Maria Valente and her husband, an accordion virtuoso, also performed in important German variety theatres: the Hansa-Theater in Hamburg, the Scala in Berlin and the Friedrichsbau-Theater in Stuttgart. She admired her mother's versatility, perfection and great comedic talent. So they stayed in Paris, where the youngest daughter of Maria and Giuseppe was born on 14 January 1931: Caterina.
The stock market crash prevented these plans, because the Valente family, like so many others, lost all their savings. Maria Valente was successful as a variety star on the world's major stages and was so well-known in the USA that she wanted to live and work with her family there. The following year, she was bestowed an ECHO Lifetime Achievement Award.Octowas a'black Friday' for Maria and Giuseppe Valente, who had lived in Paris with their three children Nina, Pietro and Silvio since 1924. 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. Valente retreated into semi-retirement in the ’90s, making the occasional live appearance.
She continued recording into the mid-’80s, issuing Caterina 86, a recording made with the Count Basie Orchestra. In the mid-’70s, Valente married her musical director, British jazz pianist Roy Budd, although the marriage was short-lived. Her version of “La Golondrina” appeared on one of the first charity albums, 1963’s All Star Festival, whose proceeds aided refugees. 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”). 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. “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. Two songs written by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona charted in Europe and eventually England and the U.S. Her first big hits came soon after that on albums like The Hi-Fi Nightingale and Ol’e Caterina. She was soon signed to Polydor and made her recording debut, Bouquet de M’elodies, in 1955. 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. Her mother was a clown and her father was an accordion player as a child she worked in the circus as well. Born in Paris, France in 1931, Valente grew up in an Italian circus family.
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOlaĪ 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. Caterina Valente – The Jazz Singer!(2021)įLAC (tracks) 24bit/96kHz | Time – 01:04:25 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Jazz