Emílio Vitalino Santiago (6 December 1946 – 20 March 2013), known as Emílio Santiago, was a Brazilian singer.

Biography

Early years

Attending college at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Law School in the 1970s, where he graduated at the insistence of parents, began to sing in college festivals this same decade and participated in a program, reaching a final program Flávio Cavalcanti, in defunct

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. He worked as a crooner at Ed Lincoln orchestra, and many performances in nightclubs and concert halls nightly.

Music career

In 1973 he released the first single for

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, with songs "Transa de amor" and "Saravá Nega", which caused major interests in radio and television programs. The first record was released by CID in 1975, with forgotten songs of enshrined composers as

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, Jorge Benjor,

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, Guilherme de Brito,

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and Paulo Sergio, among others. He moved the following year to the Philips/Polygram, staying on this label until 1984, by which released ten albums – all with little effect. In 1985, he was chosen as the best performer in the "Festival of Festivals",

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with the song "Elis, Elis". His success actually came in 1988, when he released the LP Brazilian "Aquarela Brasileira" (Brazilian Watercolor) by

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, a special project of seven volumes devoted exclusively to the repertoire of Brazilian music, the project surpassed four million copies sold. At that time, also released other special projects, as a tribute to singer

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("Perdido de Amor" (Lost Love), 1995) or rewriting classics of Hispanic Bolero ("Dias de Luna", 1996). In 2000, he signed with

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. The album that marks the debut on the new label is "Bossa Nova", which brought many classics of the genre and also yielded a DVD. Continued with a "Um sorriso nos lábios" (2001), a tribute to Gonzaguinha and another to

in 2003. His latest album was "O melhor das aquarelas ao vivo" (The best of watercolors live) where he revised the repertoire of Brazilian music that he recorded since the album " Aquarela Brasileira" (Brazilian Watercolour (1988). That was the first live album and second DVD of Emilio's career after "Bossa Nova" (2000).

Death

Santiago suffered a stroke on March 7, 2013. At first he seemed to be responding to treatment, but his health worsened and on 20 March 2013, at 6:30 in the morning, the singer died at the age of 66 in Samaritan Hospital,

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. Emílio Santiago, was veiled at the Rio de Janeiro Chamber of Councilors and buried in the Memorial do Carmo, Rio de Janeiro, Caju, Brazil. (Port Area of Rio de Janeiro)

Discography

* 1975 – Emílio Santiago * 1976 – Brasileiríssimas * 1977 – Comigo é assim * 1977 – Feito pra ouvir * 1978 – Emílio * 1979 – O canto crescente de Emílio Santiago * 1980 – Guerreiro coração * 1981 – Amor de lua * 1982 – Ensaios de amor * 1983 – Mais que um momento * 1984 – Tá na hora * 1988 – Aquarela Brasileira * 1989 – Aquarela Brasileira 2 * 1990 – Aquarela Brasileira 3 * 1991 – Aquarela Brasileira 4 * 1992 – Aquarela Brasileira 5 * 1993 – Aquarela Brasileira 6 * 1995 – Aquarela Brasileira 7 * 1995 – Perdido de amor * 1996 – Dias de luna * 1997 – Emílio Santiago * 1998 – Emílio Santiago * 1998 – Preciso dizer que te amo * 2000 – Bossa nova * 2001 – Um sorriso nos lábios * 2003 – Emílio Santiago encontra João Donato * 2005 – O melhor das Aquarelas – ao vivo * 2007 – De um jeito diferente * 2010 – Só Danço Samba * 2011 – Personalidade

References

External links

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Profile in Portuguese
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santiago, Emilio 1946 births 2013 deaths Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni LGBT Christians Brazilian LGBT singers 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers 21st-century Brazilian male singers 21st-century Brazilian singers LGBT Afro-Brazilians LGBT people in Latin music