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Elizete Cardoso: Canção do Amor Demais
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Elizete Cardoso is widely considered the first popular bossa nova singer in Brazil. She started singing early and was discovered at age 16 in 1936, while her first recording was issued in 1950. Between 1950 and 1958, she recorded more than 35 singles and albums. Then in 1958, lyricist Vinicius de Moraes asked her to record an album of songs he wrote with Antonio Carlos Jobim. The result was Canção do Amor Demais. Though her voice tended to sound operatic ...
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