Renee & Renato

Biography & Overview

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. Their third single, "Jesus Loves Us All", failed to reach the UK Singles Chart.
West Midlands-resident Italian-born Renato Pagliari 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", which became the 1982 Christmas number one and peaked at number 3 in Australia in 1983.
By that stage Lester had already joined another group, and the contractually enforced follow-up
"Just One More Kiss" peaked at number 55 in Australia.
Lester returned to private life after the fame died down, but Renato still sang, mainly on cruise ships and occasionally at his son's restaurant, Renato's, in Tamworth, ...