Elis Regina

Elis Regina Carvalho Costa , popularly known as Elis Regina, was a Brazilian singer of popular and Jazz music. Before her untimely death at the age of thirtysix, she was widely regarded as Brazils greatest living popular vocalist. She became nationally renowned in 1965, after singing Arrasto in the first edition of TV Excelsior festival song contest, and soon joined O Fino da Bossa, a television program on TV Record. Elis was noted for her vocalization, as well as for her personal interpretation and performances in shows. She recorded several successful compositions, such as Como nossos pais , Upa Neguinho , Madalena , Casa no Campo , guas de Maro , Atrs da porta , O bbado e a equilibrista , Conversando no bar , etc. Her premature death, at the age of 36, shocked Brazil. She has frequently been regarded as the greatest Brazilian singer of all time by critics, musicians, and commentators.

Elis Regina was born in Porto Alegre, where she began her career as a singer at ageon a childrens radio show, O Clube Do Guri on Rdio Farroupilha. In 1959, she was contracted by Rdio Gacha and in the next year she travelled to Rio de Janeiro where she recorded her first LP, Viva a Brotolndia and her second LP, Poema., employing a number of popular musical styles of the era.

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