Trio Esperança / Aloysio de Oliveira / José Lopes / Nilza Miranda

'Radiolandia', 1st October 1963. 

Celia Vilela writes about those brothers & sisters & cousin...

Radiolandia # 312 - Aloysio de Oliveira was instrumental in the launching of Bossa Nova in Brazil; as the Artistic Director at EMI's Odeon he supervised the careers of João Gilberto and Elza Soares to start with. 

Radiolandia # 336 

Radiolandia # 340 

Radiolandia #339, November 1960.

JOSÉ LOPES 

when José Lopes recorded 'Oração de amor' in 1959 (he wrote it himself with Canarinho & Maximiano Parisi) little did he know it would shoot up to #1 in a few weeks. 

After 'Oração de amor' became a #1 hit all over Brazil in 1960, 'Revista do Radio' interviewed José Lopes who told his life story in a few paragraphs. 

José Lopes was born on 29 November 1925, in Indaiatuba-SP but his family moved to Salto-SP when he was a small child. He learned how to sculpt in stone from his Portuguese father and he used to sing while working with his hammer and chisel. 

In 1935, when Jose was 10 years old, a music teacher heard him sing a Vicente Celestino tune and offered to teach him music for free. Three years later he debuted at Itú's Radio Convenção. In 1950, his family moved to Sao Paulo. José sang 'Porta aberta' at Radio Cultura's 'Peneira Rodini' and was soon signed as a professional singer. 

Lopes had a stint in Rio having sung at Radio Nacional and Radio Mundial. When Victor Costa opened Radio Nacional in São Paulo, Lopes moved back and started writing songs himself until he hit the big time with 'Oração de amor' his very first recording. 

José Lopes, Leila Silva, Wilson Miranda, José Orlando & Paulo Marquez. All signed to Chantecler.

Carlos Augusto, José Orlando, Orlando Dias, Sergio Murilo, Wilson Miranda & José Lopes. 

NILZA MIRANDA 

Roquette Pinto award 1965, 1963 & 1962.

Roquette Pinto 1965; Gloria Menezes & Sergio Cardoso won best actors.

Roquette Pinto 1963 ; Gloria Menezes & Tarcisio Meira won best actors. 

Roquette Pinto 1962 ; Laura Cardoso & Leonardo Vilar won best actors. 

a few years earlier Maysa caused a sensation when she stepped on the stage to get her own Roquette Pinto. 

THE FLYERS, a Brazilian instrumental rock band in 1965

'Melodia' # 89, 

CARLOS ALBERTO, boleros galore!

Carlos Alberto, who came to prominence circa 1963, singing mostly covers of  Latin American boleros translated into Portuguese wasn't your average bolero singer at all. Carlos whose real name was Nuno Soares, had been in a duo called Dupla Quitandinha with Silvio Lima in the 1950s. 

By 1961, Silvio Lima aka Silvinho, hit the big time with 'Quem é?', 'Essa noite eu queria que o mundo acabasse' (E para o inferno o Senhor me mandasse!) and a string of boleros recorded by Philips which reached the top of the charts. 

Even though boleros were on the wane circa 1963, Odeon launched Altemar Dutra who single-handedly proved that boleros were down but not out. Altemar sold records like hot cakes. 

CBS Records which was very competitive at that time thought they must find their own 'Altemar Dutra' as quickly as possible. They didn't have the services of song-writers Evaldo Gouveia & Jair Amorim, but that didn't matter. They could use old boleros like 'Sabra Diós' and translate it into Portuguese as 'Sabe Deus'. Besides, they had awsome conductor Alexandre Gnatalli (Radamés younger brother) as an  arranger and producer. That would do and it actually did do! 

Carlos Alberto had a distinct voice. It sounded as if he wept while he sang. Carlos Alberto's sobbing was much heavier than Johnny Ray's, the Prince of Wails... That 'crying sound' gave Carlos an edge over the competition in an art that pulls at heart strings. The more dramatic the better. Some people hated it but myriad more loved it and soon Carlos Alberto became one of the best selling acts at CBS which was no mean feat considering Roberto Carlos the best-selling-act-in-the-country was a coleague. 

Actually, some say CBS changed Nuno Soares' name to Carlos Alberto to remind audiences of the rock'n'roll idol - both had 'Carlos' in their name and 'Alberto' is very close to 'Roberto'.

After 'Sabe Deus' (Alvaro Carrillo) came 'De joelhos' (De rodillas) (Benito de Jesus-Jota Morales) which was even more snivelling. It seemed as if Carlos Alberto cried all his way to the bank. His 2nd album is my favourite features 'Aquece-me esta noite' (Regalame esa noche), 'Lado a lado', 'Louco fui eu', 'Ansiedade' (Ansiandote) and 'Ilumina-me Senhor' (Illuminame, Señor) which is a paroxism of bewailing lamentation.  

a very young Carlos Alberto (playing the guitar) & Silvinho (holding a bongo) as part of Dupla Quitandinha, in Petrópolis-RJ. 

Gui Castro Neves wrote at FB: Carlos Alberto (*1933 + 2020)

Entre 1945 e 1950, dois meninos em Petrópolis-RJ formaram a Dupla Quitandinha, cujo auge foi a participação no programa de Renato Murce (1900-1987) na Rádio Nacional.

Quando os garotos se tornaram rapazes, o duo se desfez. Porém trilhariam caminhos individuais de grande sucesso!

Eram eles Nuno Soares (esquerda), o Carlos Alberto (1933-2020) e Silvio Lima (direita), o Silvinho (1931-2019).

De mais fascinante nesta história, é que apesar da pouco lembrada associação inicial dos artistas, eles acabariam conhecidos, cada um, como ‘Rei do Bolero do Brasil'. E as audiências sempre se dividiram, a respeito de qual deles seria o merecedor 'afetivo' do título. Juntos ou separados, o que não lhes faltou foram glórias!

Carlos Alberto née Nuno Soares *29 September 1933, in Astolfo Dutra-MG; +7 July 2020, in Juiz de Fora-MG.

columnist Claribalte Passos reviews Carlos Alberto's debut album 'O grande intérprete' for 'Correio da Manhã', 24 May 1964.

blogger Carlus Maximus on 7 August 2014, during his campaign: 'Don't be embarrassed to dig Carlos Alberto!'

'MELODIAS' aka 'Radiomelodias' 1958, 1959 & 1960.

# 4 - November 1958 - Nelson Gonçalves; Maysa's on # 4 back-cover.

Lana Bittencourt.

# 4, November 1958 - 'Melodias' shows a photo of Cauby Peixoto taking part in the Vangauar-Warner Brothers 1957 production 'Jamboree' to prove to those who scoffed him in disbelief when he told the media he was a Hollywood star. 

# 4, November 1958 - List of lyrics presented in issue #4: 1. 'Abandonado' (Only the lonely) Sergio Murilo; 2. 'All shook up' (Elvis Presley); 3. 'A vontade de morrer voltou toda' (Lana Bittencourt); 4. 'Baiãozinho' (Sylvia Telles); 5. 'Bernardine' (Pat Boone); 6. 'Cabecinha no ombro' (Alcides Gerardi); 7. 'Chances are...' (Johnny Mathis); 8. 'Contra-senso' (Maysa); 9. 'Diana' (Carlos Gonzaga); 10. 'É luxo só' (Elizeth Cardoso); 11. 'Escultura' (Nelson Gonçalves); 12. 'Fascinação' (Fascination) Carlos Galhardo; 13. 'Minha prece' (My prayer) Carlos Gonzaga; 14. 'Mocinho bonito' (Doris Monteiro); 15. 'Nono Mandamento' (Cauby Peixoto); 16. 'O meu fingimento' (The great pretender) Carlos Gonzaga; 17. 'Se acaso você chegasse' (Cyro Monteiro); 18. 'Se todos fossem iguais a você) Maysa; 19. 'Tammy' (Celly Campello).

# 6, January 1959 - Revista 'Melodias' started in August 1958, as 'Radiomelodias'. It was a monthly rag published by Editora Prelúdio who also printed lyrics magazines as 'Melodias Populares'. The issue above is # 6, with Cauby Peixoto & Julie Joy. These are the lyrics: 'A banda de lá' (Dupla Ouro & Prata); 2. 'Além do céu' (Laila Curi); 3. 'Balada triste' (Agostinho dos Santos); 4. 'Chega de saudade' (João Gilberto); 5. 'Vai, mas vai mesmo' (Nora Ney); 6. 'Arrivederci Roma' (Renato Rascel). 

# 6, January 1959 - Dorival Caymmi & João Gilberto; Carlos Nobre, Maysa, Carlos José & Leo Peracchi; Noite Ilustrada with his first album for Mocambo and Claudio de Barros.

# 7, February 1959 -  guarania-singer turned rock'n'roller Carlos Gonzaga on the cover; an already middle-aged Emilinha Borba on the back-cover.

# 7, February 1959 - Early in the year TV Record bestowed her Roquette Pinto Awards for the best in their category; TV Tupi did it likewise with their Tupiniquim Award. 

# 7 - February 1959 - Tupiniquim Award was bestowed by TV Tupi, so naturally they chose their own staff over the competition. But that didn't mean they didn't cross-polinate sometimes. 

# 8, March 1959 - actor Walter Foster; Sonia Ribeiro on # 8 back-cover. 

# 8, March 1959 - 'Ronda dos Bairros' broadcast by Radio Nacional paulista; Moreira Jr. commands 'Ritmos para a juventude' with guests Tony Campello, Yeda Maria and others at Radio Nacional and TV Paulista. 

# 10, May 1959, radio-actor Odayr Marzano; Lucy Reis on # 10 back-cover. 

1959 - ?  Cauby Peixoto. 

# 11, March 1959, Morgana; actor-comedian Ronald Golias on # 11 back-cover.

# 12, April 1959, Manoel de Nóbrega; Cinderela on # 12 back-cover. 

# 13, August 1959 - TV Record's Idalina de Oliveira & Durval de Souza;

 # 15, September 1959 - Celly Campello goes out to high-school & gets a Mother's peck.

# 16, September 1959 - Homero Silva & 'Clube do Papai Noel'; Germano Mathias on the back.

# 16, September 1959 - Singer-song-writer Neil Sedaka charms Brazilians of all walks-of-life. Photo opportunities with TV whiz-kid Cassiano Gabus Mendes; with Celly Campello, who took a 'Stupid cupid' cover to # 1 all over Brazil; even with old-timer Emilinha Borba; 

# 16, September 1959 - up-and-coming Tony Campello with his electric guitar; comedian Carlos Alberto da Nóbrega as he boards a Varig airplane. 

# 17, December 1959 - Ronald Golias on the rise; Radio Record's 'Alegria dos Bairros' ruled.

# 21, April 1960 - Walter Foster; D.J. Walter Silva was a celebrity himself. 

# 21, April 1960 - Review of Yvonne de Carlo's recital at Teatro Record; José Orlando.