CARMEN SILVA

Carmen Silva (1971)

Carmen Silva (born in Veríssimo, MG, on 22/03/1945) was an orphan and at the age of seven she started working on the plantation fields to help her father to raise her four younger brothers. When she was ten, she went to Uberaba, also in the Estate of Minas Gerais, and got a job as a domestic helper and then started appearing on local radio shows and winning all the contests. Then she went to São Paulo, and there, she sang on competitions on the local TV stations, such as "A Hora Do Pato", "Buzina Do Sílvio Santos", "Calouros Buri" e "Calouros Lorenzetti" and was classified on a contest promoted by TV Record in 1963, when she recorded her first single, but it wasn’t very well received and she was forced to find a job as a cook on a restaurant in the city. Five years later, she was hired by RCA Victor to record a single with the songs "Onde Estão Aqueles Dias" (Gene Raskin/Vers.: Miguel Vaccaro Neto) and "O Convento" (Jair Gonçalves/Oswaldo Aude). Her next single, in 1969, brought her some success with the songs "As Promessas De Amor" (Bardot/Casa/Vers.: Cirus) and "Adeus Solidão" (Curtis/Vers.: N. Miranda), a song that gave her several prizes in that year, like Chico Viola, Roquete Pinto and Disco de Ouro, offered by RCA Victor. In 1971 she recorded her first LP, in 1973 her second album, "Pérola Negra". The third album was released in 1974, "Cantem Comigo". She went into the 1980’s recording several albums and until today she goes on performing on shows all over Brazil.

Carmen Silva

01. Goodbye, Adiós, Adieu, Arrivederci... - Carmen Silva e Sílvio Santos
    (Cézar/Antonio Queiroz) • 4:27

02. Tenho Saudade (Tengo Saudade) (Do Barro/Alcalán/Vers.: Sebastião Ferreira da Silva) • 2:48

03. As Estradas Do Mundo (Geraldo Nunes) • 2:14

04. Domingo De Solidão (Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down)
   (Kris Kristofferson/Vers.: Elzo Augusto) • 3:20

05. Quando Você Me Deixou (On Laissé Tous Un Jour)
   (M. Fugain/Auffrai/Buggy/Vers.: Sebastião Ferreira da Silva) • 2:29

06. Um Novo Dia Nascerá (Und Wenn Ein Neuer Tag Erwacht)
   (Ch. Bruhn/Günter Loose/Vers.: George Freedman) • 3:20

07. O Emigrante (M. Albertina/J. Guimarães) • 3:44

08. Perdão Amor (Jair Gonçalves) • 2:58

09. Não Vou Mais Amar Ninguém (Dom/Ravel) • 3:40

10. Vivo De Esperança (Anastácia/Dominguinhos) • 2:01

11. Diga... Diga... Diga... (Well, I Did) (Reed/Stephens/Vers.: George Freedman) • 3:57

12. O Fim [(At) The End (Of A Rainbow)] (Erondes Jacobson/Vers.: Mauro Sérgio) • 2:29