Rina Ketty

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Rina Ketty (1 March 1911 – 23 December 1996) was a French chanteuse.

Ketty was born Rina Pichetto in Sarzana, Italy. She went to Paris in the 1930s and in 1938 and 1939 made her breakthrough with songs like Sombreros et mantilles and J'attendrai (literally: "I shall wait"). Despite the popularity of these chansons during World War II, she was not able to stay in the spotlight after 1945. In 1954 she moved to Canada and in 1965 returned to France but was unable to revive her pre-war success. In 1991 the French minister of culture Jack Lang awarded her the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Her husband Jo Harman died in 1994.

Later, her songs were re-interpreted, most notably by Dalida. The song J'attendrai gained some renewed interest in 1981 as part of the soundtrack of the movie Das Boot and in 2006 for its use in a TV commercial from the French union of employers MEDEF.

She died in Cannes, France.

Selected songs

1938 – Sombreros et mantilles
1939 – J’attendrai
1948 – Sérénade Argentine
1950 – La Roulotte des gitans

External links

Du Temps des cerises aux Feuilles mortes – Un site sur la chanson française de 1870 à 1945 – Rina Ketty sings J'attendrai
Rina Ketty Song lyrics

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 2656600 LCCN: no00061205 ISNI: 0000 0000 5919 3514 GND: 132612275 BNF: cb13895960c

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Name	Ketty, Rina
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Short description	French singer
Date of birth	1 March 1911
Place of birth
Date of death	23 December 1996
Place of death

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