Jovelina Pérola Negra (July 21, 1944 – November 2, 1998), stage name of Jovelina Farias Belfort, was a Brazilian
samba
Samba (), also known as samba urbano carioca (''urban Carioca samba'') or simply samba carioca (''Carioca samba''), is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Havin ...
singer and songwriter. Known by her deep voice, she was a representative of the
partido alto
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samba style, and considered an heir to
Clementina de Jesus
Clementina de Jesus (February 7, 1901 – July 19, 1987) was a Brazilian samba singer born in Valença, Brazil.
Biography
Born in Carambita, a district on the outskirts of Valença, style of singing.
Biography
Jovelina was born in
Rio de Janeiro
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, at the
Botafogo
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neighbourhood and raised in
Belford Roxo
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. She worked as a housemaid until her forties and was a member of the samba school
Império Serrano
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Império Serrano is a samba school of the city of Rio de Janeiro, that was created on March 23 of 1947 after a disagreement of the extinct samba school Prazer da Serrinha. It was nine times champion of the ...
.
Jovelina debuted to fame presenting at the Vegas Sport Clube, in the Coelho Neto neighborhood; her friend Dejalmir gave her stage name Jovelina Pérola Negra (''Jovelina Black Pearl'').
She recorded five individual albums, earning a platinum certificate, and a number of compilations. Some of her recorded songs are "Feirinha da Pavuna", "Bagaço da Laranja" (with
Zeca Pagodinho
Jessé Gomes da Silva Filho, known professionally as Zeca Pagodinho (, born February 4, 1959), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter working in the genres of samba and pagode.
Biography
Born in the neighborhood of Irajá, Rio de Janeiro, Zeca Pagodin ...
), "Luz do Repente", "No Mesmo Manto" and "Garota Zona Sul". Success came late in her life and she did not fulfill her dream of "earning a lot of money and giving her children everything she didn't have".
Jovelina died on November 2, 1998, at age 54, from a heart attack in her home in
Pechincha.
Honours
She was posthumously awarded the
Order of Cultural Merit by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture in 2016. Her name was given to the Arena Carioca Jovelina Pérola Negra cultural center, in the
Pavuna
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neighbourhood of Rio.
Discography
References
External links
Jovelina Pérola Negra em
Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira
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Afro-Brazilian women singers
1998 deaths
1944 births
Samba musicians
Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Women in Latin music
People from Belford Roxo