Linda Batista, born Florinda Grandino de Oliveira (June 14, 1919 – April 17, 1988) was a Brazilian popular musician.

Biography

Linda was born in

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, the sister of

Dircinha Batista Dirce Grandino de Oliveira (April 7, 1922 – June 18, 1999), known as Dircinha Batista, was a Brazilian actress and singer. Biography Daughter of the singer/composer/ventriloquist Batista Júnior and sister of Linda Batista, Dircinha Batista ...

, and studied

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(guitar) from age 12 under Patricio Teixeira. She was hired at ''Radio Cajuti'' after substituting for her sister on the Gastão Lamounier show in 1932. By 1937 she had been elected Brazil's "Queen of Radio", which she would retain until 1948. She married and quickly divorced in the late 1930s, and became the frontwoman of the Kolman Orchestra at the Cassino da Urca. Her first recordings were released in 1938. Around this time she also began appearing in films such as ''Maridinho de Luxo'' and ''Banana da Terra''. She sang at the ''Radio Cultura'' in São Paulo and then at the Casino of Porchat Isle for six months. She returned to

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in 1939 and was hired at the ''Cassino da Urca'', where she remained until the

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s were closed in 1945 by state decree. She signed to

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in 1940, and would record for the label until 1960. She toured throughout Brazil in the early and mid-1940s, scoring many nationwide hits such as "Tudo é Brasil" (1941), "Batuque No Morro" (1941), "Clube Dos Barrigudos" (1944), "No Boteco Do José" (1946), "Enlouqueci" (1948), "Nega Maluca" (1950), and "Vingança" (1951). She embarked on a tour of

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, and

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in 1951. In the 1950s she did extensive work for films. She toured Uruguay in 1957-58 and Argentina in 1959. In 1960, she appeared in Carlos Machado's ''Varieties'' show at the nightclub Night and Day. She retired from active performance in 1960.

Hits

*''A pátria está te chamando'',

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(1943) *''Amor passageiro'', Jorge Abdalla & Zé Kéti (1952) *''Bis, maestro, bis!'', Cristóvão de Alencar & J. Maia (1940) *''Bambu'',

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& Manezinho Araújo (1951) *''Batuque no morro'',

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(1941) *''Bom dia'',

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- as

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(1942) *''Calúnia'', Lupicínio Rodrigues & Rubens Santos (1958) *''Chico Viola'', Nássara &

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- c/ Trio Madrigal (1953) *''Coitado do Edgar'', Benedito Lacerda & Haroldo Lobo (1945) *''Criado com vó'', Marambá (1946) *''Da Central a Belém'', Chiquinho Sales (1943) *''Dona Divergência'', Felisberto Martins & Lupicínio Rodrigues (1951) *''Enlouqueci'', João Sales, Luiz Soberano & Valdomiro Pereira (1948) *''Eu fui à Europa'', Chiquinho Sales (1941) *''Foi assim'', Lupicínio Rodrigues (1952) *''Levou fermento'', Monsueto (1956) *''Madalena'', Ari Macedo & Airton Amorim (1951) *''Marcha do paredão'', Armando Cavalcanti & Klécius Caldas (1961) *''Me deixa em paz'', Airton Amorim &

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(1952) *''Meu pecado, não'',

& Paulo Soledade (1953) *''Migalhas'', Felisberto Martins &

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(1950) *''Nega maluca'', Ewaldo Ruy & Fernando Lobo (1950) *''No boteco do José'', Augusto Garcez & Wilson Batista (1945) *''O maior samba do mundo'', David Nasser & Herivelto Martins - w/

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(1958) *''Ó abre alas!'',

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(1971) *''Palavra de honra'', Armando Fernandes & Carolina Cardoso de Menezes (1955) *''Prece de um sambista'', Billy Blanco (1952) *''Quem gosta de passado é museu'', herself with

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(1964) *''Quero morrer no carnaval'', Luiz Antônio & Eurico Campos (1961) *''Risque'',

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- w/ Trio Surdina (1953) *''Stanislau Ponte Preta'',

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& Miguel Gustavo (1959) *''Trapo de gente'', Ary Barroso - w/Trio Surdina (1953) *''Tudo é Brasil'', Sá Róris & Vicente Paiva (1941) *''Valsinha do Turi-turé'', Custódio Mesquita & Evaldo Rui (1945) *''Vingança'', Lupicínio Rodrigues (1951) *''Volta'', Lupicínio Rodrigues (1957)

Filmography

*'' Alô, Alô, Carnaval'' (1936) *''Maridinho de Luxo'' (1938) *''Banana da Terra'' (1939) *''Céu Azul'' (1940) *''Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas'' (1943) *''Samba em Berlim'' (1943) *''Abacaxi Azul'' (1944) * ''

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'' (1944) *''Não Adianta Chorar'' (1945) *''Caídos do Céu'' (1946) *''

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'' (1947) *''Folias Cariocas'' (1948) *''Esta É Fina'' (1948) *''Fogo na Canjica'' (1948) *''Pra Lá de Boa'' (1949) *''Eu Quero É Movimento'' (1949) *''Um Beijo Roubado'' (1950) *''Agüenta Firme, Isidoro'' (1951) *''Tudo Azul'' (1952) *''Está com Tudo'' (1952) *''É Fogo na Roupa'' (1952) *''Carnaval em Caxias'' (1954) *''O Petróleo É Nosso'' (1954) *''Carnaval em Marte'' (1955) *''Tira a Mão Daí'' (1956) *''Depois Eu Conto'' (1956) *''Metido a Bacana'' (1957) *''É de Chuá'' (1958) *''Mulheres à Vista'' (1959) *''Virou Bagunça'' (1960)

References

Linda Batista Linda Batista, born Florinda Grandino de Oliveira (June 14, 1919 – April 17, 1988) was a Brazilian popular musician. Biography Linda was born in São Paulo, the sister of Dircinha Batista, and studied violão (guitar) from age 12 under Pa ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Batista, Linda 1919 births 1988 deaths Actresses from São Paulo 20th-century Brazilian actresses 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers