Born on April 10th, 1946 in the northern city of Modena and raised in the nearby
town of Sassuolo, Italian singer Caterina Caselli began her musical journey in
her teens with a series of local live performances as a bassist, but would
really make her mark with a series of high-profile talent contest entries. In
1963, the then seventeen-year-old entered Castrocaro Festival’s popular ‘New
Voices’ competition, placing second. She was promptly picked up by Milan-based
label MRC, with whom she released an unsuccessful 1984 double A-side entitled
“Sciocca”/“Ti telefono tutte le sere”. ...