Donatella Rettore is an Italian singer and songwriter

Songwriter

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 (born July 8, 1955 in Castelfranco Veneto

Castelfranco Veneto

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, Province of Treviso

Province of Treviso

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). She started her career in 1973 and her early recordings was oriented to the popular and melodic Italian music

Italian popular music

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. She became successful just in 1979, and for about 5 years she was the most popular and female best selling in Italy

Italy

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 second only to Mina

Mina (singer)

Anna Maria Quaini, Grand Officer , known as Mina, is an Italian pop singer. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an...

. Her most popular hits are: Splendido Splendente (Splendid Shining), Kobra, Donatella, Lamette (Razor Blades), This Time, Io Ho Te (I've Got You), Amore Stella (Love Star) e Di Notte Specialmente (Especially By Night). Most albums are a mixture of pop

Pop music

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, rock

Rock music

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, disco music and ska

Ska

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. After 1983 she started her slow decline, and she had to wait 1994 to enter once again in the top 10 Italian charts. Recently she released Stralunata, a double cd set + dvd about her career, her music and her TV performances, which entered directly to n. 2 and stayed in top 10 Italian dvd charts for 2 months.

Albums

• 1975 Ogni Giorno Si Cantano Canzoni D'amore (-)
• 1977 Donatella Rettore (-)
• 1979 Brivido Divino (#12)
• 1980 Magnifico Delirio (#8)
• 1981 Estasi Clamorosa (#8)
• 1982 Kamikaze Rock'n'roll Suicide (#18)
• 1982 Super Rock, Le Sue Piu' Belle Canzoni (-)
• 1983 Far West (#22)
• 1985 Danceteria (#20)
• 1988 Rettoressa (#47)
• 1989 Ossigenata (#39)
• 1991 Son Rettore E Canto (#42)
• 1994 Incantesimi Notturni (#32)
• 1996 Concert (-)
• 2005 Figurine (#45)
• 2008 Stralunata (#2 Dvd Chart)
• 2011 Caduta massi (#26)

Singles

• 1973 Quando Tu (-)
• 1974 Capelli Sciolti (-)
• 1975 Ti Ho Preso Con Me (-)
• 1976 Lailola'(-)
• 1977 Carmela (-)
• 1978 Eroe (#37)
• 1979 Splendido Splendente (#6)
• 1980 Kobra (#4)
• 1981 Donatella (#3)
• 1982 Lamette (#8)
• 1982 This Time (#8)
• 1983 Io Ho Te (#13)
• 1985 Femme Fatale (#19)
• 1986 Amore Stella (#42)
• 1989 Zan Zan Zan (#47)
• 1994 Di Notte Specialmente (#9)
• 2003 Bastardo (#29)
• 2005 Konkiglia (-)

External links

• Rettore's official page
• Review of Caduta Massi (in English)