'MELODIAS' 1963 - 1964 - 1965

# 67, January 1963 - Angela Maria + Dalva & Pery; Zilo & Zalo +

# 67, January 1963 - Idalina de Oliveira's 'Amorzinho querido' + Ray Charles.

# 68, February 1963 - Cauby Peixoto + The Jordans; 

# 68, February 1963 - Antonio Aguilar's gong show 'A Hora do Pato'; leading radio journalist Coripheu de Azevedo Marques. 

# 68, February 1963 - Demétrius wrecks car beyoung repair. 

# 68, February 1963 - ''Ídolos da Juventude' (Teen's Idols) monthly column by Antonio Aguilar.

# 68, February 1963 - 'Radio & TV in Guanabara', column by Jair de Taumaturgo. 

# 69 - March 1963 - Edith Veiga + Francisco Petrônio; Juquinha & Junqueira + Sulino & Marrueiro.

# 69, March 1963 - Chico Viola Awards of best selling records of 1962; Noite Ilustrada, Miltinho.

# 69, March 1963 - more Chico Viola Awards; Best selling singles of January 1963: Ray Charles' 'I can't stop loving you'.

# 70, April 1963 - Silvinho + Hebe Camargo; Coronel Narcizinho (Mayrink Veiga) + Délio & Delinha.

# 70, April 1963 - Roquete Pinto Award for best artists on radio & TV; best selling singles in March 1963 in Rio: 'Hava Nagila' (Chubby Checker), 'Tem bôbo p'ra tudo' (Alcides Gerardi), 'Papai Walt Disney' (Conj.Farroupilha), 'Afrikaan beat' (Bert Kaempfert), 'Et maintenant' (Gilbert Becaud), 'Amorzinho querido' (Idalina de Oliveira).

# 70, April 1963 - Radio Nacional Paulista's DJ Antonio Aguilar never stopped. His 3rd stravaganza titled 'III Festival of all rhythms' on 17 March 1963, was a chance to congragate all kinds of acts like bolero singers as Martha Mendonça, Edith Veiga, José Lopes, Rinaldo Calheiros, Moacyr Franco and rock'n'rollers like Ronnie Cord, Tony Campello, Demétrius, George Freedman. His motto was: Anything goes! The recipe was to gather thousands of screaming fans into a huge movie-theatre on a Sunday morning - Cine Nacional in Lapa this time - and broadcast to still more thousands eagerly listening at home. This was just before TV really became mainstream.

# 72, June 1963 - Elza Soares & Carlos José; Yaraí & Jací + Faísca, Labareda & Nha Benta.

# 72, June 1963 - Alda Perdigão with Gibert Becàud who gave her his 'Mater dolorosa' to record after she charted with a cover of 'Et maintenant' (E agora?); DJ Ademar Dutra prints the best selling records of April 1963: 'Que será de ti?' (Moacyr Franco) was the best 78 rpm; see that 'Al di là' from 'O candelabro italiano' (Rome adventure) sound-track is on top of 33 rpm singles charts; see Nico Fidenco's 'Legata a un granello di sabbia' charted well as an album (runner up to Bert Kaempfert's 'Afrikaan beat') and as a 33 rpm single too. These 2 songs opened the flood gates to a torrent of Italian hits that took over Brazil over a 3-year period (1963-1964-1965). 

# 72, June 1963 - By mid-1963, Nelson Gonçalves was not as succesful as he had been in the 1950s and early 1960s. 'Fica comigo esta noite' in late 1961, early 1962 was Nelson's final chart topping record. He still charted eventually but he never made it to Number One anymore; On the other hand rural music duo Liu & Léu were voted the best in their category in 1962 and were still selling records in the mid-1970s.

# 72, June 1963 - Radio-man Omar Cardoso was a celebrity in his own right. He turned Astrology into a popular art form. Among the lyrics were hits like 'Sonhar contigo', 'Tudo de mim' and 'Uirapurú', Nilo Amaro's follow-up to 'Ô leva eu, saudade'. 

# 73, July 1963, Moacyr Franco, Conjunto Alvorada; Radio Nacional Paulista radio man José Rosa da Silva + Dono da Noite & Riacho.

# 73, July 1963 - May 1963 best selling records: 'Que será de ti?' (Moacyr Franco), 'Al di là' (Emilio Pericoli), 'Boogie  do bebê' (Tony Campello); best albums were Bert Kaempfert's 'Afrikaan beat', Nico Fidenco featuring 'Legata a un granello di sabbia' and The Jet Blacks Again. As Italian hits started to flood Brazilian air waves, Melodias invited Giampaolo Flavioni, who commanded 'Voce Italiana', a daily broadcast at Radio Tupi from 11:00 am to Noon and his wife Antonia Flavioni to have a monthly column. Mina, the most popular female singer in Italy is shown with her baby Massimiliano Pani, who was born (out of wedlock) on 13 April 1963. As you may see, 'Melodias' kept abreast with what was happening in the world.

 # 74, August 1963, Leila Silva, Kirk Douglas.

# 75, September 1963 - Cesar de Alencar; Sertanejo's best acts of 1963, among them: Zé Bettio (sanfoneiro), Zézinha (sanfoneira), Saracura (humorista), Zé Fortuna (artista genérico) , Pedro Bento, Zé da Estrada & Celinho (trio), Ely Camargo (cantora) etc.

# 76, October 1963; # 77, November 1963 - Elvis still held somewhat fast to his popularity.

# 78 (?), December 1963 (?) - Richard Chamberlain as Dr Kildare.

# 78, December 1963 - Antonio Aguilar had a great year being signed by TV Excelsior, Channel 9, the #1 TV station in the land. In early 1964, Aguilar would be lured by TV Record to get his thing at Teatro Record. 

# 80, March 1964 - Charlton Heston of Moses and Ben Hur;  Tião Carreiro & Pardinho.

# 80, March 1964 - Salvador Buonerba is the new 'Melodias Italianas' columnist; he prints a photo of young Rita Pavone, one of the first I'd ever seen of her; Buonerba says the lyrics of 'Cuore', her biggest hit had been published at issue #78 (December 1963). According to him these were the best selling singles in Italy: 1. 'Cuore' (R.P.), 2. 'Quelli della mia età' (Françoise Hardy), 3. 'Stessa spiaggia, stesso mare' (Mina), 4. 'Grazie, prego, scusi' (Adriano Celentano), 5. 'Sapore di sale' (Gino Paoli), 6. 'Abbronzadissima' (Edoardo Vianello), 7. 'Roberta' (Peppino di Capri), 8. 'Se mi perderai' (Nico Fidenco), 9. 'I tuoi capricci' (Niel Sedaka), 10. 'Baci' (Remo Germani). Most of these songs would soon become hits in Brazil too. 

On the right a few instances of theatre plays staged at São Paulo: great cinema comedian Oscarito in 'Zero à esquerda'; Emilio Di Biase & Sergio Mamberti in 'O inoportuno' at Teatro Cacilda Becker; Célia Biar and Berta Zemel are also news. 

# 80, March 1964 - One would imagine that a Festival which bestow trophies on the 'best of this or that' would be a yearly event. No such a thing when it comes to Antonio Aguilar. Ever since he left a steady job as a photographer for newspaper 'O Estado de S.Paulo' and started working as a DJ and MC for Radio Nacional Paulista he just couldn't stop. He must have been a hyper-active man for he worked at 2 places at the same time. Having a daily radio show and being the manager for many acts he still found time to organise big extravaganzas like these Festival of All Rhythms. He did the First Fest in early 1962; by August 1962 he set up the 2nd marathon; then a III Festival on 17 March 1963 and finally this IV Festival at TV Excelsior which signed him to MC a weekly TV show. 

# 81, April 1964 - Vince Edwards as Dr Ben Casey; Tibagi & Miltinho on the back-cover.

# 81, April 1964 with the best selling records of February 1964.

# 81, April 1964 - TV Record's 1963 Roquette Pinto Award gala paid honour to those who died in 1963 and early 1964: song-writers Lamartine Babo (*10 January 1904 +16 June 1963), Ary Barroso (*7 November 1903 +9 February 1964) and Vicente Paiva (*18 April 1908 +18 February 1964). US President John Kennedy, assassinated on 22nd November 1963, was especially honoured. Playwright and TV compere Silveira Sampaio (*8 June 1914) who's beside Hebe Camargo in the photo would himself die later in the year (+24 November 1964).

# 81, April 1964 - More of 1963's Roquettes gala: Moacyr Franco was on the rise and Jair Rodrigues ws a new-face.

# 82, May 1964 - Jacqueline & Dr. Kildare on the cover; Tonico & Tinoco on the back cover.

# 82, May 1964 - DJ & MC Antonio Aguilar writes about his Sunday rock show 'Festival da Juventude' from 6:00 to 7:00 pm broadcast by TV Excelsior, Channel 9 since 1964 started. It migrated from TV Paulista, Channel 5 where it was called 'Rítmos para a Juventude'. It was produced by Jacques Netter of 'Encontro com Luiz Vieira' (Thursdays night) fame. 

# 83, June 1964 - The Clevers show their Chico Viola Award proudly: Neno, Mingo, Netinho, Risonho & Manito; Trio dos Pampas + Zacarias Mourão, song-writer & radio man at Radio Excelsior. 

# 83, June 1964 - Melodias took 2 months to print the Best Selling Records, so here we are with March 1964 best-selling list: 'Io che amo solo te' (Sergio Endrigo), 'Rua Augusta' (Ronnie Cord) and 'Ritmo da chuva', Demétrius cover of The Cascades' 'Rhythm of the rain'; Giane's weird but successful cover of 'Dominique' which had been # 1 in early 1964 was going down while Oslain Galvão, who had been the runner-up in 'A Voz de Ouro ABC' competition in 1962, finally made it to Top 5 with 'Divórcio'.

Luiz Vieira had the best E.P. (Prelúdio de amor) with Rita Pavone's 'Come te non cè nessuno' / 'La partita di pallone' / 'Alla mia età' E.P. as the runner up; Roberto Carlos' first inroad into São Paulo market is 'Parei na contra-mão'; Jorge Ben's 'Samba Esquema Novo' was the best selling album followed by 'Sergio Endrigo', Richard Chamberlain's 'Dr Kildare', 'Moacyr Franco' and Vince Edwards' 'Ben Casey'.

# 83, June 1964 - Brazilian rural music aka Sertanejo or Caipira, was a genre one didn't hear much about but had its own huge following. Most of caipiras congregated around radio statons like Radio Nacional Paulista which had a big bash on 1st May 1964, organized by José Russo whose 'Disque é Sertão' was having its 4th anniversary and Nhô Zé, whose 'Alvorada Cabocla' was in its 12th year. 

# 84, July 1964 - Hebe Camargo holds proudly her Roquette Pinto Award + Silvinho; on the back-cover: Liu & Léu + Branquinho, Brioso & Eliete. 

# 84, July 1964 - Rita Pavone visited São Paulo and Rio in late June. Melodias belatedly printed photographic material sent from the USA where Pavone had been in May. At the centre photo Rita looks bewildered (her understanding of English was limited) during a photo session with Neil Sedaka and Peggy March at the RCA Victor studios in New York.

# 84, July 1964 - Sergio Endrigo's 'Io che amo solo te' was # 1 in São Paulo; Radio Nacional Paulista's DJ & MC Ademarzinho Dutra gets married. 

# 84, July 1964 - Melodias tried to cover all kinds of entertainment and it was successful in it.. 'Gente de Teatro', a column by Hilton Viana featuring news of what was happening in the theatre made in São Paulo and sometimes Rio too. Berta Zemel, Odavlas Petti & Gustavo Pinheiro in Dostoievisky's 'White Nights'; Elizabeth Hartmann, Nydia Licia & Eva Wilma in 'Boeing, Boeing', Miriam Mehler in 'Toda donzela tem um pai que é uma fera'...

# 84, July 1964 - After more than a year of her outstanding debut with 'Trovador de Toledo', Gilda Lopes was still revered by the media. 

# 85 - August 1964 - Gilda Lopes still wowed the Brazilian press after almost 2 years since 'Trovador de Toledo' went #1 in October 1962; Dr Ben Casey wowed women's hearts and Rita Pavone conquered Brazil with her bombastic tour and TV appearance of late June. 

# 85, August 1964 - Vince Edwards's dark looks wowed Brazilian women left and right...

# 85, August 1964 - Rita Pavone's conquest of São Paulo & Brazil chronicled by DJ journalist Ademar Dutra. 

# 85, August 1964 - column 'Ídolos da Juventude', written by Antonio Aguilar about his first 

'Reino da Juventude' rock show beamed on Channel 7, TV Record started in May 1964. Produced by songwriter Fred Jorge presented by Antonio Aguilar and Eliana Pittman. The whow was video-taped on Saturday at 3:00 pm and broadcasted by TV Record on Sunday at 1:00 pm. 

Have a look at June's best selling records:  single #1: 'Datemi un martello' (Rita Pavone); best selling E.P.: 'Adorabile' (Rita Pavone); best selling L.P.: 'Meus 18 anos' (Rita Pavone).

# 85, August 1964 - column 'Melodias no Disco', written by journalist DJ Ademar Dutra who took over Channel 9, TV Excelsior's 'Festival da Juventude' from Antonio Aguilar when he was signed by TV Record, Channel 7 to MC 'Reino da Juventude' in partnership with Eliana Pittman. Teens had at least weekly 2 rock shows. Ronnie Cord was on top of the world having just had a # 1 with 'Rua Augusta'.

# 85, August 1965 - 

# 86, September 1964 - The American Beetles visit São Paulo; Moreno & Moreninho. 

# 86, September 1964 - Four North-American lads trying hard to pass themselves as The Beatles but were actually the American Beetles; some say they were amateurish. When they realized 'La bamba' was a hit in Brazil they included it in their recitals and it seems it was their tour-de-force. 

# 86, September 1964 - Ivany Ribeiro's 'A moça que veio de longe' opened up the flood-gates to novelas, a genre that used to 'hide' itself in the afternoon slot but since TV Excelsior, Channel 9 started showing them in the evening things changed dramatically.

# 86, September 1964 - Antonio Aguilar's 'Idolos da Juventude' in the wake of Rita Pavone's hurricane: photos of Rita with Manito, with Mingo; photos of The Clevers departure to tour Italy in their summer.

# 86, September 1964 - The Clevers fly Alitalia to Rome where they would meet up with Teddy Reno and Rita Pavone. Mingo, Manito, Neno, Risonho & Netinho would accompany the freckled Italian rocker in her summer tour of Italy. At first, Mr Reno didn't mind the innuendo that Rita was having a romance with Netinho but after the Italian press caught on the affair, Teddy turned sour and deadly against it. Probably, Mr Ferruccio Ricordi (Teddy's real name) regretted bitterly having brought those South American punks to Italy and as soon as The Clevers played their last gig at the closing of the film festival in Venice, they parted ways with no turning back. Hadn't been for Reno's anal-retentive attitude, The Clevers could have become big in Europe; in 'Melodias Italianas' the reader would delight with the lyrics of 'La partita di pallone', 'Come te non c'è nessuno' and 'Pissi, pissi, bao, bao'. 

# 86, September 1964 - A two-page report on Oslain Galvão, who was the runner-up to the competition 'A Voz de Ouro ABC' of 1962. Independent label RGE signed him and Elizabeth de Paula, the winner. At first Oslain covered Silvinho's 'Quem é?' but it was almost impossible to compete with the original. His second single was 'Eu pecador' which didn't do much at the charts. At his 3rd try he hit the big pot: 'O divórcio', a bolero written by Mexican national Pepe Ávila, went up the charts and suddently made Oslain mainstream. Oslain would dally with a career in show business for a couple of years and then decided he wanted to be a doctor; went to Medical School and became one. He worked as a doctor at Hospital Sorocabano for many years. Oslain died at an early age. Unfortunately we don't know the causes. He was certainly a bright star that burned out quickly. 

# 87, November 1964 - Helio Souto; Mario Zan.

# 87, November 1964 - Meire Pavão who was part of Conjunto Alvorada goes solo and covers Gianni Morandi's 'Che me ne faccio del latino?' as 'O que faço do latim?' accompanied by The Jet Balcks for Chantecler.

# 89, November 1964 - Ano XII - Gloria & Tarcísio; The Flyers are the newest band sponsored by DJ Antonio Aguilar. They substitute The Clevers who flew to Europe to accompany Rita Pavone in her 1964 summer tour. 

# 90, January 1965 - Roberto Carlos gets on Melodias cover for the 1st time.

# 91, March 1966 - Elvis Presley on the cover was still certainty of good sales.

# 93, April 1966 - Helio Souto; country (sertanejo) comedian Barnabé.

# 94, May 1965 - Rita Pavone meets Paul Anka in Germany; Vieirinha & Vieirinho.

# 94, May 1965 - Melodias innovates with a 'scoop' the meeting of 2 titans: Italian Rita Pavone & Canadian Paul Anka in a German TV show. 

# 94, May 1965 - It's symptomatic of the changing times that Melodias turns its eyes to the World now; it prints the 5 best selling records in the UK 'I'll never find another you'), Germany ('Das war' mein schönster Tanz'), Italy ('Se piangi, se ridi'), Japan ('Un bucco nella sabbia', with Mina), Argentina ('Il mio mondo' with Richard Anthony), Mexico ('La pollera collorá') and Spain ('Letkiss'); plus the Top10 in the USA for 1964 ('I want to hold your hand').

# 94, May 1965 - Edoardo Vianello tours Brazil for the 2nd time; 'Melodias Italianas' columnist Salvador Buonerba takes a photo opportunity with the Italian singer-song-writer (Vianello wrote 'La partita di pallone' and 'Sul cucuzzolo' for Rita Pavone). On the left, the lyrics of 'Se piangi, se ridi', 'A casa d'Irene' and 'San Francesco', Pavone's very last hit in Brazil. 

# 94, May 1965 - Rita Pavone & Paul Anka.