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2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

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Flo was born in an upper class family of American extraction (UK origin). They lived in Rome from 1910 on. By chance Flo (Mammola is her birth name) was born in Vicenza (North Western Italy) where her father, a skilled restoring architect - specialist in stained glass windows) was called, at the time, to work at some damaged historical buildings and churches. Flo started to sing for fun. In 1944, Flo was working for US Army Corps in Rome, as interpreter. One day to celebrate a US Colonel's birthday, she was invited to sing an American song and "Stardust" was selected by many. When Flo started to sing, she sounded like a coming singer. By the merest chance, a successful Italian crooner, in those days, was recording a fascinating Italian version of "Stardust" making that song a hit in Italy. Who was the crooner? Natalino Otto, her husband 11 years later. Flo's career began in 1947 singing in the "Hot Club the France", a well-known Jazz Club, with Django Reinhardt and Stephen Grappelly. In 1950 had her first hit in "Verde luna" (Italian version from "Blood and Sand" with R.Hayworth and T.Power). In 1951 another film "Anna" by Alberto Lattuada offered Flo the chance for another success: doubling the main actress Silvana Mangano while singing "Non dimenticar". As a matter of fact, Flo won the very first "Golden Record" in Italy (1,000,000 records sold in Europe, 10,000,000 worldwide) and she was very flattered when Nat King Cole asked to perform an English version that he did beautifully, some years later. In 1953 Flo won the "Sanremo Festival" with "Viale d'autunno". Many were the Tours around the world and several the hits: just to mention a few..."El Negro zumbon", "Malasierra", "Sadie Thompson's song", "Never let me go", "Souvenir d'Italie", "Arrivederci". In 1955 married Natalino Otto (see above). They had one child, a girl named Silvia, in 1956. Unfortunately Natalino died in 1969 and for that reason Flo retired from the scenes, but in 1994/1995 at 70, she accepted the role of an eccentric mother in a very brilliant music comedy directed by Pietro Garinei "Gli uomini sono tutti bambini!" (All men are kids!). That was the first time for Flo to sing and dance at the same time: she did it successfully!

She won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1953 with the song &quot;Viale d&#39;autunno&quot;.

In 1953 Flo Sandon&#39;s took part in the Sanremo Music Festival for the first time, and won. The song was &quot;Viale d&#39;autunno&quot; and it was also performed by another singer, Carla Boni. Both winners were at their first appearance at the popular song contest, and succeeded ahead of the great favorite Nilla Pizzi. The press speculated about a possible plot against Pizzi: allegedly she had been originally chosen to perform &quot;Viale d&#39;autunno&quot; but was then dismissed, possibly out of spite or jealousy, and the song offered to Sandon&#39;s and Boni.

Her musical career began in 1944 when she made her stage début in a Red Cross charity show.

In 1959 Flo Sandon&#39;s had the opportunity to sing with the Radar Quartet in an enlightening experiment with African music, unique in its kind, which anticipated a whole series of sounds and songs that we will find in the music composed later by American artists in the Seventies.

Her first big break as a professional vocalist came in 1947, when she sang in The Hot Club of France with two jazz legends: guitarist Django Reinhardt, and violinist Stéphane Grappelli.

Mammola Sandon, known by the stage name of Flo Sandon&#39;s. Her stage name Sandon&#39;s came by chance - it was an oversight by the illustrator who prepared her first record cover.

Flo Sandon&#39;s was an Italian singer who was popular in the post-World War II years.

In 1955 Flo Sandon&#39;s married Natalino Otto, also an Italian singer. They are credited with the discovery of one of Italy&#39;s greatest singers of all times - Mina.

Flo Sandon&#39;s competed five more times at the Sanremo Music Festival, but never won again. She however won another song contest, the Festival of Naples in 1960 with &quot;Serenata a Mergellina&quot;.

Celebrity came in 1952 thanks to the movie Anna directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman and Raf Vallone. Flo Sandon&#39;s did not appear in the movie itself, but she performed two songs on the movie soundtrack, &quot;T&#39;ho voluto ben&quot; and &quot;El Negro Zumbón&quot;. Both were great hits. Nat King Cole liked &quot;T&#39;ho voluto ben&quot; so much that a few years later he recorded it with the new title &quot;Non Dimenticar&quot;.

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