I whanau a Valli ko Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, i te Mei 3, 1934, te tuakana o nga tama tokotoru ki tetahi whanau Itari i te Wahanga Tuatahi o Newark, New Jersey. Ko tana papa, ko Anthony Castelluccio, he kaitao makawe me te kaihoahoa whakaaturanga mo nga tereina tauira Lionel; ko tona whaea, ko Mary Rinaldi, he wahine kaainga me te kaimahi kamupene pia. I whakaaweawe ia ki te mahi waiata i te whitu o ona tau i muri i tana whaea i kawe ia ia ki te kite i te taiohi a Frank Sinatra i te Paramount Theatre i Manhattan, New York City. Ko tetahi o ana kaiwaiata pai o mua ko "Texas" Jean Valli, i tangohia e ia tona ingoa atamira. I tae noa ki te wa i taea ai e ia te tautoko i a ia ano me te puoro, i mahi ia hei kaitao makawe. Kua whakaarohia te tau o te whanautanga o Valli. Kaore a Valli i aro ki te kaupapa mahi, i tukuna te take ki te 2007 i te Paetukutuku Mana o Valli, na tana papaaho a Universal, na Mary Rinal
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