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, was a success at the ''Record Festival''. The song rose to number one, tied with

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's "A banda". Later in 1966, the group

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was created to accompany him in concert and on recordings and released a landmark album in 1967. In 1968 Vandre entered his song '' Pra não dizer que não falei de flores'' (also known as '' Caminhando'' (''Walking'')) in the '' International Song Festival''. The song had the following refrain: This was thought to be a call to fight the dictatorship in charge. The song lost to " Sabiá" by Chico Buarque and

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. Also in 1968, still with the

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, Vandré had to go into exile. The first artist ever to sing ''Caminhando'' after censorship's lift was Simone in 1979, reaching enormous success from both public and critics. First he stayed at the farm of the late

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, who had died the previous year, then he proceeded to Chile, and finally to France. Since returning to Brazil in 1973, Vandré has been living and composing in

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. He discounts rumors that he has been tortured, or that he was a anti-militarist, saying that this image was fabricated. One of his recent songs has been " Fabiana", written in honor of the Brazilian Air Force (''Força Aérea Brasileira'' – FAB) and presented at the São Paulo Municipal Library some time in the 1990s.

Discography

*1964: ''Geraldo Vandré'' *1965: ''Hora de Lutar'' *1966: ''5 Anos de canção'' *1968: ''Canto Geral'' *1973: ''Das Terras de Benvirá''

References and notes

1935 births Living people 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian male guitarists Brazilian composers People from Paraíba Música Popular Brasileira musicians Bossa nova musicians Male jazz musicians {{guitarist-stub