- Renée and Renato
Renée and Renato was a female/male vocal duo, who had a UK Number one hit in December 1982 with "Save Your Love".
Renée (real name Hilary Lester) was British born, while Renato Pagliari was Italian (
Rome ) born. While Renée returned to private life after the fame died down, Renato is still singing and occasionally sings at his brother's restaurant in Tamworth, Staffordshire, called Renato's. His credits include a guest spot on the TVcomedy show "Little and Large " as well as being thesinger for theWall's ice cream jingle "Just oneCornetto ". He has also issued severalalbum s.Contrary to popular belief, the duo are not strictly speaking one hit wonders, as follow-up single "Just One More Kiss" was a minor hit peaking at #48. Third single "Jesus Loves Us All" made number #100.
Renato is a keen fan of
Aston Villa F.C. and during the early 90s was asked by managerRon Atkinson to sing "Nessun Dorma" at half time following a particularly poor first half performance by the team. On completion of his performance Atkinson told the players 'Now that is passion! Go and show me some of that in the second half!'
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