In 1952 she married juggler Erik van Aro (Gerd Eric Horst Scholz). He recognized her talent and accompanied her in her initial years of worldwide success, although they later divorced. In 1953, she made her first recordings with Kurt Edelhagen. Soon afterwards she achieved great success with songs like "Malagueña", "The Breeze and I", and "Dreh dich nicht um" with the Werner Müller orchestra. In 1955 she was featured on the "Colgate Comedy Hour" with Gordon MacRae. Between 1966 and 1972 she was a frequent guest on the Dean Martin Show. In 1972, she married the British pianist Roy Budd; they had a son, Alexander, but they divorced in 1979.
In Germany she was a major performer of Schlager music. There she recorded Cole Porter's "I love Paris" i.e. "Ganz Paris träumt von der Liebe", which sold more than 500,000 copies in (1954.) Like in other countries where she was popular, some in Germany mistakenly consider her a German singer.
Over the years, she has recorded or performed with many international stars, including Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Woody Herman, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Buddy Rich, Sy Oliver, Claus Ogerman, and Chet Baker.
In 2001, she released a new album Girltalk with harpist Catherine Michel. She is also the mother of singer Eric van Aro, Jr.
Out of This World
Caterina Valente Lyrics
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When I'm looking at you,
I hear out of this world
The music that no mortal ever knew.
You're right out of a book,
The fairy tale I read when I was so high;
No armoured knight out of a book
After waiting so long for the right time,
After reaching so long for a star,
All at once from the long and lonely night time,
And despite time, here you are!
I'd fly out of this world
If you said we were through,
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two with you;
I'll spend the next eternity or two with you.
The song "Out of This World" by Caterina Valente is a love song that speaks about the extraordinary and other-worldly beauty of the person being sung about. The singer is in awe of the person and sees them as being clear out of this world. The music that this person creates is so divine that no mortal has ever heard such a melody before. The singer goes further to describe the person as being right out of a book, like a fairy tale character. The enchanted Lorelei, a siren in German mythology, is mentioned, suggesting that the person is mesmerizing to the singer.
The singer expresses how long they have anticipated the right time to be with the person, and after a long and lonely night time, they are together. The singer is so smitten with the person that they would fly out of this world if they were to break up. The singer desires to spend all of eternity with the person, emphasizing how powerful their love is.
Overall, the song is a passionate declaration of love marked by ethereal metaphors and images, describing the power of love that is so great it can transport one out of their world into another.
Line by Line Meaning
You're clear out of this world
You are beyond the limits of this world.
When I'm looking at you,
Whenever I look at you,
I hear out of this world
I hear an otherworldly sound
The music that no mortal ever knew.
The kind of music that has never been heard by human beings.
You're right out of a book,
You resemble a character from a book.
The fairy tale I read when I was so high;
The story I read when I was very young;
No armoured knight out of a book
Even the strongest warrior from a book,
Could find a more enchanted Lorelei than I.
Could not find a more bewitched creature than you.
After waiting so long for the right time,
After enduring a long wait for the appropriate moment,
After reaching so long for a star,
After attempting to touch a star for so long,
All at once from the long and lonely night time,
Suddenly, after a long and lonely night,
And despite time, here you are!
And despite the passage of time, you are here!
I'd fly out of this world
I would leave this world entirely
If you said we were through,
If you said our relationship was over,
So let me fly out of this world
Let me leave this world
And spend the next eternity or two with you;
And spend the next endless time period with you;
I'll spend the next eternity or two with you.
I will spend an infinite amount of time with you.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: COLE PORTER
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Please correct the highlighted verse to: "Che diritti hai su di me?". Thanks.