Raffaella Carrà

Italian singer, showgirl, actress, dancer and TV presenter born in Bologna, 18 June 1943 and died in Rome, 5 July 2021. She had become the first world-famous pop star, creating the kind of spectacle that was later done by Madonna, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, etc. She is still one of the best known Italian personalities in the world. One of the few to have had great commercial success in recording, television, theatre, cinema and concerts: • 25 album recorded in several languages • 45 television programs conducted in Italy, Spain, UK, Switzerland, Türkiye, Greece, Cile, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Soviet Union and the United States (Italian and Spanish television programs were broadcast throughout Europe). • 43 films, TV series and short films from Italy, Spain, UK, France, Switzerland, Greece, Argentina and the United States-Canada (some starring Frank Sinatra, Marcello Mastroianni, Bill Cosby, Edward Mulhare, Mario Monicelli, Trevor Howard, Jean Marais, James Coburn and many others) • 6 theater show • 8 tours (1 in Italy, 1 international and 7 worldwide) performing in 41 countries in concert over the course of his career. • 485 songs recorded in Italian, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian and Filipino (other unreleased songs remain uncounted, sung on television but still recorded - for example "Questo è l'uomo", "Memory" from the musical "Cats", "New York, New York", "Fly Me To The Moon".....)