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Born in Venice 9 April, 1948, Nicoletta Strambelli was bred in an extremely intellectual environment, she had the chance -- the acquaitances of her family including the poet Ezra Pound and cardinal Angelo Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII. At the age of 17 she escaped to Rome, where she soon became a dancer in the famous Piper Club. Its owner, Alberigo Crocetta, introduced her to RCA, who in 1967 released her first single, "Ragazzo Triste". The song became immediately a huge success, and Nicoletta, who now presented herself with the nom de plume Patty Pravo, immediately became the feminine symbol of the Italian beat scene, thanks to her particular voice and, even more, because of her androgynous charm. A status confirmed in 1968 by another single, "La Bambola", one of the most successful songs of the decade.
Patty Pravo was released in the same year, followed in 1969 by
Concerto per Patty and the
Lucio Battisti-penned single "Il Paradiso". In 1970 Pravo debuted at the Sanremo Music Festival dueting with
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