Nora Ney (b. Iracema de Sousa Ferreira,

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, March 20, 1922 - Rio de Janeiro, October 2003) was a Brazilian singer. She is also the most notable interpreter of the

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music style and a pioneer of the

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. She first approached music by playing guitar by herself, and the father, in order to motivate, offered the instrument as a birthday gift. Along with

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and

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, was consecrated as the greatest

interpreter (emerged in the thirties). Often compared to ''bolero'', for the featured exaltation and exploration of romantic love or the suffering of a non accomplished love affair was also called "''elbow ache''" (''jealousy'', ''heart ache''). Samba-canção preceded the ''

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'' (1957–1963) music style. But this one, inheritor of the American jazz, presented a more refined, gentle and soft melodies and interpretations, in detriment of those resented, melancholic ones. She began her career in 1950 and in 1953 she was already one of the greatest ''divas'' of the Brazilian ''Radio Era'', interpreting

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. In 1952 she recorded her first LP for the

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, entitled ''Menino da rua''. Despite being a notable samba-canção interpreter, Nora Ney became one of the pioneers of the Brazilian rock by recording the first rock LP in the country: the Brazilian version of the ''Rock around the Clock'', by

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(

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of ''Sementes da Violência'' movie), in October 1955. After only one week after the launch the song became a ''

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''. Among the curiosities of her public life stands out a second marriage with the singer Jorge Goulart; the daughter of that union, Vera Lúcia, became ''Miss Brasil'' in 1963. Due to the political involvement of Goulart within the Communist Party, she was forced into exile after the

1964 Brazilian coup d'état The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état ( pt, Golpe de estado no Brasil em 1964), colloquially known in Brazil as the Coup of 64 ('), was a series of events in Brazil from March 31 to April 1 that led to the overthrow of President João Goulart by membe ...

, which the military justified as being aimed at freeing the country against a communist threat.

Discography

* ''Menino grande/Quanto tempo faz'' (1952) Continental 78 * ''Amor, meu grande amor/Ninguém me ama'' (1952) Continental 78 * ''Luzes da ribaltaFelicidade'' (1953) Todamérica 78 * ''De cigarro em cigarro/Onde anda você'' (1953) Continental 78 * ''Índia/Preconceito (1953) Continental'' 78 * ''Bar da noite/É tão gostoso seu moço'' (1953) Continental 78 * ''Deixa-me (1953) Continental'' 78 * ''Que saudade é esta/Canção de Portugal'' (1954) Continental 78 * ''Que saudade é esta/Canção de Portugal'' (1954) Continental 78 * ''Aves daninhas/O que foi que eu fiz'' (1954) Continental 78 * ''Duas lacraias/Solidão'' (1954) Continental 78 * ''Gosto, gosto de você/Não diga não'' (1955) Continental 78 * ''Vou de tamanco/Se a saudade me apertar...'' (1955) Continental 78 * ''Madrugada, três e cinco/Vamos falar de saudade'' (1955) Continental 78 * ''Doce mãezinha/Ó meu papai'' (1955) Continental 78 * ''O morro/Dois tristonhos'' (1955) Continental 78 * ''Ronda das horas/Ciuminho grande'' (1955) Continental 78 * ''Por que choras?/Meu lamento'' (1955) Continental 78 * ''Quatro motivos/Sem ninguém'' (1955) Todamérica 78 * ''Palavra de rei'' (1955) Todamérica 5593 * ''Canta Nora'' Ney (1955) Continental LP * ''Eu ri de choar/Quando o amor vai embora'' (1956) Continental 78 * ''Só louco/Não há mais segredo'' (1956) Continental 78 * ''Rififi/Eu vivo tão só'' (1956) Continental 78 * ''Se o negócio é sofrer/Não vou chorar'' (1957) Continental 78 * ''Franqueza/Eu e Deus'' (1957) Continental 78 * ''Saudade da Bahia/Chove lá fora'' (1957) Continental 78 * ''São dois loucos/Eu sofro tanto'' (1957) Continental 78 * ''Duas notas, nada mais/Quem é ela?'' (1958) Continental 78 * ''Vai, mas vai mesmo/Castigo'' (1958) RCA Victor 78 * ''Solidão/Pra falar com meus botões'' (1958) RCA Victor 78 * ''Nora Ney'' (1958) RCA Victor LP * ''Sorria/Muito agradecida'' (1959) RCA Victor 78 * ''Meu amor não me deixou/Canção do mal que faz bem'' (1959) RCA Victor 78 * ''Razões/Duas almas'' (1959) RCA Victor 78 * ''Você nasceu pro mal/Teleco teco nº 2'' (1960) RCA Victor 78 * ''Mentira/Saudade mentirosa'' (1960) RCA Victor 78 * ''Ninguém me ama'' (1960) RCA Victor LP * ''Desencontro/Pra que voltar?'' (1961) Continental 78 * ''João da Silva/E a vida continua...'' (1962) Mocambo 78 * ''Mundo diferente/Hora final'' (1963) Mocambo 78 * ''Mudando de conversa'' (1968) LP * ''Tire seu sorriso do caminho, que eu quero passar com a minha dor'' (1972) Som Livre LP * ''Jubileu de prata - Nora Ney e Jorge Goulart'' (1977) Som Livre LP * ''Meu cantar é tempestade de saudade'' (1987) 3M LP * ''As eternas cantoras do rádio'' (1991) CID CD * ''Nora Ney'' (1993) BMG CD * ''Mestres da MPB'' - Nora Ney (1994) CD * ''Acervo especial'' - Nora Ney (1994) * ''A música brasileira deste século por seus autores e intérpretes'' (2000) CD * ''Amor, meu grande'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Ney, Nora 1922 births 2003 deaths Brazilian contraltos Brazilian composers Brazilian women composers English-language singers from Brazil Singers from Rio de Janeiro (city) 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers