Raffaella Carrà
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Raffaella Roberta Pelloni (born in Bologna [[1]] on 18 June 1943), better known by her artistic name Raffaella Carrà, 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 conducted numerous popular TV shows, mainly in the Italian (RAI) and Spanish (TVE) national TV channels.
She had a big hit song with Tuca Tuca written by her long-time collaborator and boyfriend, Gianni Boncompagni. She had another long relationship with Sergio Japino.
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 it's Spanish title "Hay Que Venir Al Sur". This song has also a special cult status in Greece. "A far l'amore comincia tu" ("start making love") 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.
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Frank Sinatra
For a period of time, Raffaella has been linked with legendary singer/actor Frank Sinatra during their filming of Von Ryan's Express in 1965. However, as she always said, though Frank was a wonderful man, she never quite accepted being "the girl of the boss". Raffaella Carra had a contract with Fox that included a house next to Mia Farrow's, and that's where eventually Sinatra found his next love interest.
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