Renée and Renato

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Renée and Renato were a female/male vocal duo, who had a UK number-one hit in December 1982 with "Save Your Love". The follow-up single "Just One More Kiss" peaked at No. 48. Subsequent singles "A Little Bitta Me" and "Jesus Loves Us All" failed to reach the Top 75 of the UK singles charts, settling in positions 175 and 100 respectively. Renato Pagliari was born on 28 June 1940, in Blera, Lazio, Italy and attended a school for professional waiter's, which equipped him to perform in five star restaurant's working in several countries, singing Neopolitan songs and operatic arias in the style of Enrico Caruso, he subsequently immigrating to England where he based himself in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, where he auditioned for ITV's talent show New Faces in 1975, catching the attention of songwriter, Johnny Edward, who had written "Save Your Love". He was teamed by Edward with British singer Hilary Lester and the duo was renamed Renée and Renato. They recorded the song, "Save Your Love...

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