Sempre Livre ("always free") was a Brazilian

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band formed in

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, only by

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. The name of the group mentioned a famous brand of a

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. In 1984, they recorded their first disk, produced by Ruban, the same of the group

As Frenéticas As Frenéticas (The Frenetics) was a six-piece Brazilian girl group formed in 1976 in Rio de Janeiro, at the peak of Nightclub, nightclubs' success in Brazil. History On 5 August 1976, composer and music producer Nelson Motta opened a nightclub ...

. The greatest hit was the song ''Eu sou free'' ("I'm free"), composed by Ruban and Patrícia Travassos. The band was over in 1986, but returned five years later with the disk ''Vícios da Cidade'' ("city vices"), but only the

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stayed from the original formation

Members

Dulce Quental Dulce Quental (born 13 April 1960) is a Brazilian singer and composer. Biography Quental was born in Rio de Janeiro. She was the singer of the band Sempre Livre in the early 1980s, and recorded her first solo disc, ''Délica'', in 1985. She ...

- changed by Tonia Schubert and after by Denise Mastrangelo -

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* Márcia - changed by Rosana Piegaia and after by Louise Rabello -

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* Flávia Cavaca - bass * Lelete - changed by Sonia Bonfá and after by Cleo Boechat -

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* Lúcia Lopes -

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Discography

*1984 - ''Avião de Combate'' *1991 - ''Vícios de Cidade''

References

Brazilian rock music groups Musical groups established in 1984 All-female bands Musical groups disestablished in 1986 Musical groups reestablished in 1991 1984 establishments in Brazil 1986 disestablishments in Brazil 1991 establishments in Brazil {{Brazil-band-stub

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