Karaoke rina ketty biography wikipedia

Often thought to have been born in Turin , Cesarina Picchetto was actually born in Sarzana , a small village in Liguria , on 1 March In the s, she went to Paris to meet up with her aunts, where she became enthralled by the artist communities of Montmartre. None of these songs achieved wide acclaim. Her name as a singer became well established with the song "Sombreros et mantilles," the text of which had been written by Chanty and the music by Jean Vaissade.

The song had been a huge hit for Carlo Buti in Italy the year before. The text of the song, written in French by Louis Poterat, expresses the longing of many women anxiously awaiting the safe return of their sons and husbands from war. Several composers wrote songs for Ketty with her charming Italian accent in mind, including Paul Mirsaki with his "Rendez-moi mon coeur," which was actually a reprise of "Sombreros et mantilles," but this time the text remained much closer to the Spanish original and Jean Tranchant with "Pourvu qu'on chante".

Following the Nazi Occupation of France , Ketty — due to her Italian upbringing — wanted to be viewed in public as little as possible during the conflict; she performed on stage only in Switzerland. Upon the Liberation of France , she started out again, this time with a concert in the Alhambra-Maurice Chevalier theatre of Paris followed by a 5-month tour through the whole of France.

However, she was unable to regain her pre-war fame.

Rina Ketty (1 March – 23 December ) was a French chanteuse.

Ketty was often described as an exotic and sentimental singer; in this genre she was overtaken by Gloria Lasso , who later in turn was overtaken by Dalida who even recorded a disco version of "J'attendrai". She moved to Canada in , and lived there some twelve years. In , she again tried to achieve success with a tour through France, but to no avail.

Ketty performed her final concert in March She died in the Broussailles hospital of Cannes on 23 December , aged