Deborah Blando

Debora Blando (Deborah Salvatrice Blando) is a popular Brazilian singer who became known in Europe, in 1992, with the pop ballad "Innocence". Blando was born in the little town of Sant'Agata di Militello, Sicily, Italy in 03 March 1969. Since her early childhood She demonstrated her talent for music, winning one of the first prizes of the Zecchino d'Oro Festival, a version for children of the famous Sanremo Festival, when she was only 2 years old. In her childhood, she moved to Southern Brazil with her parents and kept in touch with music, singing in local choruses and covering famous Italian singers from the 1970s. At just eleven, she recorded her first album, Giovanna – Alegria da Gente, with Italian songs. In her teens, Deborah joined the Brazilian theater company Os Menestréis, which has revealed many promising singers in Brazil, and started touring the country acting and singing in their musicals.In 1989 she met producer David Wolff who, impressed by her musical talent, invited her to record an album in English.