GAÓ

Bem Brasileiro (1969)

Gaó, born Odmar Amaral Gurgel in 12/02/1909 was a maestro, arranger, composer and piano player.  He worked for many years in the Paulista and Carioca radios and was also a director at the Columbia label in Brazil.

He started his career in 1926 at the Radio Educadora Paulista.  In 1930 he created and started directing the Colbaz Orchestra which recorded many songs for the Columbia label, including the first documentation of the choros "Os Pintinhos No Terreiro" and "Tico-Tico No Fubá", and the waltz "Branca", all by Zequinha de Abreu.

Through his artistic life he accompained many artists like Hebe Camargo, Norma Ardanuy and others, recorded several records, being "Bem Brasileiro" (1969) one of the last he produced.

Bem Brasileiro

01. Brasileirinho (Waldir Azevedo) • 2:03

02. Garoto (Ernesto Nazareth) • 1:45

03. Tico-Tico No Fubá (Zequinha de Abreu) • 2:03

04. Paquerando (Gaó) • 2:30
05. Atraente (Chiquinha Gonzaga) • 1:56
06. Choro Nº 1 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) • 2:41
07. No Rancho Fundo (Ary Barroso/Lamartine Babo) • 2:33
08. Um Baile Em Catumbi (Eduardo Souto) • 2:33
09. Zênite (Ernesto Nazareth) • 1:47
10. Mini-Saia (Gaó) • 1:50
11. Chuá, Chuá (Pedro de Sá Pereira/Ary Pavão) • 2:56

OSNY SILVA

Capricho (1963)

Osny Silva (born Osny Rufino Da Silva Gomes 21/10/1919-20/07/1995) achieved enormous success with his first recording in 1943, "Alza Manolita (As Cartas Não Mentem Jamais)",  surpassing Francisco Alves and Vicente Celestino, who would record the same song afterward.  In 1951, Osny Silva launched the famous and broadly popular anthem of the soccer team Corinthians, "Campeão dos Campeões" (written by Lauro D'Ávila), a tribute to the team he was crazy about in the year it was champion.  Still popular in 1964, he was a top-seller with hits like "Jura-me", "Funeral Dum Rei Nagô", "Banzo", "Violino Cigano", "Cavaleiro Errante", "Olhos Negros", "Navio Negreiro", "O Trovador de Toledo" and several others.

Osny Silva started at the Rádio Educadora Paulista in 1939, signing with Rádio Tupi in 1940. In 1943, by suggestion of the conductor Spártaco Rossi, he recorded "Alza Manolita (As Cartas Não Mentem Jamais)", a Leo Daniderff valse that had been successfully recorded by Eduardo das Neves in the 1910s.  In his interpretation, the recording sold an amazing 80,000 copies, much more than the re-recordings by Francisco Alves (also in 1943) and by Vicente Celestino (three years later, with a version done by himself). Osny Silva recorded other albums through 1945 without the same success. In 1951, he was awarded as the Best Singer of International Popular Music, and encouraged by the success he recorded successfully in 1953 "Bandolins ao Luar" and "Violino Cigano", followed by the hits "Risque", "João Valentão", and others.  In that year, he was awarded with the Roquette-Pinto prize as the Best Singer, touring throughout Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, countries in which he also recorded. His album with "Funeral Dum Rei Nagô" and "Barzô" was considered one of the best of 1954.

Alvaro Neder (All Music Guide)

Capricho

01. Capricho Cigano (Mário Zan/Messias Garcia) • 2:12

02. Só Para Você (Mário Zan/Messias Garcia) • 2:38

03. Adiós Mariquita Linda (Marcos A. Jiménez) • 2:37

04. Jura-me (Jurame) (María Grever/Vers.: Oswaldo Santiago) • 2:27

05. Te Quiero Dijiste (María Grever) • 2:50

06. Beijo Nos Olhos (Portinho/Wilson Falcão) • 2:53

07. Torna Sorriento (A. De Curtis/Vers.: Hélio Ansaldo) • 2:01

08. Coimbra (Raul Ferrão/Dr. Galhardo) • 2:29

09. Jamais Te Esquecerei (Antonio Rago/Juracy Rago) • 2:48

10. Beija-me Muito (Besame Mucho) (Consuelo Velazques/Vers.: David Nasser) • 3:11

11. Marita Romano (Jair Gonçalves) • 2:34

12. Adeus (Adiós) (Enrico Madriguera/Vers.: Osny Silva) • 2:17

FRANCISCO PETRÔNIO

O Romântico (1964)

Francisco Petrônio (Francisco Petrone 08/11/1923 • 18/01/2007) started his musical career at the age or 37, in 1960, when he worked as a taxi driver and once when he was driving his friend, the DJ Nerino Silva, he told him that he would like to sing.  Nerino took him to the Emissoras Associadas for an audition and he got a contract for 2 years.  In 1961 he started working professionally on the Radio and TV Tupy, in São Paulo.  In the same year he recorded his first song, for the Chantecler label, the bolero "Agora" by Don Fabian and Paulo Augusto, and the tango "Não Me Falem Dela", by Jorge Moreira and Sebastião Ferreira da Silva, accompained by the Chantecler Orchestra conducted by Élcio Álvares.  In 1962, he moved to the Continental label where he stayed for mor than 20 years, taken by the producer and composer Diogo Mulero (Palmeira).  In the same year he recorded the boleros "Segredo" (Daniel Magalhães/Cid Magalhães) and "Disfarce" (Umberto Silva/Luiz Mergulhão/Toso Gomes).  This record got the number 005 and was part of the 78000 series, the last of the 78 rpm released by Continental.  He also recorded "Balada Do Homem Sem Rumo" (Castro Perret) and "Bolero Triste" (Paulo Augusto/Nízio).  Still in 1962, he recorded with Dilermando Reis the LP "Uma Voz E Um Violão Em Serenata", the first of a series of 7.

1963 was full of new recordings, including "Natal Da Minha Terra" and "Nova Flor", both by Palmeira and Mário Zan.  Later in the year he was awarded with the Chico Viola, for the recording of "Romance".  In 1964 he recorded the bolero "Cigana" (Túlio Piva).  In the same year, he recorded one of the last 78 rpm records released by Continental, with the songs "Valsa Dos Namorados" (Silvino Neto) and "Eu Pago Esta Noite (Stasera Pago Io), by Domenico Modugno with version by Waldyr Santos.  By this time he started working as a free lancer for the radios and TV stations and released the LP "O Romântico", which had, among others, "Nova Flor" (Palmeira/Mário Zan); "Cigana" (Túlio Piva) and "Io Che Amo Solo Te" (Sergio Endrigo).

In 1965 he went to Portugal and performed at Cassino Estoril.  He recorded the album "Baile Da Saudade", whose title song, by Palmeira and Zairo Marinoza, became his greatest hit.  He started, then, to promote the "Baile da Saudade", supported by the "Clube da Saudade", and specialized in singing serenades.  In 1966 he was hired by TV Globo where he hosted the program "Baile da Saudade".  In 1968 he started producing his own program that moved to Radio Gazeta.  He created the "Orquestra da Saudade" with professional dancers to promote serenades through Brazil.

During the 1970's he went busy recording several albums like others from the series "Uma Voz E Um Violão Em Serenata", with Dilermando Reis, "Tempo De Seresta" with the Conjunto Época de Ouro, "Francisco Petrônio Homenageia Francisco Alves", "Tributo A Carinhoso", went to RCA Victor and then returned to Continental.

In 1995, he recorded by RGE the CD "Trinta Anos De Saudade"; in 1997, released the CD "Lembranças", also by RGE and in 2000 the LP "Nostalgia Della Terra Nostra". For almost 40 years, he directed the program "Baile da Saudade", lately at Rede Vida.

O Romântico

01. Eu Pago Esta Noite (Stasera Pago Io) (Domenico Modugno/Vers.: Waldyr Santos) • 3:16

02. Nova Flor (Palmeira/Mário Zan) • 3:24

03. Trono Azul (Gavote Stefanie/Czibuica/Adapt.-Lyrics: Palmeira/Alfredo Corletto) • 3:20

04. Frente Ao Mar (Frente El Mar) (Mariano Mores/R. Taboada/Vers.: Genival Mello) • 2:56

05. Sabor A Mim (Sabor A Mi) (Alvaro Carrillo/Vers.: Nazareno de Brito) • 3:12

06. Terceira Noite (La Terza Luna) (Francesco Migliacci/Enriquez/Vers.: Paulo Augusto) • 2:35

07. Cigana (Túlio Piva) • 2:44

08. Meu Amor Ante Tudo (Mario de Jesus/Vers.: Sérgio Reis) • 3:19

09. O Amor Mais Puro - Francisco Petrônio and Enzo de Almeida Passos (Palmeira) • 3:33

10. Peça (Pide) (Augusto Algeró/Antonio Guijarro/Vers.: Waldyr Santos) • 3:17

11. Sabrá Dios (Alvaro Carrillo) • 3:06

12. Io Che Amo Solo Te (Sergio Endrigo) • 3:18

ALTEMAR DUTRA

Sinto Que Te Amo (1966)

Self-taught singer Altemar Dutra enjoyed great success in Brazil, Latin America, and the U.S. as an interpreter of Latin romantic songs in several genres. He has recorded several albums, some of which were released internationally. He moved to Colatina, Espírito Santo, with his family, where he taught himself to play the violão (acoustic guitar). His first public performance was at Rádio Difusora, winning a novice contest. With his talent confirmed in several similar successes, at age 17 he moved to Rio de Janeiro and was hired by Boite Baccarat and famous nightclub O Cangaceiro. Dutra's first recording was a single with "Saudade Que Vem" (Oldemar Magalhães/Célio Ferreira) and "Somente Uma Vez" (Luiz Mergulhão/Roberto Moreira) in the early '60s. He consolidated his audience in Rádio Mundial's show Boleros Dentro Da Noite and was hired by Odeon. His first national hit came with "Tudo De Mim" (Evaldo Gouveia/Jair Amorim). Other hits of the famous duo's compositions were "Sentimental Demais," "Somos Iguais," "O Trovador," and "Que Queres Tu De Mim?" In Brazil, he released 24 LPs. He also recorded in Spanish (selling up to 500,000 copies of his albums in that idiom), including an album shared with Lucho Gatica (El Bolero Se Canta Así), and performed several times in other Latin American countries. Highly regarded by the Latino community in the U.S., he became one of the most popular foreign singers. He was actually performing in a New York nightclub (La Tranquera) when he died.

Álvaro Neder (All Music Guide)

Sinto Que Te Amo

01. Brigas (Evaldo Gouveia/Jair Amorim) • 3:02

02. Eu Sinto Que Te Amo (Ho Capito Che Te Amo) (Luigi Tenco/Vers.: Manolo Silva) • 2:04

03. Quem Sabe De Mim Sou Eu (Evaldo Gouveia/Jair Amorim) • 3:03

04. A Mentira (La Mentira) (Alvaro Carrillo/Vers.: Simões Nobre) • 2:36

05. Eu Canto A Minha Dor (Toso Gomes/Antonio Correa) • 2:49

06. Casei De Ilusões (Tito Madi) • 2:44

07. Minha Vida (Vida Mia) (Charles Carr/Vers.: Manolo Silva) • 2:25

08. Quem Me Mandou Acreditar (Raul Sampaio/Benil Santos) • 2:57

09. O Encontro (Evaldo Gouveia/Jair Amorim) • 2:43

10. Preciso Aprender A Ser Só (Marcos Valle/Paulo Sérgio Valle) • 2:44

11. O Que Restou De Nós (Maurício de Oliveira/Fernando César) • 2:53

12. Depois Do Adeus (Carlito/Romeo Nunes) • 2:52

ANGELA MARIA

Presença De Angela Maria (1961)

Presença De Angela Maria

01. Prelúdio Para Ninar Gente Grande (Luiz Vieira) • 3:27
02. Lembranças (Benil Santos/Raul Sampaio) • 3:04
03. O Menino E O Alçapão (Armando Cavalcante/Victor Freire) • 1:42
04. Brigas De Amor (Adelino Moreira) • 2:20
05. Castigo Ruim (Coelho Neto) • 3:21
06. Sempre O Luar (Klécius Caldas/Armando Cavalcante) • 2:10
07. Esta Noite Ou Nunca (Adelino Moreira) • 2:29
08. Samba Em Prelúdio (Baden Powell/Vinícius de Moraes) • 3:25
09. Confidência (Raul Sampaio/Benil Santos) • 2:37
10. Distande De Deus (Fernando César/Jorge Iara) • 2:51
11. A História De Caim (Jacinto Silva) • 2:29
12. Sabes Mentir (Othon Russo) • 2:47

NELSON GONÇALVES

Escultura 1957

Escultura

Yeah, I know! Another one... but this album is great!  I couldn't resist.

01. Escultura (Adelino Moreira/Nelson Gonçalves) • 3:33

02. Vida De Caboclo (Radamés Gnatalli/Arlindo Marques Júnior/Roberto Roberti) • 3:24

03. Se Ninguém Te Ama (Osvaldo Barbosa/José Reis) • 3:29

04. Nova Copacabana (Herivelto Martins/David Nasse) • 2:44

05. Deixe Que Ela Se Vá (Evaldo Gouveia/Gilberto Ferraz) • 3:12

06. Insônia (Erasmo Silva/Geraldo Serafim) • 2:43

07. Silêncio Da Seresta (Adelino Moreira) • 2:46

08. Fala Coração (Alberto Sabatini) • 3:09

09. És Tudo Para Mim (Nelson Gonçalves/Pedro Moacyr) • 2:35

10. Destino (Raul Sampaio/Ivo Santos) • 3:19

11. Prece Ao Sol (Jorge de Castro/Wilson Baptista) • 2:55

12. Atiraste Uma Pedra (Herivelto Martins/David Nasser) • 3:14