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Death of the original Euro star

Death of the original Euro star

She was half-French, half-Italian, spoke six languages and sang in twice as many.

The mega-hits of Caterina Valente, who has died in Switzerland at 93, came mostly in the 1950s.

She made her breakthrough in Germany with such German Schlagers as ‘Ganz Paris träumt von der Liebe’ and ‘Spiel noch einmal für mich, Hababero’. She topped those with a German version of Ernesto Lecuona’s ‘Malagueña’.

Perry Como booked her on his TV show. Sinatra was a fan. She had a decade in the sun.

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