Rina Ketty - Sombreros et Mantilles

FOLLOW US ON SPOTIFY PLAYLIST FRENCH MUSIC: Chanson Française ▶ BUY Rina Ketty Music: Halidon - itunes ▶ BUY Halidon French Music: visit our page on facebook ▶ Rina Ketty (1 March 1911 – 23 December 1996) was a French chanteuse. Ketty was born Rina Pichetto in Sarzana, Italy. She went to Paris in the 1930s and in 1938 and 1939 made her breakthrough with songs like Sombreros et mantillesand J’attendrai (literally: “I shall wait“). Despite the popularity of these chansons during World War II, she was not able to stay in the spotlight after 1945. In 1954 she moved to Canada and in 1965 returned to France but was unable to revive her pre-war success. In 1991 the French minister of culture Jack Lang awarded her theOrdre des Arts et des Lettres. Her husband Jo Harman died in , her songs were re-interpreted, most notably by Dalida. The song J’attendrai gained some renewed interest in 1981 as part of the soundtrack of the movie Das Boot and in 2006 for its use in a TV commercial from the French union of employers died in Cannes, France. Rina Ketty, de son vrai nom Cesarina Picchetto est une chanteuse française d’origine italienne. Elle est l’interprète de deux chansons qui l’ont rendue célèbre : J’attendrai, et Sombreros et mantilles.