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  Elis Regina - Music Downloads - Online
A perfectionist who was frequently dissatisfied, Regina drove herself and members of her band relentlessly, leading to her being dubbed "Hurricane" and "Little Pepper" by musicians and music journalists.
Born Elis Regina Carvalho Costa in Porto Alegre in 1945 to a working-class family, Regina began singing professionally at age 12 on a children's television show called Clube de Guri.
Regina began 1982 by marrying for a third time, signing a new recording contract, and in general, planning for the future.
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  Elis Regina Biography
Elis' first experience at the microphone was at the age of 7, where she froze and could not utter a sound.
Elis was so moved when she hit the stage that she started crying, which messed up her eye makeup and made it difficult for her to see.
Elis was afflicted with an insecurity regarding the more intellectual composer/singers such as Gilberto Gil or Caetano Veloso, and late in life even considered going back to school to enhance her intellectual side.
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 Elis Regina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elis Regina Carvalho Costa (March 17, 1945 – January 19, 1982) was one of the greatest female singers in Brazilian popular music.
Elis Regina was born in Porto Alegre, where she began her career as singer at age 11 on a children's radio show, called "O Clube Do Guri" on Rádio Farroupilha.
Elis Regina succumbed to an accidental drug-alcohol ingestion in 1982, at the age of 36, having recorded dozens of top-selling records in her career.
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 Elis Regina Life Story
Elis' first experience at the microphone was at the age of 7, where she froze and could not utter a sound.
Elis was so moved when she hit the stage that she started crying, which messed up her eye makeup and made it difficult for her to see.
Elis was afflicted with an insecurity regarding the more intellectual composer/singers such as Gilberto Gil or Caetano Veloso, and late in life even considered going back to school to enhance her intellectual side.
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 Elis Regina -- Music By Elis Regina & MP3 Downloads, CDs, DVDs - music.
Her tempestuous nature aside, she commanded the respect of Brazil's leading songwriters, who lined up for the chance to have her record one of their songs, and for much of her short life was the country's most popular female vocalist.
Although not as overtly political as other singer/songwriters of her generation (e.g., Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil), Regina was not shy about criticizing Brazil's military rule.
While touring Europe in 1969 she told a journalist that her country was "being run by guerrillas." Normally this sentiment would lead to either jail or exile (or both in the case of Gil and Veloso), but Regina's enormous popularity protected her somewhat from any public government retaliation.
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 Elis Regina Biography - Albums
Coming to prominence at the peak of bossa nova years in the late 1950s and early 1960s and considered by many Brazilians as one of their finest female singers, her ability to bring the sensual emotions of a song to life made her a myth in her own lifetime.
Born Elis Regina de Carvalho on March 17th 1945 in Port Alegre, Rio Grando do Sul southern Brazil into a modest family she was from an early age precociously talented and ambitious for fame.
Elis was an early champion of the composers of her generation of both bossa and the nascent Tropicalia movement.
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 Elis Regina CDs & Links (Brazilian Music)
The smash hit of their first live recording led Elis Regina and "sambista" Jair Rodrigues to be hired by a famous TV station and a great weekly show was the biggest hit at that moment.
Elis was in her top shape in 1974 when the CD was recorded.
Even more remarkable about Elis Regina was her ability to handle a song by famous or less famous Brazilian MPB songwriters like Ivan Lins, Milton Nascimento and João Bosco in such a way that it sounded like her own creation.
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 Elis Regina - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Elis Regina nació en Porto Alegre, al sur de Brasil, donde empezó su carrera como cantante a los 11 años en un programa de radio para niños, Rádio Farroupilha.
Elis Regina a menudo criticó la dictadura brasileña que persiguió y exilió a muchos músicos de su generación.
Elis Regina murió por una sobredosis de cocaína en 1982, a los 36 años.
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 BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - ELIS REGINA ALIVE AND WELL
Elis headed to Rio de Janeiro, a driven, determined and fiery soul, as her nickname "Pimentinha" ("Little Pepper") suggested.
A look at the trilogy tribute to Elis and her vast contributions to the MPB is especially appropriate as Elis would have become 50 on March 17 of this year.
For Elis the performer, flirtations with the controversial, dedication to her heart's call and frenetic exuberance were not just peculiarities.
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 Elis Regina - AOL Music
Elis Regina: famous Brazilian singer life story highlights.
Born in Porto Alegre, Elis Regina started her singing career at age 11, singing on the radio.
Watch or listen to Elis Regina music videos, songs, live performances, concerts and more on AOL Music.
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 Elis Regina: Elis Regina Carvalho Costa
Elis was on top of her game when this show was produced and televised on October 3, 1980.
Musicians accompanying Elis Regina are Cesar Camargo Mariano (keyboards, arrangements), Sérgio Henriques (keyboards), Nonô Camargo (trumpet), Cláudio Faria (trumpet), Octavio Bangala (tenor sax), Don Chacal (percussion), Paulo Garfunkel (alto sax, flutes, clarinet), Chiquinho Brandão (flutes), Natan Marques (acoustic and electric guitars), Kzam Gama (bass, acoustic guitar), Bocato (trombone), Picolé (drums) and Lino Simão (tenor sax).
Closing this segment with "Alô Alô Marciano," Elis Regina shows how playful she can be, and she is even a bit sarcastic as demanded by the song.
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 South American Way - Elis Regina - Brazilian Imports
Elis Regina was born in Porto Alegre, where she started singing at the young age of eleven years.
Elis Regina in London (1969) by Elis Regina.
Samba - Eu Canto Assim (1965) by Elis Regina.
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 Furacao Elis by Regina Echeverria - the English language translation of the biography of Elis Regina by Robert ...
Elis even recorded everything right along with the orchestra, because their recording union did not allow the use of playback.
Elis had a way of whistling that made the dog go uh, uh, as if it was singing.
Elis' insecurity was only equalled by this very definition that she gave me one day: "With me it's simple: I share everything, my clothes, my friends.
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 Amazon.ca: Vento De Maio / May Wind: Music: Elis Regina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
It would be impossible for me to list all the fantastic performances in Vento de Maio, but all I can say is that this recording shows what she was capable of, with the fantastic vocal and stylistic range, the growling and cooing, and all the unbelievable musical highs.
Elis Regina was the Judy Garland of Brazil.
Elis Regina could use her voice to swing, sting, serenade, or just rasp.
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 Amazon.com: Elis: Music: Elis Regina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Three remarkable characteristics features Elis Regina as a singer: her master vocal, her smartness to choose the best musicians and arrangers, and her taste to choose songs and composers.
Elis Regina, who died in 1982, was, of course, the premier interpreter of Brazilian popular song in the 1960s and 1970s.
It's a crime--although Elis Regina has a good boxed set available ("Elis," a Philips "Srie Grandes Nomes" issue, 4 CDs), I don't see why all of this great artist's work shouldn't be available here, with suitable liner notes and translations.
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 Raíces: Elis Regina » VivirLatino
I am not a musician, but as a different kind of artist, music is very important to me. The idea for Raíces comes from that; and the fact that I found that many of the Latino musicians that have most impacted my life are largely unknown by the US Latino population.
An icon in Brazil, she is mostly known here in the United States because of her bossa nova recordings and collaborations with Antonio Carlos Jobim.
This is unfortunate, because her range went way beyond bossa nova; indeed, some of her more inspiring music is much darker, with her voice giving life to the work of some of Brazil's most talented poets, dealing with the topics of social complacency, politics, hopelessness and of course, love.
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 Elis Regina - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Temperamental and moody, capable of fits of extreme generosity that could quickly turn into moments of rage-filled paranoia, Elis Regina was one of the most ferociously talented singers to emerge from Brazil.
A perfectionist who was frequently dissatisfied, Regina drove herself and members of her band relentlessly, leading to her being dubbed "Hurricane" and "Little Pepper" by musicians...
Elis Regina (Orquestra Sob a Direção de Astor)
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 Loronix: Elis Regina - Montreux Jazz Festival (1979) with Hermeto Pascoal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Elis performed at the matinee, knocked them dead, but then lost steam for the evening show.
Although Elis did get through the entire concert and at the end of that evening's performance, she was invited back on stage by Hermeto Pascoal to do some jamming sessions.
But she was unhappy with the evening show, it wasn't good enough for Elis and she had her record producer promise never to release that concert live.
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 Elis Regina | Live in Montreux
Live in Montreux documents of Elis Regina's performance at the 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival, accompanied by a band led by her husband, the legendary Brazilian pianist Cesar Camargo Mariano and featuring guest performer Hermeto Pascoal on piano and vocals.
Especially noteworthy is Regina's rendition of Ivan Lins' "Madalena," which has since become an anthem of the MPB and post-bossa nova era.
Elis Regina would only live three years after this performance, ultimately dying of drug addiction.
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 Elis Regina MP3 Downloads - Elis Regina Music Downloads - Elis Regina Music Videos
Released originally in 1979, this was one of the last albums recorded by the great Brazilian singer Elis Regina.
In 1975, Elis Regina opened her solo show, Falso Brilhante, where she launched the career of another new composer: Belchior.
Elis Regina had discovered the duo João Bosco/Aldir Blanc two years later, and they contributed with four songs for this album, the same as Gilberto Gil, leaving only two tracks to be filled by old...
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 Elis Regina
Elis Regina Carvalho da Costa (March 17, 1945 — January 19, 1982) was among the most popular female singers in Brazil in the 1960s and '70s.
Her popularity kept her out of jail, but she was eventually compelled by the authorities to sing the Brazilian national anthem in a stadium show, drawing the ire of many Brazilian Leftists.
Elis Regina succumbed to a cocaine overdose in 1982, at the age of 36, having recorded dozens of top-selling records in her career.
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 Amazon.com: Fascination: Music: Elis Regina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
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Elis was and always will be wonderful voice to hear.
"The Best of Elis Regina", as it says on the box, is an astonishing review of this great singer's range and development over those years.
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 Maria Rita and Elis Regina
As the daughter of the late Elis Regina, whom many Brazilians regard as the country’s greatest female singer of the last 50 years, and of César Camargo Mariano, a distinguished jazz and pop pianist, arranger and composer, singer Maria Rita is the inheritor of one of the most impressive—some would say “intimidating”—musical lineages in Brazil.
Born on September 9, 1977 in São Paulo, Maria Rita was just four years old when her mother died.
"Elis Regina," "Maria Rita," and "Rita Lee" are all celebrated names in Brazilian popular music (or "MPB").
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 Elis Regina
Although not a composer herself, a beautiful woman and even more beautiful voice of Brazil from 60's and 70's, the great Elis Regina definitely deserves her place here.
Her performances of other composers' songs, like Tom Jobim, Edu Lobo, João Bosco, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento and others made some of them famous.
Elis and Tom - Elis Regina - Antonio Carlos Jobim
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 Elis Regina: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com
Elis Regina: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more
Joyce, in her international career, has recorded 21 solo discs and has had almost 300 recordings of her songs by some of the greatest names in Brazilian and international music, such as Flora Purim, Milton Nascimento, Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Maria Bethânia, Elizeth Cardoso, Simone, Wallace Roney, and others.
Her compositions have been featured in television, theater, and film soundtracks, such as The Player by Robert Altman.
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 Elis Regina (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
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 ALO,ALO,BRASIL|気侭音盤批評: Elis Regina / ELIS REGINA CARVALHO COSTA - 1980 (DVD)
ALO,ALO,BRASIL|気侭音盤批評: Elis Regina / ELIS REGINA CARVALHO COSTA - 1980 (DVD)
Elis Regina / ELIS REGINA CARVALHO COSTA - 1980 (DVD)
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 VH1.com : Elis Regina : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
VH1.com : Elis Regina : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
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 Elis Por Ela - Elis Regina - Song Listings
Elis Por Ela - Elis Regina - Song Listings
This best-of collection features live and studio recordings from her middle and late albums.
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