Patricia Carli (born Rosetta Ardito on 12 March 1938) is an
Italian
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and
Belgian
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origin
French
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singer, songwriter, lyricist and composer.
Life and career
Born in
Taranto
Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label=Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important comme ...
, Carli grew up in Belgium, where her parents had emigrated for work. After studying music and singing, she began performing in public and in a few years she became well known in Belgium and in France, where she performed at the prestigious
Olympia music hall in Paris.
In partnership with
Gigliola Cinquetti
Gigliola Cinquetti (; born Giliola Cinquetti on 20 December 1947) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and television presenter.
Life and career
Gigliola Cinquetti was born into a wealthy family in Verona. From the ages of 9 to 13, she studied and ...
she won the
1964 edition of 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 ...
, with the song "
Non ho l'età".
Partial discography
45 rpm
* 1964: "Non ho l'età / Così felice" (Bel Air, ba 11001)
* 1966: "Il male che fai / Un giorno a te ritornerà" (Riviera, RIV 514)
References
Further reading
* Eddy Anselmi, ''Festival di Sanremo. Almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana'',
edizioni Panini, Modena, article ''Carli Patricia''
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Italian pop singers
20th-century Italian composers
Belgian composers
French composers
1938 births
Living people
People from Taranto
Sanremo Music Festival winners
Carli, Patricia
20th-century Belgian women singers
20th-century Belgian singers
20th-century women composers
Italian emigrants to Belgium
Belgian people of Italian descent
French people of Italian descent
French people of Belgian descent
French pop singers