Valerie Dore

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Legend
  CH 19th 10/12/1986 (4 weeks)
Singles
The Night
  DE 5 December 3rd, 1984 (18 weeks)
  AT 26th 02/15/1985 (8 weeks)
  CH 8th January 13, 1985 (12 weeks)
  IT 22nd 22/1984 (5 weeks)
Get Closer
  DE 12 02/18/1985 (12 weeks)
  CH 11 03.03.1985 (8 weeks)
It's so easy
  DE 51 07/08/1985 (7 weeks)
  CH 10 06/23/1985 (9 weeks)
Lancelot
  DE 36 08/11/1986 (10 weeks)
  CH 10 08/24/1986 (10 weeks)
  IT 19th 34/1986 (5 weeks)
King Arthur
  CH 24 10/26/1986 (2 weeks)

The singer Monica Stucchi (born May 28, 1963 in Milan , Italy ) became known as Valerie Dore , but she did not sing the famous hits from the 1980s herself, but only mimed them in front of the camera and in public via playback. The songs from the only studio album The Legend were sung by the singer Dora Carofiglio , then a singer in the Novecento group and later by Simona Zanini . Only later did Stucchi sing songs herself (previously as a background singer, among others) with moderate success.

Life

When she was 15, Dora Carofiglio sang American folk songs with friends in bars in Milan . In 1984 she made her breakthrough - but only as the voice for Mimin Monica Stucchi, who appeared as "Valerie Dore". The first single The Night was a success all over southern Europe and also in the top 10 in Germany and Switzerland. With the single Get Closer sung by Monica Stucchi , Stucchi alias Valerie Dore was able to build on the success and had her own musical style, which was called Romantic dance was created. With her third single It's so Easy , which was released in late 1985, Stucchi had already reached the peak of her success. In 1986 their first album, The Legend , was released, which was inspired by the legend of King Arthur . The fourth single Lancelot also made it into the Swiss Top 10 and was her last chart hit in Germany.

In 1987 Monica Stucchi, who continued to appear as the face of Valerie Dore, had significant differences with her producer Roberto Gasparini , who wanted to push the artist more in the direction of pop and house . However, the singer did not agree and wanted to record a new album in London with producer Ralph Ruppert . However, it was still contractually bound to Gasparini, who then terminated contracts with radio and television.

In 1988 Stucchi married her new producer and manager Mauro Zavagli and produced a new single: Wrong Direction , which however did not make it into the charts outside of Italy. In 1991 she moved to Madagascar for some time to record an album with a national group. However, this project was never implemented. Then Stucchi ended her musical career as Valerie Dore.

In 2003 The Night was covered by the German band Scooter .

Stucchi appeared again in 2007 as Valerie Dore with "her" hits on Italian television.

Discography

Albums

  • 1986 The Legend
  • 1992 The Best Of

Compilations

  • 2014 Greatest Hits & Remixes

Singles

  • 1984 The Night
  • 1984 The Night Remix
  • 1985 Get Closer
  • 1985 It's so Easy
  • 1985 It's so Easy in the Night to Get Closer (Megamix)
  • 1986 Lancelot
  • 1986 King Arthur / The Battle
  • 1988 Wrong Direction
  • 1995 The Night
  • 2006 How Do I Get to Mars?

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE-AT-CH / DE2
  2. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on October 20, 2015 (Italian, paid subscription access).

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personal data
SURNAME Dore, Valerie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stucchi, Monica (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan , Italy