Caterina Valente
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1994 · alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
- 1992 · ECHO-Verleihung as Self
- 1992 · Der Unschuldsengel as Davina
- 1991 · Die Mike Krüger Show as Self
- 1990 · Pssst ... as self
- 1990 · Hotel Paradies as Rosita Kroll
- 1990 · Romy Award as Self
- 1989 · Die schnelle Gerdi as Self
- 1986 · Showgeschichten as Self
- 1985 · Melodien für Millionen as Self
- 1983 · Wie wär’s heut’ mit Revue? as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1981 · Tag des deutschen Schlagers as Self
- 1980 · Heut' abend as Self
- 1980 · Verstehen Sie Spaß? as Self
- 1979 · Zeugen des Jahrhunderts as Self
- 1979 · Die Pyramide as Self - Musician
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1979 · Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music as Self
- 1977 · Telespiele as Self
- 1977 · Auf los geht's los as Self
- 1976 · Musik & Gäste as Self
- 1976 · Das ist Ihr Leben as Self
- 1976 · Rendezvous bei Caterina Valente as Self - Host
- 1975 · Schnick-Schnack as Self
- 1975 · Numéro un as Self
- 1975 · Système 2 as Self
- 1975 · Musik ist Trumpf as Self
- 1974 · III nach neun as Self
- 1974 · Der große Preis as Self
- 1974 · Die Montagsmaler as Self
- 1973 · 8 x 1 in Noten as Self
- 1972 · Hätten Sie heut’ Zeit für mich? as Self
- 1972 · A Kettle of Colour as Self - Musician
- 1971 · Dalli Dalli as Self - Musician
- 1971 · Dalli Dalli as Self
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 1970 · Drei mal neun as Self
- 1969 · Wünsch dir was as Self
- 1969 · Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten as Self
- 1969 · Die ZDF-Hitparade as Self
- 1968 · Starparade as Self
- 1966 · Die Caterina-Valente-Show as Self - Host
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self - Laudatio
- 1964 · Zwischenstation as Self
- 1964 · Der goldene Schuß as Self
- 1964 · Die Drehscheibe as Self
- 1964 · Einer wird gewinnen as Self
- 1964 · The Hollywood Palace as Self - Host
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1962 · Snow White and the Seven Jugglers as Dr. Anita Rossi
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · Musik aus Studio B as Self
- 1959 · Du bist wunderbar as Caterina
- 1959 · Stars in der Manege as Self
- 1959 · Hier bin ich – hier bleib ich as Caterine
- 1958 · ...und abends in die Scala as Caterina Duval
- 1957 · Aktuelle Schaubude as Self - Singer
- 1957 · Paris Casino as Catherine Miller
- 1957 · Das einfache Mädchen as Caterina Bastiani
- 1957 · Zum blauen Bock as Self
- 1956 · Du bist Musik as Marina Rosario
- 1956 · Hello Kathrin as Kathrin
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · Love, Dance, and 1000 Songs as Catarina
- 1955 · Ball im Savoy as Caterina
- 1955 · Was bin ich? as self
- 1954 · They Were So Young as Self
- 1954 · Große Starparade as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self