Franca Raimondi (8 July 1932 – 28 August 1988) was an Italian singer. She is best known for representing in the

Eurovision Song Contest 1956 The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RSI) on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR). The contest, origi ...

with the song " Aprite le finestre".

Biography

Born in

Monopoli Monopoli (; ) is a town and comune, municipality in Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Bari and region of Apulia. The town is roughly in area and lies on the Adriatic Sea about southeast of Bari. It has a population of 49,246 (2014), ...

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, Raimondi studied operatic singing and foreign languages. In 1955, Raimondi was among the winners of a

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contest of new voices and got the chance to perform at the 1956 edition of the

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival ( ), officially the Italian Song Festival (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria, organized and broadcast by (RAI). It is the longest-running ...

, which she eventually won with the song " Aprite le finestre". That same year she represented in the first Eurovision Song Contest with the same song, alongside

Tonina Torrielli Antonietta "Tonina" Torrielli (born 22 March 1934) is an Italian singer. She is best known for representing in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 with the song "Amami se vuoi". Career A worker at a candy factory in Novi Ligure (after which she w ...

with " Amami se vuoi". Franca-Raimondi-Walt-Disney-1957

Between 1956 and 1958 Raimondi was leading vocalist in the Gian Stellari Orchestra. In 1960 she entered the competition at the

Festival di Napoli The Festival della Canzone Napoletana ("Festival of Neapolitan Song"), commonly known as the Festival di Napoli, is a Neapolitan song contest. The first edition was held in 1952 and the last in 2004. From 1952 to 1970 the show was broadcast on RAI ...

with "Canzone all'antica" ("Old-style song"). In the later years she slowed her activities, focusing her career on live performances. She died from cancer on 28 August 1988, at the age of 56. Photographs of the excerpt published on:

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* 1932 births People from Monopoli Sanremo Music Festival winners 20th-century Italian women singers Italian women pop singers Traditional pop music singers 1988 deaths Deaths from cancer in Apulia Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{Italy-singer-stub

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