Caterina Valente

Caterina Valente – The Wonderful World Of Caterina Valente Vol 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:22:55 minutes | 416 MB | Genre: Pop, Latin
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Caterina Valente (born 14 January 1931) is a French multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress of Italian ethnicity. Valente is a polyglot; 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.

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Caterina Valente – Quien Sera? (1957/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:29 minutes | 603 MB | Genre: Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz
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Caterina Valente (París, 14 de enero de 1931) es una cantante, guitarrista, bailarina, comediante y actriz italiana nacida en Francia, Su repertorio musical es muy variado e incluye jazz, schlager, pop, musicales, chanson y bossa nova.

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Caterina Valente – The Jazz Singer! (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:32 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Jazz
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A gifted singer, guitarist, and dancer, Caterina Valente is a multilingual artist who emerged in Europe during the 1950s and became one of the most beloved and iconic performers of her generation. Born in Paris, France in 1931, Valente grew up in an Italian circus family. Her mother was a clown and her father was an accordion player; as a child she worked in the circus as well. She performed in Europe as a singer for several years (and in a duo with her brother Silvio Francesco), but her career as an internationally known vocalist began in 1953 when she joined Kurt Edelhagen’s band in Germany. She was soon signed to Polydor and made her recording debut, Bouquet de M’elodies, in 1955. Her first big hits came soon after that on albums like The Hi-Fi Nightingale and Ol’e Caterina. Two songs written by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona charted in Europe and eventually England and the U.S. “Malague~na” was her first big hit, followed by “Andalucia,” which, when re-released in an English version as “The Breeze and I,” became a Top Ten hit in both the U.K. and the U.S. By this time, Valente had become a truly multilingual artist, performing her cabaret act and issuing recordings in six languages: French, German, Italian, English, Spanish, and Swedish. During the ’50s and ’60s she notched hits in the charts of many countries, including Italy (“Till,” “Personalita,” “Nessuno al Mondo”), Germany (“Ganza Paris Tr”aumt von der Liebe,” “Wo Meine Sonne Scheint,” “Steig in das Traumboot der Liebe”), and France (“Bimbombey,” “39 Fievere,” “Sait^on-Jamais”). Her version of “La Golondrina” appeared on one of the first charity albums, 1963’s All Star Festival, whose proceeds aided refugees. In the mid-’70s, Valente married her musical director, British jazz pianist Roy Budd, although the marriage was short-lived. She continued recording into the mid-’80s, issuing Caterina 86, a recording made with the Count Basie Orchestra. Valente retreated into semi-retirement in the ’90s, making the occasional live appearance. In 2002, just prior to her official retirement, she paired with harpist Catherine Michel for Girl Talk, which found her revisiting some of her favorite songs from her career. The following year, she was bestowed an ECHO Lifetime Achievement Award. – Stacia Proefrock

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Caterina Valente – Girltalk – The Way We Were (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:02 minutes | 553 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © nagel heyer records

Caterina Valente (born 14 January 1931) is an Italian-French multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress. Valente is a polyglot; she speaks six languages, and sings in eleven. 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.

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Caterina Valente – Caterina Valente: The Jazz Singer (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:44 minutes | 784 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © SWR Jazzhaus

Unique collection of Caterina Valente Recordings from 1954 and 1955 at the broadcasting stations SDR and SWF (live recordings from Villa Berg Stuttgart, the UKO I in Baden-Baden, or from concerts).

„Caterina Valente is simply the greatest female entertainer in the world!“ (Jack O’Brian, Syndicated Column, USA, 1964)
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