Elis Regina

Elis Regina Carvalho Costa, better known as "Elis Regina", was a famous singer and Brazilian composer, who was born in Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul, on March 17, 1945, where he began his career as a singer the eleven-year-old on a radio program for children called "The Club Guri", on Radio Farroupilha, presented by Ari Rego.

In 1959 she was hired by Radio Gaucha and the following year he traveled to Rio de Janeiro, where he recorded his first album, "Live Brotolândia". Launches two more three albums while living in Porto Alegre.

In 1964 part to the axis "Rio-SP," and in 1965 wins the first MPB Festival, sponsored by the Excelsior, launching it nationally. In the same year, takes the side of Jair Rodrigues, the program command O Fino da Bossa, which would be in the air until 1967, with great success.

Elis Regina often criticized the Brazilian dictatorship that persecuted and exiled many musicians in his time.

In an interview, in 1969, he declared that Brazil was ruled by "gorillas".

Its popularity kept her out of prison, but came to be required by the authorities to sing the national anthem during a show in a stadium, a fact that raised the ire of Brazilian left.

According to the analysis of some, it was known for its primacy by musical technique and quality of your discs, also became famous for launching many of the great names of MPB, as Milton Nascimento, Renato Teixeira, João Bosco and Anja Blanc, Sueli Costa, between others.

During his career, Elis was directly and indirectly protagonist of a series of controversies.

One of these would come by his many fans, who have always cultivated a rivalry with fans of the singer Maria Bethania, due to the eternal debate, which exists to this day and had no end about what would be the greatest singer in the history of Brazil.

Apparently Elis seemed to give more importance to this debate Bethania, and in the early '80s, more precisely in 1981 in a special for Globo, decided to declare the greatest singer Gal Costa of the country.

A few years ago when Bethania re-recorded the song "Pilgrimage" (success in the voice of Elis) and a news conference reaffirmed the great adimiradora of Elis.

The awakening of an artistic stance engaged with excellent rebound accompany any career, being emphasized by established interpretations of the drunk and the tightrope walker (John Bosco and Anja Blanc), which vibrated as the anthem of the amnesty.

One of them, quoted in the song, was the brother of Henfil, Betinho, important Brazilian sociologist.

Also noteworthy, the fact Elis Regina have been affiliated with the PT in 1981.

Another important question concerns the right of Brazilian musicians, controversy Elis headed, participating in many meetings in Brasilia. In addition, he was president of So Interpreters Association and musicians.

Elis is the mother of João Marcelo Bôscoli (fruit of her marriage to musician Ronaldo Bôscoli), Pedro Camargo Mariano and Maria Rita, children of César Camargo Mariano pianist.

The three embarked on the music business.

Elis Regina died at 36 years old in 1982, due to complications from an overdose of cocaine, together with tranquilizers and whiskey.

In 1968, a trip to Europe the boom in international music axis.

More reserved Bethania, never ruled on this debate, including whether states to date, Elis fan, so since his interview on Pasquim of September 5, 1969 when he gave a score of 10 to Elis Regina.

Always politically engaged, Elis took part in a series of political renewal movements and Brazilian culture, with a voice of the campaign by Amnesty Brazilian exiles.

The song crowned the return of Brazilian exile personalities, from 1979.

On 19/01/1982 Elis Regina was admitted at 11.45 'in Ready Socorr Hospital das Clinicas in Sao Paulo, lifeless.

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