Aloísio or Aloysio de Oliveira (December 30, 1914 – February 4, 1995), also known as Louis Oliveira, was a Brazilian record producer, singer, actor and composer. A key figure in the internationalization of Brazilian popular music, he contributed to
Carmen Miranda
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda (), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", she was known for her signature ...
's career abroad with his own musical ensemble:
Bando da Lua, which he founded in 1929 with Hélio Jordão Pereira, Afonso Osório, Stênio Osório, Armando Osório, Osvaldo Éboli, Ivo Astolfi, Diego Astolfi and some other cousins of the latter for a total of 12 people. With the death of Miranda in August 1955 the group disbanded. Back in Brazil, Aloísio directed the command of
Odeon Records
Odeon Records is a record label founded in 1903 by Max Straus and Heinrich Zuntz of the International Talking Machine Company in Berlin, Germany. The label's name and logo come from the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe in Paris.
History
Straus a ...
, then created his own record label: the
Elenco, producing dozens of discs and launching important names of
bossa nova as
Tom Jobim
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Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Tom'' (1973 film), or ''The Bad Bunch'', a blaxploitation film
* ''Tom'' (2002 film) ...
.
Biography
Aloísio graduated in dentistry, but never practiced this profession. From an early age, he had a strong relationship with music. In 1929, Aloísio joined
Bando da Lua band and already in 1931 the group recorded their first album
78 rpm
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, in which he sang one of the two tracks,
samba
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''Tá de Mona''.
Later, in 1939, he traveled to the United States with his group to accompany
Carmen Miranda
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda (), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", she was known for her signature ...
(with whom he had a brief relationship). In the 1940s, he began working with
Walt Disney
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soundtracks as a consultant (helped create the character
Zé Carioca), narrating documentaries and like cartoon voice actor (the lines in Portuguese of
Captain Hook
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in ''
Peter Pan
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'' are written by him).
In ''
Saludos Amigos
''Saludos Amigos'' (Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American live-action/animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Set in Latin America, it is made up of four different segments; Donald Duck ...
'', he sang "
Aquarela do Brasil
"Aquarela do Brasil" (; 'Watercolor of Brazil'), written by Ary Barroso in 1939 and known in the English-speaking world simply as "Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs.
Background and composition
Ary Barroso wrote "Aquarela do B ...
" (Ary Barroso). In ''
The Three Caballeros
''The Three Caballeros'' is a 1944 American live-action and animated musical propaganda anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film premiered in Mexico City on December 21, 1944. It was released in the ...
'', he took part as actor and also to the soundtrack. In addition, he directed the Bando da Lua in its new phase, from 1949 until its end, six years later, with the death of
Carmen Miranda
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda (), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", she was known for her signature ...
in August 1955.
After Miranda's death, Aloísio returned to Brazil, where he worked as artistic director of
Odeon Records
Odeon Records is a record label founded in 1903 by Max Straus and Heinrich Zuntz of the International Talking Machine Company in Berlin, Germany. The label's name and logo come from the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe in Paris.
History
Straus a ...
(now
EMI Records
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) and acted in
Radio Mayrink Veiga, with
Aurora Miranda
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and Vadico. In 1959, he was responsible for launching the
LP ''
Chega de Saudade
"Chega de Saudade" (), also known as "No More Blues", is a bossa nova song. It is often considered the first bossa nova song to have been recorded. "Chega de Saudade" and "The Girl from Ipanema" were both composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with l ...
'',
João Gilberto
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, landmark of
bossa nova. The following year, he transferred to the
Philips Records
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(now
Universal Music
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), remaining there for eight months. In 1963 he married
Sylvia Telles
Silvia D'Atri Telles (; August 27, 1934 – December 17, 1966) was a Brazilian jazz Samba and Bossa Nova singer and composer of the 1950s and 1960s, considered one of the major artists of Bossa Nova and MPB. Most of her original recordings are o ...
, singer launched by him and who produced albums, and founded his own record label: ''Elenco'', specializing in high artistic quality discs.
Aloísio launched several artists in solo albums, as
Edu Lobo
Eduardo de Góes "Edu" Lobo (born August 29, 1943) is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and composer.
In the 1960s he was part of the bossa nova movement.
His compositions include ''Upa Neguinho'' (with Gianfrancesco Guarnieri), ''Pra Dizer ...
,
Nara Leão
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...
,
Nana Caymmi
Dinahir Tostes Caymmi (29 April 1941 – 1 May 2025), popularly known as Nana Caymmi (), was a Brazilian singer.
Biography
Caymmi was born in Rio de Janeiro, the daughter of Dorival Caymmi and Stella Maris (musician), Stella Maris. Her first ap ...
,
Vinicius de Moraes
Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed "O Poetinha" ("The Little Poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwrig ...
(as a singer) – indeed the first LP of ''Elenco'' was "Vinicius & Odette Lara" – in addition to producing albums anthologies, as ''Caymmi Visita Tom'', ''Vinicius & Caymmi Zum Zum in'', ''Edu & Bethania'', ''Maysa'' (live at Au Bon Gourmet), among others. It was also in the 1960s that he composed many famous songs in partnership with
Tom Jobim
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* Tom (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name.
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Tom'' (1973 film), or ''The Bad Bunch'', a blaxploitation film
* ''Tom'' (2002 film) ...
, as ''
Dindi
"Dindi" () is a song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveira. It is a world-famous bossa nova and jazz standard song. Jobim wrote this piece especially for the Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles. "Dindi" is a reference t ...
'', ''Só Tinha de Ser com Você'', ''Inútil Paisagem'', ''Eu Preciso de Você'', among others.
In 1968, when the "Elenco" was extinguished, Aloísio went back to the US, where he produced Brazilian artists discs at
Warner Music
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. In 1972 he returned to his country, working as a music producer on various labels such as Odeon,
RCA Victor
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and
Som Livre
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. Eleven years later, in 1983, he published the memoir "De Banda pra Lua" (Editora Record).
Personal life
Aloísio married for the first time in 1944, with an American, Nora, who worked as a secretary at
Disney Company, with whom he had an only daughter, Luise. His second marriage was with another American, Nikky Walker. In 1963, he married the Brazilian singer
Sylvia Telles
Silvia D'Atri Telles (; August 27, 1934 – December 17, 1966) was a Brazilian jazz Samba and Bossa Nova singer and composer of the 1950s and 1960s, considered one of the major artists of Bossa Nova and MPB. Most of her original recordings are o ...
, launched by him. He married later with Cyva singer (''Quarteto em Cy''), and also maintained a brief romance with
Carmen Miranda
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda (), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", she was known for her signature ...
in the late 1930s and early 1940s. About his relationship with singer, Aloísio said in an interview to
Jornal do Brasil
''Jornal do Brasil'', widely known as ''JB'', is a daily newspaper published by Editora JB in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The paper was founded in 1891 and is the third oldest extant Brazilian paper, after the ''Diário de Pernambuco'' and ''O Esta ...
in 1988: ''"We were very young at the time, but then we were great friends until the end of her life."'' His last marriage was to Margot Brito, and lasted until his death in 1995.
Death
Aloísio de Oliveira died on February 4, 1995, in Los Angeles, where he had lived the last years of life, from lung cancer at the Hospital Saint Joseph Medical Center where he had been admitted for treatment since November 1994.
[''Viúva de Aloísio diz que estava abalada''. ]Jornal do Brasil
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, February 22, 1995; page 7.
Filmography
References
Bibliography
Oliveira, Aloysio. ''De banda pra lua'' (in
Portuguese).
.l. Editora Record, 1983. .
External links
*
Elenco – A Casa da Bossa Novaat the
Canal Brasil
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It's the result of an association of Grupo Globo's cable TV division Canais Globo with the company Grupo Consórcio Brasil (G ...
(Miniseries about the Record Label ''Elenco'')
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20th-century Brazilian singers
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RCA Victor artists
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