Raffaella Carrà

Raffaella Carrà (born 18 June 1943, Bologna, Italy), in Italy often simply known as la Carrà (the Carrà) and in some Latin American countries sometimes simply as Raffaella, is an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, and actress. She is a popular figure in Italy, Spain, Malta, Greece and Latin America and Russia, both as a result of her many well-known taped presentations and records, and because of her many popular TV shows. She was born Raffaella Roberta Pelloni, in Bologna. In her native town she had dance lessons.
Since 1961, Carrà has sung and danced on the variety shows of Italian television. In particular, since the early 1970s, they have featured elaborate choreography, mesmerizing elaborate themes, and her uninhibited style. She was the first television figure to show her belly button on camera. This was met with heavy criticism from the Vatican^.
Carrà had a hit song with the sensual "Tuca Tuca" (1970), written for her singing and dancing television presentations by her long-time collaborator and former boyfriend, Gianni Boncompagni. Similarly, in 1971 Carrà achieved another hit with "Chissà se Va".
Now she is doing the talent show The Voice Of Italy with Noemi, Piero Pelù and Riccardo Cocciante.

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