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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

politician, see

Raul Torres (Texas politician) Raul Torres (born February 6, 1955) is a Certified Public Accountant in Corpus Christi, Texas, who represented District 33 in the Texas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013. The Republican Torres lost his bid for the seat in 2008 but pre ...

Raul Montes Torres (b.

Botucatu Botucatu is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located from São Paulo, the capital of the state of São Paulo. It has an estimated population of 148,130 (as of 2020) in an area of . It lies on the top of a plateau ( high). Botuca ...

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, July 11, 1906 - d. July 12, 1970) was a Brazilian ''

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'' artist. Torres came from a family of poor

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immigrants. His first appearance on Brazilian radio was in 1927 on ''Rádio Educadora Paulista'' and ''Rádio Cruzeiro do Sul''; that same year, he made his first recordings on Brasilphone, with the songs "Segura o Coco, Maria" b/w "Verde e Amarelo." As his fame grew in Brazil, Torres assembled a group, ''Raul Torres e sua Embaixada'', and toured

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in 1935, and again in 1944 and 1950; he became the principal reason for the increased popularity of ''caipira'' in that country. A star in

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, Torres recorded profusely in the 1930s and 1940s, recording with João Pacífico,

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, Francisco Alves, Sílvio Caldas, Jaime Vogeler,

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, and

Moreira da Silva Antônio Moreira da Silva (1 April 1902, in Rio de Janeiro – 6 June 2000, in Rio de Janeiro) was a very reputed Brazilian singer and songwriter of Samba, also known by his nickname ''Kid Morengueira''. He was the older son of Bernardino de Sou ...

. From 1937 to 1942, Torres recorded with his nephew,

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; among their releases were the Brazilian hit singles "Cigana," "Meu Cavalo Zaino," and "Boiada Cuiabana." After this, Torres recorded with Florêncio (João Baptista Pinto). Torres recorded 456 songs before his death in 1970, and songs that he sang or wrote were covered frequently by other ''caipira'' musicians. His music profoundly influenced the development of '' sertanejo'' music; the genre's most prominent exponents, such as

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and Chitãozinho e Xororó, have all recorded songs written by Torres.

References

* Raul Torresat Allmusic.com 1906 births 1970 deaths Brazilian people of Spanish descent Musicians from São Paulo (state) 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers People from Botucatu {{Brazil-musician-stub