Betty Curtis

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Betty Curtis (born March 21, 1936 in Milan as Roberta Corti , † June 15, 2006 in Lecco ) was an Italian singer who was particularly successful in the 1960s. She took part in the Sanremo Festival six times and represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 .

Career

Curtis was discovered by Teddy Reno , who also gave her the Americanizing stage name. She began her career as a singer in 1955 with minor appearances in Lombardy until they became aware of her and she was given the opportunity to appear on the radio and (later) on television. As a "melodic screamer " (urlatrice melodica) her first singles were cover versions of American or French ( Gilbert Bécaud ) successes. Curtis took part in the 1959 Sanremo Festival in three different compilations (with Wilma De Angelis , Claudio Villa and Johnny Dorelli ) . The song Nessuno presented with De Angelis was later made famous by Mina .

In 1960 the singer returned to Sanremo with Amore senza sole (again with Dorelli) and in 1961 she won with Luciano Tajoli and the song Al di là, written by Mogol and Carlo Donida . She was able to sing this at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 and landed there in fifth place. With the song Tu si '' a malincunia she also won the Festival di Napoli in 1961 . After another Sanremo participation in 1962 Curtis achieved a number one hit in 1963 with a cover of Petula Clark's Chariot . Together with the British singer, she later competed at the Sanremo Festival in 1965 . After the last festival participation in 1967 , things got quieter for the singer.

Between 1962 and 1965 Curtis' recordings appeared in Germany on the Italia label . She also went on some international tours. Between 1959 and 1966 she also starred in four music films . In 2006 the singer died after a long illness at the age of 70.

Discography (selection)

Albums

  • Lontano da te ... lontano dal mare (CGD, FGS 5001; 1959)
  • Betty (CGD, FGS 5015; 1965)
  • A modo mio (CGD, FGS 5075; 1970)
  • Folk (Alpharecord, AR 3017; 1975)
  • Ricordiamole insieme (Alpharecord, AR 3018; 1975)
  • Folk n.2 (Alpharecord; 1976)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1961 Al di là IT7 (6 weeks)
IT
Midi midinette IT11 (2 weeks)
IT
1962 Tango del mare IT8 (7 weeks)
IT
1963 Chariot IT1 (11 weeks)
IT
Original by Petula Clark
Wini wini IT8 (9 weeks)
IT
  • Con tutto il cuore (1958)
  • La pioggia cadrà (1958)
  • Nessuno (1959)
  • Una marcia in fa (with Johnny Dorelli ; 1959)
  • Buondì (1959)
  • Non sei felice (1960)
  • Il mio uomo (1960)
  • Pollo e champagne (1961)
  • Aiutami a piangere (1961)
  • Ci vogliono i mariti (1961)
  • Tu si '' a malincunia (1961)
  • Neve al chiaro di luna (1961)
  • Buongiorno amore (1962)
  • Stasera piove (1962)
  • Cantando con le lacrime agli tatting (1962)
  • Soldi Soldi Soldi (1962)
  • Canzonetta romantica (1963)
  • La casa più bella del mondo (1964)
  • Scegli me o il resto del mondo (1964)
  • Invece no (1965)
  • Le porte dell'amore (1966)
  • È più forte di me (1967)
  • Guantanamera (1967)
  • Povero Enrico (1967)
  • Gelosia (1969)

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Betty Curtis  - Collection of Images

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Betty Curtis . In: Enrico Deregibus (Ed.): Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana . Giunti, 2010, ISBN 978-88-09-75625-0 , pp. 132 .
  2. ^ Addio a Betty Curtis. In: Rockol.it. June 16, 2006, accessed August 17, 2018 (Italian).
  3. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on August 17, 2018 (Italian, paid subscription access).
personal data
SURNAME Curtis, Betty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roberta Corti (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 2006
Place of death Lecco