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Agnaldo Timóteo
Agnaldo Timóteo Pereira (October 16, 1936 – April 3, 2021) was a Brazilian singer and politician. Early life Timóteo held various jobs before becoming a successful singer. Since very young, he liked to imitate the singers of his own generation, such as Cauby Peixoto, Anísio Silva and Adilson Ramos. Born in a modest means family, by 9 years, he had worked to help at home, handing bags at stations, shining shoes, selling mangoes, cookies or cakes made by his mother. Aged 12, he went to work with his father, exercising various tasks such as taking care of the cleaning and serving food in the restaurant. By that time he enjoyed singing and won all the contests promoted by circuses that came to town, singing and having success. Later, after working in the mechanical function, since as an employee of the DNER, he moved to Governador Valadares, where he participated in all local radio programs, "Educator Rio Doce", especially in "Sunday's Day Off", skippered by John Dornelas, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Chamber Of São Paulo
The Municipal Chamber of São Paulo is the unicameral legislative body of the city of São Paulo, it was created in 1560 by the Governor General Mem de Sá and is one of the oldest in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... Note External links Website Municipal chambers in Brazil Organisations based in São Paulo {{Brazil-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bossa Nova
Bossa nova () is a style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovative syncopation of traditional samba from a single rhythmic division. The "bossa nova beat" is characteristic of a samba style and not of an autonomous genre. According to the Brazilian journalist Ruy Castro, the bossa beat – which was created by the drummer Milton Banana – was "an extreme simplification of the beat of the samba school", as if all instruments had been removed and only the tamborim had been preserved. In line with this thesis, musicians such as Baden Powell (guitarist), Baden Powell, Roberto Menescal, and Ronaldo Bôscoli also claim that this beat is related to the tamborim of the samba school. One of the major innovations of bossa nova was the way to synthesize the rhythm of samba on the classical guitar. According to mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Ned
Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto (2 March 1947 – 5 January 2014) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He built a solid career as a singer and composer of sentimental, suffering songs, rising to popularity in Brazil and Latin America in 1969 and becoming known internationally, especially in Portugal, France and Spain. In 1971 he released his first Spanish album, "Canción Popular" and performed in the US, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. He was the first Latin artist to sell a million records in the U.S. with his hit "Happy Birthday My Darling" in 1974. He did instrumental work for the "Electric Moog Orchestra" in 1977. After his religious conversion in 1993, he only recorded Christian Evangelical songs in both Portuguese, Spanish and some in English. Biography Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto was born in 1947 in Ubá, Minas Gerais, the eldest of seven siblings. He was the only sibling to develop dwarfism; as an adult he was tall. Ned married twice, and had three children with his second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcione Nazareth
Alcione Dias Nazareth (born November 21, 1947) is also known as, "Alcione", and "A Marrom" (English: "the brown one") is a Brazilian samba singer. She first gained international recognition in the late 1970 and has had nineteen gold records, as well as five platinum and double platinum records. In 1987, she dedicated the song ''João de Deus'' (John of God) to Pope John Paul II and 500,000 people during his second visit to Brazil. Biography She was born in São Luís, Maranhão. Her father was a military musician who worked as the conductor of the corps marching band. Alcione was introduced to traditional Brazilian music by her father. At the age of thirteen, she was already performing at college parties. At the same time, she began studying the clarinet and the trumpet. At age 20, Alcione moved to Rio de Janeiro. There, she worked at the city's TV Excelsior and later went on tour in Argentina and Chile for four months. After returning to Brazil, she settled in São Paulo, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Gonçalves
Nelson Gonçalves (June 21, 1919 – April 18, 1998) was a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born Antônio Gonçalves Sobral in Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, he was raised in São Paulo. As a young man, he worked at a variety of menial jobs, including boxing, before embarking on a career in music that saw him become one of the most popular Brazilian radio singers of the 1950s. Nelson Gonçalves had a very productive collaboration with lyricist Adelino Moreira and recorded numerous successful albums. One of the great crooners of the day, he gained an international following and appeared at venues such as Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Nelson sold more than 62 million albums around the globe and is the second best-selling Brazilian artist of all time, behind Roberto Carlos (77 million). His personal life was sometimes filled with turmoil and at one time, a cocaine addiction almost destroyed his career. Having an outstanding singing voice, he was known to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Costa
Carmelita Madriaga, known as Carmen Costa, (5 July 1920 – 25 April 2007) was a Brazilian singer and composer. Biography Born in Trajano de Moraes, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Carmen Costa moved to the state capital at age 15, where she worked as a maid at the house of singer Francisco Alves. She started her musical career encouraged by Alves, inviting her to sing at parties and to participate in radio contests. Carmen won the amateur singing radio contest presented by Ary Barroso. She became a professional singer, presenting herself in a duo with composer Henricão. Her first hit was E''stá Chegando a Hora'', a version of Mexican song ''Cielito Lindo'', in the 1940s. In 1945, Costa married the American national Hans Van Koehler and moved with him to the United States. She spent a season in Los Angeles and, in 1962 sang at the Bossa Nova at Carnegie Hall concert, with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz and João Gilberto, among others. In 1950 she came back to Brazil, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chacrinha
José Abelardo Barbosa de Medeiros (September 30, 1917 – June 30, 1988), better known as Chacrinha (), was a Brazilian comedian, radio and TV personality. His career was at its peak from 1950 to 1980. He was author of a famous Brazilian phrase that states: "Na televisão, nada se cria, tudo se copia" ("In television, nothing is created, everything is copied"). In his shows, now famous Brazilian celebrities were revealed, such as Roberto Carlos and Raul Seixas. He began as a radio presenter, and then enjoyed great success and inspired controversy with his anarchic sense of humor while hosting many TV shows on Globo and other networks in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He would interrupt the musical numbers of major stars, blow a horn like Harpo Marx while poking fun at guests and throw codfish to the audience. Biography Childhood Chacrinha was born in Surubim, Pernambuco. At the age of 10, he moved with his family to Campina Grande, Paraiba. At the age of 17, he we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldick Soriano
Eurípedes Waldick Soriano (May 13, 1933 in Caetité – September 4, 2008 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian singer–songwriter, best known as a composer and singer of songs in the brega style. Biography Soriano was born in Bahia, where he lived and worked as a truck driver, prospector, and in manual labor until he was 25. He moved to São Paulo in 1959, where he began working at Rádio Nacional. His first album was issued in 1960, and his style of dramatic, sentimental songs became popular throughout Brazil. He went on to record dozens of albums and score many hits in his native country. In 2005, Soriano was depicted in a documentary directed by Patrícia Pillar Patricia Gadelha Pillar (born 11 January 1964) is a Brazilian actress, producer, film director, screenwriter, and television presenter. Biography Pillar was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal to Nuno Pillar and Lucy Gadelha. She was born only .... It was titled ''Waldick - Sempre No Meu Coração'' (''Waldick - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erasmo Carlos
Erasmo Carlos (born Erasmo Esteves; 5 June 1941 – 22 November 2022) was a Brazilian singer and songwriter, most closely associated with his friend and longtime collaborator Roberto Carlos (no relation). Together, they created many chart hits including "É Proibido Fumar", " Sentado à beira do caminho", "Além do Horizonte", "Amigo" and "Festa de Arromba". A core member of the Jovem Guarda ("Young Guard") scene of 1960s Brazilian pop-rock, Erasmo often appeared on television, in magazines and feature films with fellow teen idols Roberto Carlos and Wanderléa. Early life and career Erasmo Esteves was born in the neighbourhood of Tijuca in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Carlos knew Sebastião Rodrigues Maia (who would later be known as Tim Maia) since childhood. Maia taught him his first chords on guitar. In 1957 Carlos joined Maia's band the Os Sputniks with Roberto Carlos. Erasmo was introduced to Roberto by Arlênio Livy. After a fight between Tim and Roberto, the gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his career as a left-back and has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the history of the game". A free kick specialist throughout his career, his bending shots have measured at over . In 1997, he was runner-up in the FIFA World Player of the Year. Widely considered one of the greatest left backs in history, in 2004 he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. At club level, Roberto Carlos joined Real Madrid from Inter Milan in 1996 to spend 11 highly successful seasons, playing 584 matches in all competitions and scoring 71 goals. At Real, he won four La Liga titles and the UEFA Champions League three times. In April 2013, '' Marca'' named him in their "Best Foreign Eleven in Real Madri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cauby Peixoto
Cauby Peixoto (10 February 1931 – 15 May 2016) was a Brazilian singer, whose career lasted from the late 1940s until his death in 2016. He is known for his deep voice and extravagant mannerisms and hairstyles. He had a brief career in the United States in the 1950s, where he presented under the pseudonyms Ron Coby or Coby Dijon. Biography Cauby Peixoto was born in Niterói into a family of musicians. His father, known as ''Cadete'', played the guitar, his mother mandolin, his brothers played trumpet and piano and his sister was a singer. Cauby's uncle, Romualdo Peixoto, introduced the piano into samba recordings. He went to a Salesian school in Niteroi, where he sang in the church choir. Cauby started singing at talent shows on the radio. Cauby recorded "Saia Branca", his first album, in 1951, but it went unnoticed. In 1952, Cauby went to São Paulo, where he met Di' Veras, a talent manager who would change his life. He was known for his great marketing strategies. Di' Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Maria
Angela Maria (13 May 1929 – 29 September 2018), the stage name of Abelim Maria da Cunha, was a Brazilian singer and actress. She was elected "Queen of the Radio" in 1954 and was considered the most popular singer of that decade in Brazil. Discography *1955 – ''A Rainha Canta'' *1956 – ''Sucessos de Ontem na Voz de Hoje'' *1956 – ''Angela Maria Apresenta'' *1957 – ''Quando Os Maestros Se Encontram Com Angela Maria'' *1958 – ''Para Você Ouvir e Dançar'' *1962 – ''Incomparável'' *1962 – ''Canta Para o Mundo'' *1965 – ''Boneca'' *1969 – ''Quando a Noite Vem'' *1969 – ''Angela em Tempo Jovem'' *1970 – ''Angela de Todos os Temas'' *1975 – ''Angela'' *1980 – ''Apenas Mulher'' *1982 – ''Estrelas da Canção'' *1984 – ''Sempre Angela'' *1985 – ''Angela Maria'' *1987 – ''Angela Maria'' *1996 – ''Amigos'' *1997 – ''Pela Saudade Que Me Invade: Tributo A Dalva de Oliveira Dalva de Oliveira or Vicentina de Paula Oliveira (May 5, 1917 – August 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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