- When they fell in love, Rita and Teddy caused a scandal in the Italy of the '60s: he was 19 years her senior and already married, and father of a baby boy. They finally married in a church in Lugano in 1968, and for the Italian law in 1971; they're still together.
- Two sons with Reno: Giorgio and Alessandro.
- Although her birthday is on August 23rd, her star sign is Leo.
- Rita Pavone is an Italian ballad and rock singer and actress, who enjoyed success through the 1960s.
- Pavone was a Senate candidate in the Italian general election of 2006. She participated as candidate for Per l'Italia nel Mondo (For Italy in the World), a centre-right list led by minister Mirko Tremaglia.
- N 1965, Pavone made her first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show; she became a frequent musical guest there until 1970.
- In 1962 she participated in, and won, the first Festival degli Sconosciuti ("Festival of the Unknown"), a song competition for amateur artists.
- The main character in the Argentinian film Nine Queens tries to remember the tune of a Rita Pavone song throughout the story; the song, "Il Ballo del Mattone", plays as the end credits run.
- Her self-titled 1963 album, led by the hit single La Partita di Pallone ("The Soccer Game") made her a national star at 17. La Partita di Pallone sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.
- In the United States she sang alongside Diana Ross and The Supremes, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Jones, Duke Ellington, and Paul Anka.
- It is said that Elvis Presley made a painting of her after she went to Memphis and met her at a recording studio.
- She was born in Turin, Italy.
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