Loredana Bertè

Loredana Bertè born 20 September 1950 is an Italian singer and actress In her long career she has worked with prominent Italian songwriters such as Pino Daniele Ivano Fossati Mario Lavezzi Mango and Enrico Ruggeri among others her sister Mia Martini was also an acclaimed singer She has experimented with different genres from rock to reggae from funk to pop Bertè is known for the eccentric clothing she wears onstage for her performances At one point in her life 19881992 she was married to the tennis star Björn Borg Bertè was born in Bagnara Calabra Province of Reggio Calabria in Southern Italy on September 20 as the third of four daughters three years after her sister Domenica Her parents Giuseppe Radames Bertè and Maria Salvina Dato were both school teachers Loredana spent her childhood in Porto Recanati and then in Ancona After her parents separated Bertè moved with her mother to Rome where she attended the local Art Institute In the early 1970s she performed as a gogo dancer in television and radio shows such as Bandiera Gialla and Stasera Rita She later joined the dance troupe of the Piper Club in Rome where she met Renato Zero In 1969 both Bertè Zero and Teo Teocoli starred in the Italian edition of the musical Hair In 1970 Loredana and her sister Domenica who had by then changed her name to Mia Martini performed as backing vocalists for Chico Buarque de Holanda While Martini would consequently start a successful music career recording songs like Piccolo Uomo and Minuetto Loredana continued to pursue theatre In 1972 she performed in Ciao Rudy and Orfeo 9 In 1974 producers Alfredo Cerruti and Enrico Riccardi persuaded Loredana to record her first album Streaking Bertès second album Normale o Super included Sei Bellissima Bertès first domestic hit In 1978 Bertè started a relationship with Ivano Fossati Fossati produced the single E la luna bussò which is considered one of the early minstream reggae songs in Italy In the early 1980s Bertè spent a year in New York to work on her next album Elio Fiorucci introduced her to Andy Warhol at the Factory Warhol and Bertè collaborated on the music video for her song Movie In 1982 she won Festivalbar with Non sono una signora In 1985 she recorded the album Carioca in collaboration with Djavan In 1986 she participated to the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Re In 1988 she met and married Björn Borg The marriage would end in 1992 In 1993 Bertè and Mia Martini collaborated on the song Stiamo come stiamo On May 12 1995 Martini was found unresponsive in her apartment in Cardano al Campo varese Martinis death proved to be a devastating moment in Bertès life In the early 2000s Loredana returned to theatre performing with Carla Fracci in Gerusalemme at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome She entrusts the direction of the three video clips that are part of the miniCD Dimmi che mi ami of 2002 Two years later she took part in Music Farm the first reality show on Italian TV involving famous singers Thanks to the shows proceeds she produced the new album Babybertè 2005 by herself Source Article Loredana Bertè from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30