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Rita Pavone (born August 23, 1945 - Turin) is an Italian ballad and rock singer who enjoyed success through the 1960s. Pavone is also an actress.

She participated in the first Festa degli Sconosciuti (“Feast of the Unknown”), a prestigious television competition, in 1962, winning the contest. Her self-titled 1963 album, led by the hit single “La partita di pallone” (“The Ball Game”) made her a national star at 17, and international attention soon followed.
In 1968, Pavone married the contest’s organizer, the also well known Italian singer Teddy Reno.

In 1965, Pavone participated as a musician guest in The Ed Sullivan Show, becoming a frequent guest there until 1970. Meanwhile, Pavone 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 indeed rare.
Rita Pavone in the United States sang alongside Diana Ross and The Supremes, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Jones, Duke Ellington 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 duo with her. Pavone sang at Carnegie Hall in New York city during this era.
Returning to Italy, she made her debut as an actress, working in five films and participating in shows such as Giornalino di Gian Burrasca (a children TV show), Alta Pressione, Stasera Rita (“Tonight Rita”) and Studio Uno, a variety show. In 1982, she participated in Come Alice (“Like Alice”), which became a hit in Italian television.

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  • sternenfee0

    ★★★Klasse Titel★★★

    13 May 3:43pm Reply
  • igorgeneration

    Cuore <3

    26 May 2012 Reply
  • RaulLipschitz

    i love "Heart". (a masterclass in broken english and emotion. tis amazing.)

    29 Apr 2012 Reply
  • Chuzhbogh

    Just saw her in a Movie together with Terence Hill.

    14 Jan 2012 Reply
  • machece

    meravigliosa

    27 Aug 2011 Reply
  • BKMcNab

    I want her singing "Bella Ciao" the whole day just 4.

    6 Jul 2011 Reply
  • eltonjr

    Rita Pavone is my ringtone

    12 May 2011 Reply
  • cos1

    She is just awesome ^^

    7 May 2011 Reply
  • celiapinto12

    adoro como voces ouvir a grande e imensa Rita Pavone

    26 Feb 2011 Reply
  • fuinhanordestin

    Gostaria de me comunicar com pessoas que como eu adoram a RITA PAVONE, meu endereço é: aguadasaude@hotmail.com

    25 Feb 2011 Reply
  • wbienias36

    To były piosenki-a jakie wykonanie!

    26 Nov 2010 Reply
  • adriatiko

    She's awesome!!! I love everything about her, her voice, her lyrics, her freckles! her hair, her look. Rita is the best!

    22 Nov 2010 Reply
  • MarsGirlKarina

    Rita Pavone! Me piace molto! :)

    17 Oct 2010 Reply
  • homerotell

    bene, bene, bene, bene, bene, bene, bene, bene

    7 Sep 2010 Reply
  • celiapinto12

    magnifica , voz unica

    4 Jul 2010 Reply
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    24 Jun 2010 Reply
  • wilsontavar

    sempre fui apaixonado por rita. adoro de paixao. continua linda como sempre foi

    28 Feb 2010 Reply
  • cesarpablo

    e!

    12 Oct 2009 Reply
  • alexninomiya

    Hey everybody.... someone here got the song "La Distance"? It's the french version from La Distancia.... this song id composed by Roberto Carlos... anyone can help me?

    19 Aug 2009 Reply
  • rozann971

    Grande Rita, ti ascolto sempre con piacere

    27 Jul 2009 Reply
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