Valeria Lynch
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Valeria Lynch in 2011
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | María Cristina Lancelotti |
| Also known as | Valeria Lynch |
| Born |
January 7, 1952 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, musician, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Labels | Polydor, BMG, Leader Music |
María Cristina Lancelotti (January 7, 1952 in Buenos Aires), better known by her stage name Valeria Lynch, is an Argentine singer and actress.
Valeria Lynch was born on January 7, 1952 in the neighborhood of Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina, the first child of the marriage of María Antonia Spano (Tony) and José Julio Lancellotti. From an early age, she showed she had a love for singing and dancing, and at age 14 while started studying at the Commercial College Donato Álvarez in the neighborhood of La Paternal, when she defined her vocation and began to study singing with Clara Calvo and drama with Dante Gilardoni.
In 1969, she debuted on the television show La Botica del Ángel with Eduardo Bergara Leumann, singing "Cuando un amigo se va". The first major production Lynch took with producer Alejandro Romay in Argentina was the adaptation of the musical Hair, held at the Teatro Argentino in 1971 where she showed her talent by putting voice to the song Aquarius-Let The Sunshine In. Romay allegedly discovered her great talent suggested that she use a pseudonym.
Valeria Lynch formally began performing in the 1970s singing jingles and underground rock in English with a group called Expression. She was also part of the TV TRIBU SRL, with which she recorded two songs for the soundtrack of the program, "I am a woman" and "Do not be discouraged" as well as two different versions of the song" Tribu SRL "with the rest of the group, in 1975.
In 1976 she joined her representative, Héctor Cavallero (former life partner of Susana Giménez), who had discovered her around 1974 when she was singing in the underground clubs of Buenos Aires. The story goes that Cavallero saw her sing and was so fascinated that he waited in the dressing room and offered to represent her and launch her career as a romantic singer. The couple had two sons, Federico (born 1979) and Santiago Cavallero (born 1986). After eighteen years together, they separated in 1995.
In 1977 she released her first album, Valeria Lynch, and the cover was a drawing of her profile made by her friend Horacio Fontova. Her version of the song "Mujer Sola", written by the Italian Mia Martini (Domenica Berté), was the first cut of circulation. Her debut as a pop balladeer was at the legendary scene of the nightclub Michelangelo in the barrio of San Telmo.
In April 1979, she released the album "Mujer" and made her first promotional trip to Mexico and Central America.
During the 1980s, Valeria Lynch's success spread throughout Latin America. Her visceral singing style, coupled with her strong vocals and the choice of a repertoire that reached for the popular taste made the difference with other interpreters of pop ballads. Her songs were not only a success in U.S. and Latin America but their music came to Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, Romania, Italy and the former Soviet Union.
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