Caterina Valente (born January 14, 1931 in Paris) is an Italian-born singer… Read Full Bio ↴Caterina Valente (born January 14, 1931 in Paris) is an Italian-born singer, dancer, and actress. She comes from an Italian artist family; her father Giuseppe was a well-known accordion player, her mother, Maria Valente, a musical clown. She had three siblings, of whom Silvio Francesco was also active in show business.

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.

keep me in your heart
Caterina Valente Lyrics

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Keep me in your heart
Each lonely no match you're away
Keep me in your heart
Don't let our lot to none to be
Just a memory

Someone else has ice
May rich and try to still your heart... Away

But keep me in your heart
Remember all we share today
Don't be there a stray

Never let me go
It's you alone that I adore
Darling don't you know
Your everything I live in fore
Now and every more

Keep me in your heart
Please don't forget that I belong... To you
While we're par apart
My love what ever as you do
Promise to be true

Keep me in your heart
I need your love, darling keep in your heart
I need your love, darling keep in your heart

I need your love, darling keep in your heart
I need your love, darling keep in your heart
I need your love, darling keep in your heart

[Fade out]
I need your love, darling keep in your heart...

Overall Meaning

The song "Keep me in your heart" by Caterina Valente is a plea to a lover to remember the singer during the long times the two will be apart. The singer urges the lover to keep the memories of their love close to their heart, and to never forget the special moments they shared. The song is an emotional appeal to the strength and power of love, and it expresses a deep longing for the closeness and intimacy of the relationship.

The lyrics are filled with intense emotion and feeling, and this is underscored by the haunting melody and the singer's passionate delivery. The repetition of the line "I need your love, darling keep in your heart" at the end of the song emphasizes the importance and urgency of the singer's request. The song speaks to the idea that even when we are apart from those we love, we carry a part of them with us, and that love can transcend distance and time.

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keep me in your heart
Caterina Valente Lyrics