Wilson Simonal compactos-duplos

7BD-1114 - De manhã / ...Das rosas / Cuidado cantor / Passarinho / Nega / Não ponha a mão no meu violão / Já vae? / Na onda do berimbau 

7BD-1122 - A banda / Disparada / Quem samba fica / Máscara negra - 1966 

7BD-1126 - Tributo a Martin Luther King / Deixa quem quiser falar - 1967 

7BD-1142 - Samba do crioulo doido / Alegria, alegria / Pata pata / A Rosa da roda - 1968 

7BD-1166 - Correnteza / Meia volta / A saudade mata a gente / Terezinha de Jesus 

7BD-1222 -  Brasil, eu fico / Canção no. 21 / Resposta / Que cada um cumpra com o seu dever - 1971

7BD-114

7BD-1122

1966 foi o ano da MPB. E o acontecimento marcante, foi o II Festival da MPB, promovido pela TV Record, TV Globo e revista Intervalo, que veio enriquecer ainda mais o nosso repertório popular. 

A Odeon não poderia ficar alheia aos acontecimentos e através de um de seus maiores astros, presta sua homenagem àquele Festival e aos compositores de 'A banda' e 'Disparada', primeiras classificadas... 

7BD-1126

7BD-1142

7BD-1166

7BD-1222

8 May 1969 - 'O Estado de S.Paulo' - Wilson Simonal opens his Teatro Bela Vista stint on 9 May 1969, at 9:15 pm. 

8 May 1969 - Simonal opens hir revue 'De Cabral a Simonal' at Nydia Licia's Teatro Bela Vista. 

Jovem Guarda 1968

CLAUDIO FONTANA

 The Pop Hit's & Claudio Fontana (3rd from left) in 1966.

article about Claudio Fontana on Revista Melodias - 1973.

'You'll never make money singing', said Claudio Fontana's sister when he left his job as a stenographer to accompany Antonio Garim, 'El gringo del samba' in shows around the outskirsts of Rio de Janeiro. 

One day he was playing his guitar at DJ Jair de Taumaturgo's Rock Show on TV Rio when he met Wanderley Cardoso, a young singer from São Paulo who had been very popular in Rio since 1966. He showed him some of his songs and Wanderley was so enthusiastic that he invited Claudio to move in with him and his manager Genival Melo who lived in São Paulo.

Wanderley recorded some of Fontana's songs like 'Não posso controlar meu pensamento' (I can't control my thoughts), 'Canudinho' (Straw) and 'Doce de côco' that went up the charts. Wanderley starred in a film 'Pobre príncipe encantado' (Poor enchanted prince) whose sound-track was written by Fontana. All was well until Cardoso dropped Genival as his manager and moved to Rio definitely.

Genival Melo had a stable of young hopefuls like Antonio Marcos and Nelson Ned and decided to work on Claudio Fontana as a singer. 'Adeus ingrata', his first single for Copacabana Records went straight to #1, becoming one of the best selling songs in 1969. Claudio Fontana had finally arrived. 

He soon recorded his first album in which he paid tribute to São Luiz do Maranhão, his hometown with 'São Luiz, ilha do amor', that eventually became an anthem for the most northern Brazilian capital city.

'O homem de Nazaré', a song describing the times in which Jesus lived in Palestine was Claudio Fontana's biggest hit. It was recorded by his friend Antonio Marcos and went to #1 in the whole country in 1973.

Claudio Fontana gets a Chico Viola Award from Kalil Filho for 'Adeus ingrata' in 1969. 

Claudio Fontana's EP 'Adeus ingrata'.

Claudio Fontana at TV Guide Intervalo in 1967.

Nelson Ned is interviewed by 'Intervalo' in 1970. It is remarkable how rude the journalist is to Ned who was a dwarf. 

InTerValo 1966 - 1967

By mid 1966, TV Excelsior, Channel 9 had launched an answer to TV Record's 'Jovem Guarda' in the guise of a Saturday evening rock-show called 'Linha de Frente' which turned out to be its poor relation. Here is TV Guide Intervalo article about 'Linha de Frente' line up when they go out in the country to have a football match. They organized two teams: the first made up with singers and the second with members of bands like Os Iguais and Os Brasas.

A turma do programa da TV Excelsior  ‘Linha de Frente’ mostra que é de bola quando se encontra no sítio dos Vips no Km 25 da Rodovia Dutra, para suas peladas semanais. No último jogo venceu por o time dos cantores: Sergio Reis, Marcio, Cristian, Marcos Roberto, Roberto (empresário dos Vips), Carlos Ely, Dori Edson e Ronald. Os gols foram feitos por Marcio e Dori.

O time dos conjuntos Os Brasas e Os Iguais perdeu e exigiu desforra. Ai então o resultado refletiu a técnica dos quadros : 7 x 7. Enquanto os marmanjos se divertiam , Enza Flori e Cidinha Santos se encarregavam dos sanduíches e frangos do pic-nic. 

The Band team made up of Os Iguais & Os Brasas; Enza Flori holds a guitar on the right.

A team made up of singers Sergio Reis, Marcio Antonucci, Cristian, Marcos Roberto, Os Vips manager Roberto, Carlos Ely, Dori Edson & Ronald Antonucci; Cidinha Santos holds up the guitar on the left. 

brothers Ronald & Marcio Antonucci were Os Vips, Brazil's awswer to USA's Everly Brothers.

Norma Benguel had been signed by US network N.B.C. to work as an actress at a new series.

Sergio Ricardo who shot to fame after breaking his guitar and throwing it into the crowd that booed him at Teatro Record in São Paulo during a pop-music festival. 

'Intervalo' 1966.

Intervalo 14 May 1967.

Quarteto Novo become popular after accompanying Edu Lobo & Marilia Medalha in 'Ponteio' which won TV Record's III MPB Festival in 1967. Hermeto Paschoal and Ayrto Moreira would go on and make a bright career in the USA. 

MARCOS ROBERTO 1966 - 1969

Marcos Roberto Dias Cardoso was born in Sao Paulo-SP on 26 June 1941, and died in Oscasco-SP on 21 July 2012. 

TV Guide 'Intervalo' in an article about Marcos Roberto in mid-1966.

Marcos interviewed by Keiko Mussashi for 'Melodias'.

Marcos Roberto's first album ever... 1967.

In 1969, Marcos Roberto, after nearly 10 years of really-trying hits the big time with 'Será?' a ballad. Marcos had started his career in show business in 1959 having recorded a single for Miguel Vaccaro Netto's independent label Young. 

Intervalo - 18 April 1971.

Marcos Roberto charts well with 'Maria Rosa' b/w 'Queime as minhas roupas' in late 1971.

1974.

JEAN CARLO 1966

blind singer Jean Carlo was in a car crash in which he had his collar bone fractured. Here's TV Guide Intervalo account of the accident.

1. Era um garoto que, como, eu amava os Beatles e os Rolling Stones (C'era un ragazzo...) v.: Os Incriveis
2. Nunca, meu amor (Never my love) v.: Nazareno de Brito
3. Travessia (Milton Nascimento-Fernando Rocha Brant)
4. Preciso olhar p'ra você (Can't take my eyes off  you) Bob Crewe-Bob Gaudio; v.: Nazareno de Brito
5. Amigos apenas (Tada soredake) Katsushisa Hattori-Kazuka Katachi; v.: Geraldo Casé
6. Duelo (Duel at Diablo) Neil Hefti-Ernie Sheldon; v.: N.Bourgety

1. A minha serenata (La mia serenata) Jimmy Fontana-Gianni Buoncompagni;  v.: Glaucya Prado
2. Lady (Bert Kaempfert-Rehbein-Singleton-Kusik) v.: Nazareno de Brito
3. Estarei ao seu lado (Reach out I'll be there) B.Holland-Lamont Dozier-E. Holland: v.: Al Soares
4. Esse amor que eu não queria (A whiter shade of pale) Reid-Brooker; v.: Geraldo Figueiredo
5. Por uma mulher (Per una donna) Marcello de Marina-Giulia Pezzetto-Corrado Montani; v.: Romeu Nunes
6. Muito longe, bem longe de tudo (Lontano, lontano) Luigi Tenco; v.: Nazareno de Brito

Silvana offers a rose to a smiling Jean Carlo circa 1966.

Nana Caymmi & Flora in November 1966

Nana Caymmi confesses to Brazilian TV Guide 'Intervalo' she envies the great Elis Regina in an article in November 1966.

two weeks later, Flora tells the same magazine 'Intervalo' she started singing at the shower... and had plans to go the USA & Europe soon... Everyone knows she later married percusion man Airto Moreira and had a long singing career in the USA.