1. Maria Cristina Lancelotti, better known by her stage name Valeria Lynch, is an Argentine singer and actress.
21 Facts About Valeria Lynch
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Valeria Lynch was born on January 7,1952, in the neighborhood of Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina, the first child of the marriage of Maria Antonia Spano and Jose Julio Lancellotti.
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The first major production Lynch took, was with producer Alejandro Romay in the adaptation of the musical Hair, held at the Teatro Argentino in 1971 where she put her voice to the song Aquarius-Let The Sunshine In.
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Valeria Lynch formally began performing in the 1970s singing jingles and underground rock in English with a group called Expression.
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In 1977 she released her first album, Valeria Lynch, and the cover was a drawing of her profile made by her friend Horacio Fontova.
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Valeria Lynch's visceral singing style, coupled with her strong vocals and the choice of a repertoire that reached for popular taste made the difference with other interpreters of pop ballads.
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Valeria Lynch's songs were not only a success in US and Latin America but their music came to Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, Romania, Italy and the former Soviet Union.
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In 1981, Valeria Lynch was in Mexico on a promotional tour and people from her record company suggested she audition for the rock opera Evita, directed by Harold Prince.
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In repeated statements to the press Harold Prince said: "Valeria Lynch was the best that I got to direct as Evita".
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Valeria Lynch was invited by Barry Manilow to record a duet Even Now that went by the name Hasta Hoy for Manilow's album Grandes Exitos en Espanol.
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Between 1983 and 1989, Valeria Lynch was the Argentinean artist who placed the most songs in the main music sales and charts of Latin America.
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Valeria Lynch remained successful due to her avant-garde sound in the last decade, without continental touring as before.
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Valeria Lynch returned to musical comedy and was successful with the intelligentsia in Argentina that once did not understand so much success in a clearly popular figure.
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That year, debuted was the TV program Valeria Lynch Dreaming on Channel 13, Argentina; a music program that was attended by Raphael, Simone, Marianne Faithfull, Dionne Warwick, Tony Bennett, Eros Ramazzotti, Roberto Carlos, Ana Belen, Victor Manuel, Bottom Tap, Lucecita Benitez and Jose Feliciano, among others, with whom she shared interviews and songs as a duo.
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In 1998, Valeria Lynch recorded the theme "Paths of the Soul" next to Kennedy Choirs and with more than 120 Argentine artists under the direction of Instrumental pianist and conductor Nazareno Andorno.
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In 2004 her album "Vivo por Valeria Lynch" was released, recorded live at the Opera Theater of Buenos Aires.
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Valeria Lynch began developing her teaching career, with a string of musical schools located in several cities in Argentina.
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Valeria Lynch's interpretation of the song "Grande Amore", which was a hit in the voice of Mina Mazzini, was one of the most celebrated musical boxes.
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Valeria Lynch's rendition of the song Grande Amore which was a success in the voice of Italian singer Mina, was one of the most celebrated musical shows.
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In 2011 Valeria Lynch toured shows in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
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Valeria Lynch has participated in other television shows as a special guest.