Raffaella Roberta Pelloni (born in Bologna in 1943), better known by her artistic name Raffaella Carrà, is an Italian TV hostess, singer and actress. She is especially popular in her native country and in Spain, where during the past decades she has conducted numerous popular TV shows, mainly in the Italian (RAI) and Spanish (TVE) national TV channels. Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Host can mean: In general English, a host is a person, organisation, animal, cell, computer or similar that receives guests or intruders. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to make music. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Rai may refer to: RAI (Radio Audizioni Italiane) Rai (An ethnolinguistic group of Nepal) Raï (A form of folk music, originated in Oran, Algeria, from Bedouin shepherds) Rai, a book by Kensaku Shimaki Rai, one of the characters from the fighting game Waku Waku 7 Rai is a family name... Televisión Española (TVE) is the national state-owned public-service television broadcaster in Spain. ... A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ...

She had a big hit song with "Tuca Tuca," written by her long-time boyfriend/husband, Gianni Boncompagni.