Roberta Corti, better known by her stage name Betty Curtis (21 March 1936 – 15 June 2006), was an Italian singer active from 1957 to 2004. Curtis grew up in the Zone 8 of Milan's borough Cagnola. She started singing in night clubs at an early age and was discovered by Teddy Reno in 1958. Her debut single was a rendition of

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performed with the Franco Pisano Orchestra. Curtis' song " Al di là", performed together with Luciano Tajoli, won the

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annua ...

in 1961. Betty Curtis represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in

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with her San Remo winning song, which tied for fifth in

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.http://www.eurofestival.com/anno_2009.asp?anno=1961 . In 1965 she returned to Sanremo with "Invece no". Curtis's version of "Chariot" (

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) was used in the soundtrack of Martin Scorsese's film ''

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'' (1990).

Albums

*1959 ''Lontano da te... lontano dal mare'' (CGD, FGS 5001) *1965 ''Betty'' (CGD, FGS 5015) *1970 ''A modo mio'' (CGD, FGS 5075) *1975 ''Folk''(Alpharecord, AR 3017) *1975 ''Ricordiamole insieme'' (Alpharecord, AR 3018) *1976 ''Folk n.2'' (Alpharecord)

Singles

*1958 "Con tutto il cuore" (

) *1958 "La pioggia cadrà" *1959 " Nessuno" *1959 "Una marcia in fa" (with

Johnny Dorelli Johnny Dorelli (real name Giorgio Guidi; born 20 February 1937) is an Italian actor, singer and television host. Early life Dorelli was born in Meda, Italy. In 1946 he moved to New York City with his family, where his father, Nino D'Aurelio ...

) *1959 "Buondì" ( Alone) *1960 "Non sei felice" *1960 "Il mio uomo" *1961 " Al di là" *1961 "Pollo e champagne" *1961 "Aiutami a piangere" *1961 "Midi Midinette" *1961 "Ci vogliono i mariti" *1961 "Neve al chiaro di luna" *1962 "Buongiorno amore" *1962 "Stasera piove" *1962 "Soldi soldi soldi" *1962 "Tango del mare" *1962 "Chariot" (

) *1963 "Wini, wini" *1964 "La casa più bella del mondo" *1964 "Scegli me o il resto del mondo" *1965 "Invece no" *1966 "Le porte dell`amore" *1967 "È più forte di me" *1967 "

Guantanamera "Guantanamera" (; Spanish: (the woman) from Guantánamo) is perhaps the best-known Cuban song and that country's most-noted patriotic song, especially when using a poem by the Cuban poet José Martí for the lyrics. The official writing credi ...

" *1967 "Povero Enrico" *1969 "Gelosia" *1970 "Donna" *1974 "Ma ci pensi tu (Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma)" *1976 "La grulla" *1976 "Innamorarsi No!" *1978 "Sarò la luce che ti guida" (Candle on the water)

References

1936 births 2006 deaths Singers from Milan Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Italy Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1961 Sanremo Music Festival winners 20th-century Italian women singers {{Italy-singer-stub