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Rita Pavone

Rita Pavone (Italian pronunciation: [ˈriːta paˈvoːne]; born 23 August 1945) is an Italian ballad and rock singer who enjoyed success through the 1960s. Pavone is also an actress. In 1962 she participated in the first Festival degli Sconosciuti ("Festival of the Unknown"), a song competition for amateur artists, winning the contest. Her self-titled 1963 album, led by the hit single "La partita di pallone" ("The Soccer Game") made her a national star at 17, and international attention soon followed. "La partita di pallone" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Her recording of "Cuore" ("Heart") also sold a million copies in 1963, spending nine weeks at number one in Italy. In the summer of 1964 she had chart success in North America with a single sung in English titled "Remember Me", backed with "Just Once More". The song reached #26 in the United States and #16 in Canada. In 1965, Pavone participated as a musician guest on The Ed Sullivan Show, becoming a frequent guest there until 1970. Meanwhile, she scored a string of hits, both with ballads and rock songs, in Spain, where she became a teen idol. Pavone enjoyed so much fame in Spain that it was commented, during a 2005 television documentary from that country, that such success for a foreign singer there is rare. In the United States she sang alongside Diana Ross and The Supremes, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Jones, Duke Ellington, Paul Anka and a number of singers of the era. It is said that Elvis Presley made a painting of her after she went to Memphis and he met her at a recording studio. Barbra Streisand recorded a duet with her. Pavone sang at Carnegie Hall in New York city during this era. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Born:
Aug 23, 1945 In Turin, Italy
Movie/TV Credits:
18
First Appeared:
In the series Was bin ich? 1955-01-02
Latest Project:
Movie Nessuno ci può giudicare 2017-06-05
Known For
Poster of Nessuno ci può giudicare
Poster of Buona Domenica
Poster of Rita the American Girl
Poster of Gian Burrasca's Diary
Filmography
Movie Nessuno ci può giudicare 2017-06-05
Movie Behind the White Glasses Self 2015-09-21
Series C'è posta per te 2000-01-12
Series Ciao Darwin Capitana Basse 1998-10-03
Series Buona Domenica Partecipazione 1985-01-06
Movie Due sul pianerottolo 1976-08-31
Series A Kettle of Colour Unknown 1972-01-29
Series Drei mal neun herself 1970-09-10
Movie Don't Sting the Mosquito Rita Santangelo 1967-03-24
Movie Rita the Field Marshal Rita 1967-12-21
Movie The Crazy Westerners Big Little Jane 1967-08-11
Movie Rita the Mosquito Rita 1966-09-30
Movie Rita the American Girl Rita D'Angelo 1965-12-02
Movie Clémentine chérie elle-même chantant 1964-08-03
Series Gian Burrasca's Diary Giannino 'Gian Burrasca' Stoppani 1964-12-19
Series Der goldene Schuß herself 1964-11-26
Series Musik aus Studio B Unknown 1961-10-22
Series Was bin ich? Unknown 1955-01-02