RAFFAELLA CARRà

'Raffaella Roberta Pelloni' (born 18 June, 1943), better known by her artistic name 'Raffaella Carrà' (in Italy often simply as ''Raffaella''), is an Italian , singer and actress. She is especially popular in her native country and in Spain and Latin America where during the past decades she has conducted numerous popular TV shows, mainly in the Italian (RAI) and Spanish (TVE) national TV channels.
Carrà was born in Bologna [1] . She had a big hit song with "Tuca Tuca" written by her long-time collaborator and former boyfriend, Gianni Boncompagni. She had another longer relationship with Sergio Japino, among others.
She 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. This song has also a special gay cult status in Greece. "A far l'amore comincia tu" ("Start Making Love Each Other") was another great 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", which was her only hit in the United Kingdom.