Roberto Carlos Braga, (born April 19, 1941 in Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Brazil) is a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer, who has achieved a great deal of success and recognition in his 50 year career. Most of his songs are written in partnership with his friend, singer and songwriter Erasmo Carlos. Roberto Carlos has sold over 100 million albums around the world. He is considered one of the most influential artists in Brazil during the 1960s, being cited as a source of inspiration by many artists and bands up to the 1990s. Influenced by his idol Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock revolution, he rose to stardom as the main figure of the 1960s musical movement known as Jovem Guarda (Young Guard) in opposition to the 'Old Guard' of Brazilian music. "Jovem Guarda" was the first manifestation of the Brazilian pop rock movement. Since then, Roberto Carlos has been called 'O Rei' (the King), as well as Elvis. During the 1960s, Roberto Carlos also starred in a few motion pictures directed by Roberto Farias, many of them heavily inspired by the Beatles movies. Later, he moved towards a more serious, adult contemporary approach to singing, whilst consistently continuing to score hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, in his country, throughout Latin America, Portugal, Spain and Italy. He remained active through the 1990s and beyond, focusing on romantic songs. Every year, Roberto Carlos hosts a special TV show singing his greatest hits along with special guests. The show has become a tradition in Brazilian television. In 1986, he had success at Radio City Music Hall (New York, NY) and, two years later, won the Grammy as the Best Latin American Pop singer. In 1989, Roberto Carlos became one of the only Brazilians ever to win a Grammy Award in the category of Best Latin Pop Album with Roberto Carlos / Tolo. On July 11, 2009, to celebrate his 50th career anniversary, Roberto Carlos performed a major show at Maracanã Stadium. It was his first presentation in the stadium. The estimated audience was about 70,000 people.
01- Amigo 02- Amada Amante 03- Qué Será de Ti 04- Detalles 05- Desahogo 06- Propuesta 07- La Distancia 08- Un Gato en la Oscuridad 09- Un Millón de Amigos 10- Cama y Mesa 11- El Día que Me Quieras 12- Por Amor 13- Palabras 14- Debaixo dos Caracóis dos seus Cabelos 15- Emoçoes 16- Fera Ferida 17- Amigo II 18- Amada Amante II 19- Como Vai Vocè 20- Detalhes 21- Desabafo 22- Proposta
Vinicius de Moraes is probably the greatest Brazilian poet and musician of all times. His songs are delicious, deep and calming. He was the link between the old guard of poets and the new generation songwriters and singers. While he was a friend of great poets like Manuel Bandeira, he was also a friend/partner of new singers (at that time) like Toquinho, Chico, and Tom Jobim. This CD contain some of the best (and most well know) Brazilian songs. If you like or are interested in Brazilian music, you certainly should add this to your collection.
01- Copa Do Mundo 02- Felicidade 03- Tomara 04- Que Maravilha 05- Lamento No Morro 06- Berimbau/Consolaçao 07- Irene 08- Canto de Ossanha 09- Garota de Ipanema 10- Samba Em Preludio 11- Catende 12- Valsa Da Tunisia 13- Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar 14- Minha Namorada 15- Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Voce
Caetano Emanuel Viana Telles Veloso (born August 7, 1942), better known as Caetano Veloso, is a composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. He has been called "one of the greatest songwriters of the century" and is sometimes considered to be the Bob Dylan of Brazil. Veloso is most known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship. Veloso was born in Bahia, a state in the northeastern area of Brazil, but moved to Rio de Janeiro as a college student in the mid-1960s. Soon after the move, Veloso won a music contest and was signed to his first label. He became one of the founders of Tropicalismo with a group of several other musicians and artists—including his sister Maria Bethânia—in the same period. However the Brazilian government at the time viewed Veloso's music and political action as threatening, and he was arrested, along with fellow musician Gilberto Gil, in 1969. The two eventually were exiled from Brazil, and went to London, where they lived for two years. After he moved back to his home country, in 1972, Veloso once again began recording and performing, becoming popular outside of Brazil in the 1980s and 1990s. He has so far won five Latin Grammy Awards. He recorded his first all-English album, "A Foreign Sound" in 2004. The album contains many American standards. 10 years before that (in 1994) he released this record, "Fina Estampa", totally sung in Spanish and containing his own personal versions of all times Latin American standards. Enjoy it!
01- Rumba Azul 02- Pecado 03- María Bonita 04- Contigo en la Distancia 05- Recuerdos de Ypacaraí 06- Fina Estampa 07- Capullito de Alhelí 08- Un Vestido y Un Amor 09- María la O 10- Tonada de Luna Llena 11- Mi Cocodrilo Verde 12- Lamento Borincano 13- Vete de Mí 14- La Golondrina 15- Vuelvo al Sur
