Laura Villa

Italian singer (Born on February 5, 1930, Sondrio, passed away July 1, 2012, Sondrio). She began performing in the early 50s in various jazz orchestra around Europe. In the first 60s she makes a tour in Portugal where met Severino De Oliveira (said "Sivuca"), Luiz Gonzaga and Dominguinos, important exponents of the Bossanova. She falls in love with the Brazilian sound and when back in Paris with her husband Alex Biancheri (in art Paco Garro) she realized some Bossanova albums sung in French with Polydor.