SINGER

Caterina Valente

1931 - 2024

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Caterina Valente (14 January 1931 – 9 September 2024) was an Italian-French-German multilingual singer, guitarist, and dancer. She spoke six languages and sang in 13. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caterina Valente has received more than 769,185 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Caterina Valente is the 212th most popular singer (down from 130th in 2019), the 1,299th most popular biography from France (down from 858th in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Singer.

Caterina Valente is most famous for her song "Torna a Sorriento" which was released in 1956.

Memorability Metrics

  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Caterina Valente ranks 212 out of 4,381. Before her are Mahalia Jackson, Dr. Dre, Mariska Veres, Britney Spears, Asmahan, and Kris Kristofferson. After her are Mylène Farmer, Boris Christoff, Etta James, Chavela Vargas, George Benson, and Nicolai Ghiaurov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Caterina Valente ranks 72. Before her are Rita Moreno, Jean-Claude Carrière, Hamilton O. Smith, Ronald Dworkin, Alfred Brendel, and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. After her are Antonella Lualdi, Don King, Carroll Baker, Clive Cussler, Sam Cooke, and John Robert Schrieffer. Among people deceased in 2024, Caterina Valente ranks 71. Before her are Glynis Johns, Sandra Milo, Robert Badinter, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Nikolai Ryzhkov, and Kris Kristofferson. After her are Norman Jewison, Marisa Paredes, Daniel Dennett, Geneviève Grad, Issa Hayatou, and Yael Dayan.

Others Born in 1931

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In France

Among people born in France, Caterina Valente ranks 1,299 out of 6,770. Before her are Clément Marot (1495), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Ernest Gellner (1925), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Michel Butor (1926), and Jean-Louis Barrault (1910). After her are Monique Wittig (1935), Léon Bloy (1846), Anne L'Huillier (1958), Jane Frances de Chantal (1572), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), and Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767).

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Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Caterina Valente ranks 17. Before her are Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737), Manu Chao (1961), Maria Malibran (1808), Georges Brassens (1921), Desireless (1952), and Charles Trenet (1913). After her are Jacqueline Boyer (1941), Barbara (1930), Warda Al-Jazairia (1939), Sacha Distel (1933), Théo Sarapo (1936), and Alan Stivell (1944).

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