a few years ago,i ordered a video of herb and the brass' first tv special from the internet.along with that special was an appearance herb made on a variety show called the hollywood palace.the host for that night's show was a vivacious woman by the name of caterina valente.forgive my ignorance,but i wasn't born at the time of that special.i was born in the sixties,but not that year.she seemed to be pretty popular,judging by the audience's reaction to her.yet i've never heard of her,never seen her in any pop music history books,nothing! was she an easy listening singer a la petula clark,vicki carr,dusty springfield,shirley bassey,etc? nightclub entertainer? would like to know!!!