Carla Boni
Carla Gaiano, known professionally as Carla Boni, was born in 1925 in Ferrara,
Italy, and became an Italian singer. She joined the Compagnia ferrerrese di
attori-bambini in 1935, and after a cousin’s lottery win at the Caffè Boni, she
adopted the stage name Boni. An audition with conductor Tito Petralia was
unsatisfactory, but Pippo Barzizza invited her into his orchestra, enabling her
first recordings. She won the 1953 Sanremo Festival with Flo Sandon’s for “Viale
d’autunno”, and later claimed victory at the 1955 Naples Festival for “‘E stelle
‘e Napule” alongside Gino Latilla. ...
