Eliana Pittman (born Eliana Leite Da Silva; August 14, 1945), is a Brazilian former singer and actress. Pittman was one of the more soulful singers of the early 1970s. The stepdaughter of the
jazz
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saxophonist
Booker Pittman, she was deeply influenced and encouraged by him to become an artist, as he was her first music teacher, mentor and partner on some records.
With a distinctive swinging voice and intensity in her style, Pittman was a brilliant
scat singer who turned insipid novelty tunes and light pop into definitive, jazz based treatment. Her first great hit was ''Tristeza'', recorded in 1966, which gained her instant recognition in South America, though she never had a huge hit like
Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto (; born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema".
Biography
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Garota de Ipanema
"Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema") is a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz song. It was a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s and won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Po ...
''. During the 60s and 70s, she toured throughout Brazil, Italy, France, Japan, US, Spain and
Venezuela
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. In 2001, Pittman opened a new tour starting from Rio de Janeiro. Since then, she has been alternating moments of reclusion and some activity as a
TV actress.
Selected discography
*''Eliana & Booker Pittman – News From Brazil'' (Odeon/Paradise Masters, Brazil, 1963)
*''Eliana Pittman'' (Odeon/Amazon, Brazil, 1972)
*''Quem Vai Querer'' (RCA, Brazil, 1977)
*''Soul Of Brazil'' – ''Funk, Soul, & Bossa Grooves 1965 to 1977'' (EMI/Odeon, France, late 1970s)
Selected filmography
* 1966 ''
Run for Your Life'' as singer
* 1971 ''
The Sandpit Generals
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'' as Dalvah
* 1986 ''
Jubiabá
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Begun in 1934 in Conceição da Feira in Bahia, wh ...
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* 2005 ''
América'' as Rainha do Forró
* 2010 ''
Tempos Modernos
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'' as Miranda Paranhos
* 2012 ''
Preamar
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'' as Da Guia
* 2013 ''
Sangue Bom
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'' as Chica
* 2019 ''
Girls from Ipanema
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'' as Elza
Sources
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Loronix blog spot
1945 births
Living people
Bossa nova singers
Brazilian actresses
20th-century Brazilian women singers
20th-century Brazilian singers
Brazilian people of German descent
Brazilian people of American descent
Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)
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