Lara Saint Paul
| Lara Saint Paul | |
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Hillary Clinton and Lara Saint Paul
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Silvana Savorelli |
| Also known as | Tanya |
| Born |
April 30, 1945 Asmara |
| Origin | Italian, Eritrean |
| Genres | Pop, Rhythm and blues, Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Recording artist, Television host, Record producer, Television producer, Author |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Labels | Red Record, C.D.I., Polydor, LASAPA |
| Associated acts | Sanremo Music Festival |
| Website | www.larasaintpaul.com |
Silvana Savorelli (born 1946 in Asmara from Italian father and Eritrean mother), professionally known as Lara Saint Paul, is an Italian Eritrean singer, entertainer, impresario and record producer.
Lara Saint Paul's first public performance was in 1962 at the Festival della canzone italiana, also known as the Sanremo Music Festival, in Italy. She went by the name of Tanya and performed the ballad I colori della felicità.
Adopting the stage name Lara Saint Paul, she performed in the 1966 Festival delle Rose with the song Il pieno and was a finalist in the 1967 Festival della Canzone Napoletana for her performance of Te faie desidera'.
Her first big success arrived when she returned to the Sanremo Music Festival in 1968 as one of the two performers of the song Mi va di cantare. The other performer was Louis Armstrong, and they performed alongside Lionel Hampton. She also participated in Sanremo in 1972 with Se non fosse tra queste mie braccia lo inventerei and in 1973 with Una casa grande. She was a finalist three times in the Sanremo Music Festival.
In 1988, Lara Saint Paul was a producer and conductor for the Sanremo Music Festival at the Casinò di Sanremo.
Lara Saint Paul has worked with many notable talents in the music industry. Her songs Non preoccuparti and Adesso ricomincerei were produced and arranged by American producer Quincy Jones and recorded by an orchestra of Italian musicians, including Pino Presti on electric bass, Angel Pocho Gatti and Victor Bacchetta at the piano, and Tullio De Piscopo on drums, in 1973. In the same year she released an Italian cover version of Killing Me Softly with His Song, originally composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, titled Mi fa morir cantando. Lara Saint Paul has worked and performed with notables such as Ray Charles, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Roberta Flack, Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder. Her popular 1977 album Saffo Music, recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Leon Ware, featured The Pointer Sisters on backing vocals, guitar by Ray Parker Jr., bass by Chuck Rainey and was mixed by Bill Conti. One of her 1970s tracks, So, is featured on several current popular lounge music compilations.
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