Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè, known professionally as Mia Martini, was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician. She is considered, by many experts, one of the most important and expressive female voices of Italian music, characterised by her interpretative intensity and her soulful performance.
Mia Martini in Venice in 1973, holding the Gondola d'Oro prize won with her song "Donna sola"
Mimì Bertè at Bellaria Festival (1964)
Mia Martini (left) with her sister Loredana Bertè
Mia Martini (left), Little Tony (center), Vena Veroutis (right) and the band Tin-Tin, in the variety show Stasera Little Tony (January 1972)
Charles Aznavour was a French singer of Armenian ancestry, as well as a lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a composer, singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than 1,200 songs interpreted in 9 languages. Moreover, he wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs for himself and others. Aznavour is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time and an icon of 20th-century pop culture.
Aznavour in 1961
Aznavour in 1963
Aznavour at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
Aznavour in 2014