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During her marriage to her first husband she held a German passport. Having been born and grown up in France she is now a French citizen. In 2001, she released a new album, Girltalk, with harpist Catherine Michel. A briglia sciolta, the Italian jazz CD recorded in 1989 and re-released in later years under the titles Fantastica and Platinum deluxe, was her best-selling CD worldwide. Valente was a principal on the CBS variety series The Entertainers (1964–65). In 1959, she was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Over the years, she has recorded or performed with many international stars, including Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Perry Como, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Claus Ogerman, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Sy Oliver, Buddy Rich and Edmundo Ros. There, she recorded Cole Porter's I Love Paris under the German title Ganz Paris träumt von der Liebe, which sold more than 900,000 copies in 1954. In Germany, she was a major performer of Schlager music. Between 1966-72, she was a frequent guest on The Dean Martin Show.

Valente was a favorite of singer Perry Como, making eight guest appearances on his NBC Kraft Music Hall television program from 1961-66. In the mid 1960s, Valente worked with Claus Ogerman and recorded material in both Italian and English that he arranged/conducted and/or composed on the Decca and London labels. During Haley's segment, Valente sings a duet with Haley on a newly recorded version of his song 'Vive la Rock and Roll'. In 1958, she filmed the musical comedy Hier bin ich – hier bleib ich ( Here I Am, Here I Stay) which featured a guest appearance by Bill Haley & His Comets. In 1955, she was featured on The Colgate Comedy Hour with Gordon MacRae. Soon afterwards she achieved success with songs such as 'Malagueña', 'The Breeze and I' (a global million-seller), and 'Dreh dich nicht um' with the Werner Müller orchestra. In 1953, she made her first recordings with Kurt Edelhagen. While she is best-known as an international performer, Valente also spent part of her career in the United States, where she performed alongside Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Perry Como, and Ella Fitzgerald, among others. Valente is a polyglot she speaks six languages, and sings in eleven. Caterina Valente (born 14 January 1931 in Paris, France) is a French-born Italian multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress.

Caterina valente singing with zilber beko