Radiolandia #28, 1954; Tito Madi when 'Não diga não' was released in late 1954; seen here with Emissoras Associadas radio man Antonio Pimentel.
Radiolandia #131, 6 October 1956.
Jirau was a night club located on Rua Rodolfo Dantas, next to posh Copacabana Palace Hotel. It was owned by Silvia Autuori who had been a pioneer radio-woman and made money in the 1930s and 1940s presenting programmes for women and children on Radio Ipanema & then Radio Tupi.
Tito Madi accompanied by Ribamar on the piano and Paulinho on the guitar was an instant hit with the patrons extending their stint for months & months.
Radiolandia #131, 6 October 1965.
Radiolandia #139, 1st December 1956.
Tito Madi had a good 1956. He toured Rio Grande do Sul earlier in the year and wrote 'Gauchinha bem querer' where he extolls the beauty of the girl and the place. He tune hadn't been recorded yet and it was known as 'Rio Grande do Sul'.
The girl in the article is singer Maria Lopes who now shared the bill at Jirau. Maria was also signed by Radio & TV Tupi Channel 6.
Tito Madi & Buck Ram - Radiolandia #186, 26 October 1957.
When US rhythm'n'blues combo The Platters toured Brazil in September 1957, their manager-cum-song-writer Buck Ram was impressed by the beauty of some of Tito Madi's songs and made a point of taking them back to the USA in order for Tony Williams to belt it in English.
MC Cesar de Alencar had met Buck Ram in Sao Paulo during The Platters stint at Theatro Paramount and promised him to introduce him Tito Madi, the man who had written 'Chove lá fora' that was a hit at the moment. When The Platters travelled to Rio to sing at TV Tupi, Channel 6, Alencar asked Nora Ney to invite Mr Ram for a 'feijoada' and introduce him to Tito.
The Platters ended up covering 'Chove lá fora' as 'It's raining outside', 'Quero-te assim' as 'I wish' and 'Rio triste' as 'Sad river'.
Buck Ram, the man who wrote 'Only you' for The Platters & Tito Madi toast for their future partnership.
Radiolandia #191, 30 November 1957.
Radiolandia # 225, 26 July 1958.
Radiolandia #225, 26 July 1958.
Radiolandia summarizes Tito Madi's career since he broke out with 'Não diga não'. Soared up to the skies with 'Chove lá fora', followed it up with 'Quero-te assim' and now with 'Gauchinha bem querer' aka 'Rio Grande do Sul'.
Tito & Ribamar were now performing at 'O Cangaceiro' a new night club.
Tito Madi was not handsome but he had a certain charm...
Tito is proud of having been born in Pirajuí-SP - Radiolandia #256, 28 February 1959.
Pirajuí's proud son! Radiolandia #256, 28 February 1959.
Orlando Correia left RCA and signs with Continental Records being welcomed by João Teixeira from the label's legal department, Tito Madi - who may be thinking about his own departure from the label for it was an open secret Tito was in talks with Columbia Records - Risadinha (wearing sun-glasses), actress-singer Luely Figueiró and journalist Costa Amaro who headed the promotion department at the label.
Radiolandia #270, 6 June 1959.
by 1960, what is called Bossa Nova was already discussed by the music press... and that's what Radiolandia asked Tito Madi: Who started this new trend of singing samba sweet and low? Madi says he started singing this way in 1955.
Radiolandia #329, 23rd July 1960. Tito Madi who wrote most of his songs takes 'Menina moça' to #1 in the Brazilian charts.
'Correio da Manhã', 12 May 1960.
'Correio da Manhã', 22nd July 1962.
Radiolandia #277.
Tito Madi's first single for Columbia turned out to be his greatest hit.
'Sonho e saudade' is my favourite Tito Madi recording.
Tito Madi's 1st album: 'Sua voz... Suas composição' - 1958.
Ribamar & Tito Madi at 'Cangaceiro'.
Revista do Radio, 30 May 1959: 'A duo persecuted by success!'
Tito Madi & Ribamar in Tito's flat in Copacabana. They are real-friends in and out of show-business.
Singer-guitar-player Tito Madi nee Chauki Madi and song-writer-pianist Ribamar nee Jose Ribamar Pereira da Silva met while working at night clubs around Rio de Janeiro in 1956. They're both single. Tito Madi was born in Pirajuí-SP, a town in Sao Paulo state. Ribamar hails from Campo Grande-RJ, 50 km away from Rio.
Ribamar tells he was playing piano at a night club owned by the Autori brothers called Jirau when Tito who had a night off from performing at the Scotch Bar, popped in. 'I had been Tito's fan since I'd heard 'Não diga não' that was a hit in Sao Paulo. Tito sang a few of his songs for us and I convinced the owner to sign him up'.
Tito says: 'That's true. It was through working at Jirau that I had the chance to meet columnists and be written about at newspapers and magazines. That's when I wrote 'Chove lá fora' and 'Fracassos de amor'.
Ribamar says: 'We stayed at Jirau for the rest of the year. In January 1957, we were invited to work at the Little Club where we stayed the whole year. It was a very good year. Tito was chosen by the press as the best song-writer and I took the best nigh-club pianist award. It was such a busy year that the owners got enough dough to buy O Cangaceiro, a night club that was past its heydays. We were sent there and managed to turn things around.
Tito adds: 'The stint at 'O Cangaceiro' was good. I was chosen the best male night-club attraction and Ribamar was voted the best piano-accompanist. In June 1958, we were given permission to do stint at Chicote, a posh Sao Paulo night-club. We broke all the house attendance records increasing its yield handsomely.
Ribamar proceeds: 'We stayed at O Cangaceiro the whole of 1958, but in February 1959, we took a holiday and went off to Punta del Este, the Uruguayan summer resort where we worked at boite El Carroussel the night-club belonging to Casino San Rafael. We're proud to say that even though it was Carnival we managed to perform the best romantic Brazilian music to an attentive audience. It was such a winner that we were invited to tour Argentina, Uruguay and Chile during 1958.
Tito wraps up: 'After working at the Uruguayan resort for 10 days - from 14 through 23 February 1959, we came back to Brazil. I fell sick as soon as we hit Rio de Janeiro. I was exhausted from work. I am signed to Continental Records and Ribamar to Columbia but we'll record an album together with songs I've written.
Continental has issued 'Tito Madi, sua voz... suas composições' in 1958, and now it is releasing 'Encontro no sábado', where Tito sings with actress-singer Nelly Martins.
Ribamar tells he was playing piano at a night club owned by the Autori brothers called Jirau when Tito who had a night off from performing at the Scotch Bar, popped in. 'I had been Tito's fan since I'd heard 'Não diga não' that was a hit in Sao Paulo. Tito sang a few of his songs for us and I convinced the owner to sign him up'.
Tito says: 'That's true. It was through working at Jirau that I had the chance to meet columnists and be written about at newspapers and magazines. That's when I wrote 'Chove lá fora' and 'Fracassos de amor'.
Ribamar says: 'We stayed at Jirau for the rest of the year. In January 1957, we were invited to work at the Little Club where we stayed the whole year. It was a very good year. Tito was chosen by the press as the best song-writer and I took the best nigh-club pianist award. It was such a busy year that the owners got enough dough to buy O Cangaceiro, a night club that was past its heydays. We were sent there and managed to turn things around.
Tito adds: 'The stint at 'O Cangaceiro' was good. I was chosen the best male night-club attraction and Ribamar was voted the best piano-accompanist. In June 1958, we were given permission to do stint at Chicote, a posh Sao Paulo night-club. We broke all the house attendance records increasing its yield handsomely.
Ribamar proceeds: 'We stayed at O Cangaceiro the whole of 1958, but in February 1959, we took a holiday and went off to Punta del Este, the Uruguayan summer resort where we worked at boite El Carroussel the night-club belonging to Casino San Rafael. We're proud to say that even though it was Carnival we managed to perform the best romantic Brazilian music to an attentive audience. It was such a winner that we were invited to tour Argentina, Uruguay and Chile during 1958.
Tito wraps up: 'After working at the Uruguayan resort for 10 days - from 14 through 23 February 1959, we came back to Brazil. I fell sick as soon as we hit Rio de Janeiro. I was exhausted from work. I am signed to Continental Records and Ribamar to Columbia but we'll record an album together with songs I've written.
Continental has issued 'Tito Madi, sua voz... suas composições' in 1958, and now it is releasing 'Encontro no sábado', where Tito sings with actress-singer Nelly Martins.
'Correio da Manhã' - 1961.
José Ribamar Pereira da Silva é uma dessas figuras que se fosse contador de histórias faria jornal, revista, livro e ficaria rico em um minuto. Mas, acontece que desde menino a música o atraía e na casa de Campo Grande, ele gostava de brincar com as teclas marfim e azeviche da vovó.
Parceiro de Dolores Duran (até hoje ele chora a partida daquela espécie de Piaf de Cobacabana...) e de Tito Madi. Quem quiser vê-lo ou com ele conversar basta aparecer no bar Cangaceiro, à Rua Fernando Mendes e, além de ser bem atendido, ouvirá sucessos não só com o Riba, mas com Myriam Roy e seu irmão violonista Esdras Silva.
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