Raffaella Carrà
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| Raffaella Roberta Pelloni | |
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| Born | June 18, 1943 Bologna, Italy |
| Other name(s) | Raffaella Carrà |
| Occupation | actress/singer |
Raffaella Roberta Pelloni (born 18 June 1943), better known by her artistic name Raffaella Carrà (in Italy often simply known as la Carrà and in some Latin American countries as Raffaella), is an Italian TV hostess, singer and actress. She is especially popular in her native country and in Spain and Latin America where during the past decades she has hosted numerous popular TV shows, mainly in the Italian (RAI) and Spanish (TVE) national TV networks.
Carrà was born in Bologna [1] . She had a hit song with "Tuca Tuca" written by her long-time collaborator and former boyfriend, Gianni Boncompagni. She had another longer relationship with Sergio Japino.
She appeared in Long Night in 1943 in 1960, and then starred in the motion picture Von Ryan's Express (1965) with Frank Sinatra, Edward Mulhare, and Trevor Howard. Her greatest international hit single was "Tanti Auguri" ("best wishes"), also known under its Spanish title "Para Hacer Bien el Amor Hay que Venir al Sur". The Estonian version of the song "Jätke võtmed väljapoole" was performed by Anne Veski. "A far l'amore comincia tu" ("Start Making Love Each Other") was another success for her internationally, known in Spanish as "En el amor todo es empezar", in German as "Liebelei", in French as "Parce que tu l'aimes dis-le lui", and in English as "Do It, Do It Again". It was her only hit in the UK Singles Chart, where she remains a one-hit wonder. "A far l'amore comincia tu" has also covered in Turkish by a Turkish popstar called Ajda Pekkan as "Sakin Ha" in 1977.
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