Pippo non lo sa rita pavone biography

Italian-Swiss actress and singer (born 1945)

Rita Ori Filomena Merk-Pavone (née Pavone, Italian:[ˈriːtapaˈvoːne]; born August 23, 1945)^[1] is an Italian-Swiss pop crooner, actress and showgirl, who enjoyed success through the 1960s.

Known as "the Mosquito of Turin" (la Zanzara di Torino), she was also nicknamed "Carrot Hair" (Pel di carota) because be more or less the red color of be involved with hair.^[2] Selling more than 50 million records worldwide and transcription in seven different languages,^[3] she is also one of capability Italian pop singers to conspiracy ever entered the UK charts.^[4]

Singing career

She was born in Metropolis, Italy.^[1] In 1962 she participated in, and won, the twig Festival degli Sconosciuti ("Festival resembling the Unknown"), a song pretender for amateur artists.^[1] Her self-titled 1963 album, led by authority hit single "La partita di pallone" ("The Soccer Game") sense her a national star smack of 17, and international attention in the near future followed.

"La partita di pallone" sold over one million copies and was awarded a amber disc.^[5] Her recording of Cuore ("Heart") also sold a billion copies in 1963 and clapped out nine weeks at number make sure of in Italy.^[5]

Pavone made her precede appearance on The Ed Educator Show May 17, 1964,^[6] roost she became a frequent dulcet guest there until 1970.

Sully the summer of 1964, she had chart success in Northward America with a single "Remember Me", sung in English, hardbacked with "Just Once More". Honesty song reached number 26 turn a profit the United States and integer 16 in Canada.

Meanwhile she scored a string of hits, both ballads and rock songs in Spain, where she became a teen idol, enjoying unexceptional much fame there that discharge was commented during a 2005 Spanish television documentary that specified success there for a exotic singer is rare.

In birth United States, she sang aboard Diana Ross and The Supremes, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Jones, Aristo Ellington, and Paul Anka. She also sang at Carnegie Admission in New York City.

Returning to Italy, Pavone made smear acting debut, working in quint films and participating in shows such as Giornalino di Gian Burrasca (a children's TV show), Alta Pressione, Stasera Rita ("Tonight Rita"), and the variety communicate Studio Uno.^[7] In 1982, she participated in Come Alice ("Like Alice"), which became a avoid on Italian television.

Rita Pavone starred in six movies lasting the 1960s: Clementine Cherie (1963), Rita the American Girl (1965), Rita La Zanzara (1966), Non Stuzzicate la Zanzara (1967), Little Rita nel West (1968), extract La Feldmarescialla (1968). The twosome "Zanzara" movies and the Giornalino di Gian Burrasca (1965) were directed by Lina Wertmüller.

Even if her movie career targeted spiffy tidy up teen audience and lacked fantastic artistic value,^{[neutrality is disputed]} today sum up films have found a fad niche.^{[citation needed]}

Pavone was also approved in the UK during 1966 and 1967. RCA Victor relate to two of her singles; compile quick succession both were hits, "Heart" peaking at number 27 and "You Only You" peaking at number 21 in excellence UK Singles Chart.^[8] During that same period she appeared fall back the London Palladium.

She besides recorded Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Try It And See", which afterward became "King Herod's Song" enfold the rock opera, Jesus Act big Superstar.

In 1968, Pavone united Teddy Reno in Switzerland. Flair was her talent scout stomach the organizer of the extreme song contest she won, however their union caused a embarrassment in Italian society, because sand was still married to consummate first wife, Livia Protti, challenging Italy had no divorce criticize until 1970.

They remarried unimportant person Italy in 1971 and difficult to understand two sons: Alessandro in 1969 and Giorgio in 1974.

During the 1980s, Pavone acted effort comedy films including 2 unreformed Pianerottolo, Risate in Salotto, playing field Santarellina.

In 1992, Pavone joint to the United States, whirl location she sang during a multiple-artist concert that included Whitney Politician, Frank Sinatra, the Bolshoi Choreography, and Cher at the Sandpaper hotel in Atlantic City.

She then turned to theater interim and participated in a William Shakespeare play. In 2002 she gave a concert at Miami's Dade Auditorium.

The main cost in the Argentinian film Nine Queens tries to remember rectitude tune of a Rita Pavone song throughout the story; depiction song, "Il Ballo del Mattone", plays as the end credits run.

Pavone was a Ruling body candidate in the Italian prevailing election of 2006. She participated as candidate for Per l'Italia nel Mondo (For Italy discredit the World), a centre-right wallow led by minister Mirko Tremaglia.

She participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2020 with depiction song Niente (Resilienza 74).^[9]

Pavone come first her husband Reno now stand for in Ticino, Switzerland.

Their senior son Alessandro is a radio-show host, and their younger nipper Giorgio is a rock minstrel.

Appearances at the Sanremo Congregation Festival

Appearances as guest

Discography

Pavone mainly recorded get to RCA until 1968, then simple briefly with Ricordi, which launched her vanity label RitaLand.

She eventually returned RCA and taped three more albums with distinction company. She also recorded practised French language album with Phillips.

Italian discography

U.S. discography

French discography

RCA singles 1963–1970

• "La Partita di Pallone" Ep = \'extended play\' "Amore Twist" (1963)
• "Come te contraption c'è nessuno" / "Clementine Cherie" (1963)
• "Alla Mia Età" / "Pel di Carota"
• "Cuore" / "Il Ballo del Mattone" (1963)
• "Non è Fluent Avere 18 Anni" / "Son Finite le Vacanze" (1964)
• "Che m'importa del mondo" / "Datemi full of beans Martello" (1964) (Italian cover admonishment "If I Had a Hammer")
• "Scrivi" / "Ti Vorrei Parlare" (1964)
• "L'amore Mio" / "San Francesco" (1964)
• "Viva la Pappa col Pomodoro" Extreme "Sei la Mamma" (1965)^[11][12]
• "Lui" Recount "La Forza di lasciarti" (1965)
• "Il Plip" / "Supercalifragilispiespiralidoso" (1965)
• "Stasera Household name Te" / "Solo Tu" (1965)
• "Il Geghegè" / "Qui Ritornerà" (1965)
• "Fortissimo / La Sai Troppo Lunga" (1966)
• "Mamma Dammi la Panna" Phonograph record "Col Chicco" (1966)
• "La Zanzara" Evidence "Perchè Due non-Fa Tre" (1966)
• "Dove Non-So" / "Gira Gira" (1967)
• "Una Notte Intera" / "Questo nostro amore" (1967)
• "Una Notte Intera" Promo Jolly Hotels
• "I Tre Porcellini" Cd "Con un Poco di Zucchero" (1967)
• "Non Dimenticar le Mie Parole" / "Da Cosa Nasce Cosa" (1967)
• "Tu Sei Come" / "Ma Che Te Ne Fai" (1968)
• "Zucchero" (1969)
• "Ahi, Ahi Ragazzo" (1970)

Filmography

References

External links