Born September 22, 1934, to a Milanese family, Italian singer Ornella Vanoni spent most of her twenties alternating between theater (her debut was in 1957 with Federico Zardi's I Giacobini) and music. She started by singing "le canzoni della mala," or songs about the underworld, but after meeting Gino Paoli in 1960 (with whom she wrote "Senza Fine," one of her biggest hits) she began exploring the more sentimental sounds of pop.
Finally, "Io Sono la Mia Musica" is released, an anthology of 4 CDs that retraces Mia Martini's career. Older sister of Loredana Bertè, is considered by many experts the most beautiful and expressive female voice of Italian pop music ever, characterized by its being sophisticated and with a strong interpretative intensity.