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Loredana Bertè (born September 20, 1950) is an Italian singer. In her long career she has worked with some of the best Italian songwriters such as Enrico Ruggeri, Pino Daniele, Ivano Fossati, Mario Lavezzi, Enzo Jannacci and Mango, among others. She has experimented with different genres, from rock to reggae, from funk to pop. Her sister Mia Martini was also a singer. Bertè was born in Bagnara Calabra, Province of Reggio Calabria, southern Italy. She started her singing career in 1974 with the album Streaking. She became successful the following year by releasing "Sei bellissima", a ballad that would have...

Loredana (real name: Loredana Groza, born 10th of June, 1970 in Onesti, Romania) is considered, by and large, the most succesful, extravagant and charismatic female pop star in Romania. She started singing at the age of three and she continued to sing throughout her school years. When she was 14, she was noticed by composers Dumitru Morosanu and Jold Kerestely, who invited her to Bucharest for the talent show "Steaua fara nume" ("The Star Without a Name"), although she was too young, as the minimum admission age was 17. She competed in the talent show in 1986, at 16 years...

Loredana Groza (born 10 June 1970), also known as simply Loredana, is considered, by and large, the most succesful, extravagant and charismatic female pop star in Romania. She started singing at the age of three and she continued to sing throughout her school years. When she was 14, she was noticed by composers Dumitru Morosanu and Jold Kerestely, who invited her to Bucharest for the talent show “Steaua fara nume” (“The Star Without a Name”), although she was too young, as the minimum admission age was 17. She competed in the talent show in 1986, at 16 years old, and...

Fred Bertelmann (7 October 1925 – 22 January 2014) was a German singer and actor. Bertelmann was born in Duisburg. Aged 9 he became a chorister and later also studied cello, trumpet, guitar and singing. In World War II, he fought in the Wehrmacht but then became a prisoner of war and was sent to Alabama, where he first heard of swing music. After his return to Germany he founded his own band and often performed in American GI clubs in Germany. In 1950 he toured Sweden with Arne Hülphers and Zarah Leander. He also worked as a solo singer...

Adele Bertei is an American singer/songwriter, an ex-member of James Chance and the Contortions, Peter and the Wolves, and The Bloods. Whilst not hugely successful commercially on either side of the Atlantic, her career in the industry has been active since the late 70s through various rock bands, only releasing her first solo album, Little Lives, in 1988. Before then, she had (most famously) featured on the Jellybean record Just a Mirage. Her one album is out of print, though still in circulation. She did, however, produce some solo singles (which, again, failed to make a substantial commercial impact). The...