Character: Self
Released: December 20, 1969
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Title: Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
Character: Self
Released: March 9, 1969
Type: TV
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Title: Die ZDF-Hitparade
Character: Self
Released: January 18, 1969
Type: TV
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Title: Starparade
Character: Self
Released: March 14, 1968
Type: TV
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Title: Die Caterina-Valente-Show
Character: Self - Host
Released: September 1, 1966
Type: TV
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Title: Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1966
Type: TV
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Title: Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Character: Self - Laudatio
Released: January 25, 1966
Type: TV
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Title: Zwischenstation
Character: Self
Released: December 15, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: Der goldene Schuß
Character: Self
Released: November 26, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: Die Drehscheibe
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: Einer wird gewinnen
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: The Hollywood Palace
Character: Self - Host
Released: January 4, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: The Danny Kaye Show
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1963
Type: TV
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Title: Snow White and the Seven Jugglers
Character: Dr. Anita Rossi
Released: December 14, 1962
Type: Movie
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self - Co-Host
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
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Title: Musik aus Studio B
Character: Self
Released: October 22, 1961
Type: TV
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Title: Du bist wunderbar
Character: Caterina
Released: October 15, 1959
Type: Movie
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Title: Stars in der Manege
Character: Self
Released: April 11, 1959
Type: TV
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Hier bin ich – hier bleib ich
Title: Hier bin ich – hier bleib ich
Character: Caterine
Released: January 8, 1959
Type: Movie
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...und abends in die Scala
Title: ...und abends in die Scala
Character: Caterina Duval
Released: February 22, 1958
Type: Movie
The chorus girl Caterina Duval gets the chance of her life when hired as stand-in of a famous star. On the opening night Catarina is singing, dancing and stepping into the hearts of the audience.
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Title: Aktuelle Schaubude
Character: Self - Singer
Released: December 7, 1957
Type: TV
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Paris Casino
Title: Paris Casino
Character: Catherine Miller
Released: September 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Catherine Miller's triumph at the Casino de Paris leads fashionable playwright Alexandre Gordi to ask her to create his next play. Flattered, Catherine moves into Gordi's villa near Cannes, escorted by her entire family. Only Jacques Merval, Gordi's secretary, disagrees. This is understandable, as it is he who writes the plays that Gordi, rather tired, simply signs. Jacques is a one-man band in every sense of the word, allying himself with the Casino manager to bring Catherine back to her music-hall successes. Despite a few clouds, and thanks to Gordi's generous intervention, he succeeds. Wasn't his only thought the happiness of the woman he loves?
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Das einfache Mädchen
Title: Das einfache Mädchen
Character: Caterina Bastiani
Released: August 23, 1957
Type: Movie
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Title: Zum blauen Bock
Character: Self
Released: August 3, 1957
Type: TV
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Title: Du bist Musik
Character: Marina Rosario
Released: September 20, 1956
Type: Movie
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Hello Kathrin
Title: Hello Kathrin
Character: Kathrin
Released: May 8, 1956
Type: Movie
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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Love, Dance, and 1000 Songs
Title: Love, Dance, and 1000 Songs
Character: Catarina
Released: October 13, 1955
Type: Movie
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Ball im Savoy
Title: Ball im Savoy
Character: Caterina
Released: April 26, 1955
Type: Movie
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Title: Was bin ich?
Character: self
Released: January 2, 1955
Type: TV
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They Were So Young
Title: They Were So Young
Character: Self
Released: October 20, 1954
Type: Movie
Grim melodrama about girls sent to South America to be used by crooks.
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Große Starparade
Title: Große Starparade
Character: Self
Released: October 11, 1954
Type: Movie
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Title: Bambi Awards
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: TV
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.