Franca Raimondi
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Born | Monopoli, Province of Bari, Italy | 8 July 1932
Died | 28 August 1988 Monopoli, Province of Bari, Italy | (aged 67)
Occupation(s) | singer |
Franca Raimondi (8 July 1932 – 28 August 1988) was an Italian singer.
Born in Monopoli, Province of Bari, Apulia, Raimondi studied operatic singing and foreign languages.[1] 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, she eventually won with the song "Aprite Le Finestre" ("Open the Windows").[1] In the same year she represented Italy in the first Eurovision Song Contest with the same song.[1]
Between 1956 and 1958 Raimondi was leading vocalist in the Gian Stellari Orchestra.[1] In 1960 she entered the competition at the Festival di Napoli with the song "Canzone all'antica".[1] In the later years she slowed her activities, focusing her career on live performances.[1]
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- Franca Raimondi at IMDb
- 1932 births
- 1988 deaths
- People from Monopoli
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Italy
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1956
- Sanremo Music Festival winners
- 20th-century Italian singers
- 20th-century Italian women singers
- Eurovision Song Contest stubs
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