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Several composers wrote songs for Ketty with her charming
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was now enlarged with new songs such as "Sérénade argentine" (1948), "La Samba tarentelle," and "La
Roulotte des gitans" (both 1950). She moved to Canada in 1954, and lived there some twelve years. In 1965, she again tried to achieve success with a tour through France, but to no avail.
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in Italy the year before. The text of the song, written in French by Louis
Poterat, expresses the longing of many women anxiously awaiting the safe return of their sons and husbands from war. When released by
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Things changed for the better in 1938, when Ketty recorded the songs "Rien que mon coeur" — the French version of an
Italian success song — and "Prière à la Madone." "Rien que mon coeur" won the acclaimed
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More than 75 years after its creation, the song of "J'attendrai" still brings fame to its performer, mostly for its appearance in
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Ketty performed her final concert in March 1996. She died in the
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theatre of Paris followed by a 5-month tour through the whole of France. However, she was unable to regain her pre-war fame.
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label): "La Madone aux fleurs", "Près de Naples la jolie" and "Si tu reviens". None of these songs achieved wide acclaim.
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