Viola Valentino

Viola Valentino
Virginia Minnetti (born July 1, 1949 in Canzo), best known by her stage name Viola Valentino, is an Italian singer.
Biography
Minnetti started her career as a singer in 1968 under the name Virginia and later began to sing with her then husband in a duet named Renzo & Virginia. Some time later Virginia was noticed by Giancarlo Lucariello, a producer of the Italian rock band Pooh. It was he who created an image of a sexy but delicate woman for her as well as her manner to sing with a subdued voice.
In 1979, Virginia started singing under the name Viola Valentino. Her first song Comprami ("Buy Me") made her famous and was sold in a great number of copies in Italy and Spain.
In 1980, Viola sang two other songs that also become hits, Sei una bomba ("You Are a Bomb") and Anche noi facciamo pace ("We Will Make Peace Too"). In the same year, her first album Cinema ("Cinema") came out.
In 1982, Viola Valentino took part in Festival di Sanremo for the first time with the song Romantici ("Romantic") which also became a hit. In the same year, her second album In primo piano ("In the Foreground") and another hit Sola ("Alone") came out. At that time, Viola Valentino was in the zenith of her fame and was invited to act in the film Delitto sull’autostrada ("A Crime on a Highway").
In 1983, she took part in Festival di Sanremo again with the song Arriva arriva ("Come, Come"). Since then, the public interest in Viola Valentino began to fade. In the 1980s, Viola acted in the films Due strani papà ("Two Strange Daddies", 1983) and Le volpi della notte ("Night Foxes", 1986).
In 1986, Viola sang Il posto della luna ("The Place of the Moon"), which had moderate success.
In 1991, an album Un angelo dal cielo ("An Angel from Heaven") came out which included the best songs by Viola Valentino.
In 2005 she went to the reality show Musicfarm.
Interesting facts
For some time, Viola Valentino was married to a well-known Italian singer Riccardo Fogli, which contributed to her popularity; later, however, they divorced.
Two times Viola's photos were cover photos of Playboy.
Filmography
Discography
Albums
1978 – Uno (with the band Fantasy)
1980 – Cinema
1982 – In primo piano
1991 – Un angelo dal cielo
1994 – Esisto
1998 – Il viaggio
2004 – Made in Virginia
2010 – Alleati non-ovvi
EPs
1985 – L’angelo
2009 – I tacchi di Giada
Singles
1968 – Dixie/Pensandoci su (under the name Virginia)
1970 – Zan zan/I 10 comandamenti dell’amore (under the name Renzo e Virginia, together with Riccardo Fogli)
1978 – Cantando (under the name Fantasy)
1979 – Comprami/California
1980 – Sei una bomba/Sono così
1980 – Anche noi facciamo pace/Sì mi va
1981 – Giorno popolare/Prendiamo i pattini
1981 – Sera coi fiocchi/Come un cavallo pazzo
1982 – Romantici/Rido
1982 – Sola/Amiche
1983 – Arriva arriva/Balere
1984 – Verso sud/Traditi
1985 – Addio amor
1986 – Il posto della luna/La verità
1987 – Devi ritornare/Dentro una notte di festa
1991 – Un angelo dal cielo/Quasi mezzanotte
1994 – Me marito se n'è ito
1994 – Onda tra le onde
1995 – Probabilmente niente
1996 – Estasi
1997 – Anime d’autunno (Libertango)
1998 – Come quando fuori piove
1999 – Aspettando Elia
2000 – Comprami 2000 con Zerodecibel
2002 – La surprise de l’amour
2004 – Dea
2004 – Acqua, fuoco, aria, terra
2006 – Barbiturici nel thè
External links
Official website (in Italian)
1952 births
Living people
Italian women singers
Italian pop singers