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Caterina Valente Digs Bossa Nova Tour Story
AP News features writer Mary Campbell profiles international singer Caterina Valente on a U.S. tour focusing on bossa nova. She recalls discovering the style after a Belgian tape, debuting on the Perry Como Show, and becoming a pioneer in bringing bossa nova to America while detailing her multi nationality background, family, and languages.
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Mary Campbell
AP News
Caterina Valente
United States
Miss Valente
Belgium
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Luiz Bonfa
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Brazil
Mitch Ayres
France
Italy
Sweden
Russia
Paris
Lugano
Switzerland
St. Petersburg
Conservatory
Pavlova
Finland
Germany
Stuttgart
Mama
Maria Valente
Roy Budd
Alexander