José Menezes & Velhinhos Transviados

Velhinhos Transviados first album.

Claribalte Passos writes about José Menezes at 'Correio da Manhã' 5 August 1962. Little did Claribalte or anyone else know that 'Os Velhinhos Transviados - Sensacionais' would be the 1st of many albums of Menezes's studio band that sold like hot cakes during the remainder of the 1960s.

José Menezes de França was born on 6 September 1921, in Jardim-CE; he died on 31st July 2014, in Teresópolis-RJ, two months short of being 93 years old.

Music rag 'Melodias' # 125, February 1968, publishes a rare article about Velhinhos Transviados (Unruly Little Old Men) who were then touring Brazil. They were mostly young to middle-aged men (there was at least one lady, Valéria, among them) who disguised their young age by wearing grey hair wigs and grey beards. José Menezes was supported by Valéria, Mozart, Abel Ferreira, Edinho do Acordeon, Armando, Carlinhos, Pereirinha, Sucupira, Julinho, Zênio and comedian Waldyr Maia. 

Velhinhos Transviados 'Sensacionais' (1962) the very first album BBL 1201 mirrors the Hit Parade of mid-1962: 'Ya ya' (Johnny Restivo); 'Perdoa-me pelo bem que te quero' (Orlando Dias);  Quem eu quero não me quer' (Raul Sampaio); 'A still guitar and a glass of wine' (Paul Anka); 'Garôta solitária' (Angela Maria).

Os Velhinhos Transviados 'Bárbaros...' BBL1279.

Os Velhinhos Transviados 'Em órbita' BBL 1343.