Honour and glory for Raffaella. We will miss you a lot, great friend.
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943-5 July 2021), better known as Raffaella Carrà was an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, and actress.
She was a popular figure in Europe and Latin America, both as a result of her many well-known taped presentations and records, and because of her many popular TV shows. Carrà is widely regarded as a gay icon.
She was born on 18 June 1943 in Bologna from a Romagnolo father, and Iris Dellutri (1923-1987), of a Sicilian family. The parents, however, separated shortly after the wedding and Raffaella spent most of her childhood between the bar of her father and the ice cream shop in Bellaria-Igea Marina. Just in this last one, she grew up following the TV program Il Musichiere, learning by heart titles, ballets and refrains of the songs. When she was only eight years old, she left the Romagna Riviera to continue her studies directly in Rome, first at the National Academy of Dance and then at the Experimental Center of Cinematography.
Carrà debuted in cinema at age nine, in Tormento del passato (1952). She made five other movies before 1960 when she graduated from the national film school of Italy. The same year she appeared in Long Night in 1943, and went on to appear in many Italian peplum films, including Fury of the Pagans (1960), Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops (1961), Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (1961), Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules (1962), Pontius Pilate (1962) and Caesar the Conqueror (1962), as well as comedies and action films such as 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1961), The Terrorist (1963), The Organizer (1963) and La Celestina P... R... (1965).
In 1965, she moved to the United
States signing with 20th Century Fox. As Carrà, she starred in the
motion picture Von Ryan's Express (1965) with Frank Sinatra, Edward
Mulhare, and Trevor Howard. In 1966, she guest starred in an episode of
the American television series I Spy (Sophia, as the title character).
Feeling homesick, she decided to return to Italy where she starred in
several Italian and French films such as Le Saint prend l'affût (1966),
the parody Il vostro super agente Flit (1966), Why Did I
Ever Say Yes Twice? (1969) and Cran d'arrêt (1970), as well as a few
television shows. However, subsequently her acting career has been
scarce with no more than five works, mainly for television.
More information: The Guardian
Since 1961, Carrà has sung and danced on the variety shows of Italian television. In particular, since the early 1970s, they have contained elaborate choreography, mesmerizing elaborate themes, and her uninhibited style. She was the first television personality to show her belly button on camera. This was met with heavy criticism from the Vatican and from Catholic churches in the countries that watched her show, Canzonissima.
Carrà had a hit song with the sensual Tuca Tuca (1971), written for her singing and dancing television presentations by her long-time collaborator and former boyfriend, Gianni Boncompagni. Similarly, in 1971 Carrà achieved other hits with Ma che musica maestro and Chissà se va.
Her greatest international hit single was Tanti Auguri, which has become a popular song with gay audiences. The song is also known under its Spanish title Para hacer bien el amor hay que venir al sur, which refers to Southern Europe, since the hit was recorded and taped in Mallorca island. The Estonian version of the song Jätke võtmed väljapoole was performed by Anne Veski.
A far l'amore comincia tu was another success for her internationally, known in Spanish as En el amor todo es empezar, in German as Liebelei, in French as Puisque tu l'aimes dis le lui, and in English as Do It, Do It Again. It was her only entry to the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 9 in 1978, where she remains a one-hit wonder. A far l'amore comincia tu has also been covered in Turkish by a Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan as Sakın Sakın Ha.
In 1977, she recorded another hit single, Fiesta (Party) originally in Spanish, but then recorded it in French and Italian after the song hit the charts.
In 1984, Carrà recorded Spera, aspetta e spera, Italian version for Lança Perfume, a classic from Rita Lee, the queen of Brazilian rock'n roll.
In 1985, Carrà's Starlight Express video was released, using characters, costumes and sets from the show.
Carrà gained new attention in the twenty-first century for her appearance as the female dancing soloist in a 1974 TV performance of the proto-rap funk gibberish song Prisencolinensinainciusol (1973) by Adriano Celentano. A remixed video containing her dancing went viral on the internet in 2008.
In 2008 a video of a performance of her only UK hit single, Do It, Do It Again, appeared in the Doctor Who episode Midnight.
Rafaella Carrà worked with Bob Sinclar on the new single Far l'Amore which was released on YouTube on 17 March 2011. The song charted in different European countries and appeared in the soundtrack of the Italian Academy Award winner film The Great Beauty, directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
In May 2011, she presented the Italian points in the Eurovision Song Contest.
More information: Asharq Al-Awsat
e mi trasformo in un uccello che prende il volo.
But as soon as I get on stage, an energy takes possession of me
and I turn into a bird that takes flight.
Raffaella Carrà
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