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Franca Raimondi
Franca Raimondi
	Raimondi at the Sanremo Music Festival 1956
Background information
Born	8 July 1932; Monopoli, Bari, Kingdom of Italy
Died	22 April 1990; Monopoli, Bari, Italy
Occupation(s)	Singer

Franca Raimondi (8 July 1932 – 22 April 1990) was an Italian singer.

Biography edit

Born in Monopoli, Province of Bari, Apulia, Raimondi studied operatic singing and foreign languages.^[2] In 1956, Raimondi was among the winners of a RAI contest of new voices and got the chance to perform at the 1956 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, which she eventually won with the song "Aprite le finestre".^[2] That same year she represented Italy in the first Eurovision Song Contest with the same song,^[2] alongside Tonina Torrielli with "Amami se vuoi".

Between 1956 and 1958 Raimondi was leading vocalist in the Gian Stellari Orchestra.^[2] In 1960 she entered the competition at the Festival di Napoli with "Canzone all'antica" ("Old-style song").^[2] In the later years she slowed her activities, focusing her career on live performances.^[2]

References edit

^ "La lapide in ricordo di Franca Raimondi in Monopoli" (Press release). Franca Raimondi's Facebook account. 29 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Eddy Anselmi (2009). "Franca Raimondi". Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana (in Italian). Panini Comics. ISBN 978-8863462296.