Icon of Brasilian Music, Caetano Veloso turns 83 with a career full of successes and a legacy that has marked the story; Remember the trajectory
Caetano Veloso It is making 83 this Thursday 7. The singer is considered one of the greatest icons of Brazilian music and is responsible for timeless songs as Sampa, Lion, Alone AND Samba summer.
With over five career decades, Caetano Veloso’s work is marked with rereading and innovation. Although he released his first album only in 1967, he began his career six years earlier, playing and singing in Salvador’s bar with his sister, Maria Bethânia.
Caetano’s first musical work took place only a few years after starting his performances on the streets of Bahia in 1963. At the time, the musician was responsible for the soundtrack of the comedy Golden mouthcreation of Nelson Rodriguesof which Bethânia was part of the cast.
His first compact, published by RCA, came out in 1965 and had songs like Knight AND Samba in peace. He continued to participate in the Music Arena Canta Bahia, directed by Augusto Boal and presented at the TB (Brasilian Comedy Theater) in San Paolo, and also contained participations in Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Betânia AND Tom Zé.
After the first album, Sunday (1967), in collaboration with Gal, released the album of the same name Caetano Veloso (1968) and then Tropicália or Panis et Circis (1968), which was successful for its contestation tone that appeared in the middle of the political closure of the military dictatorship. The singer also was successful It is forbidden to prohibitwho raised disputes between the public.
Caetano was one of the great names of Brazilian music to be exiled to dictatorship. After a two -month arrest with Gil, the artist spent four years in London, where he wrote one of the most surprising albums of his career, Fuck you (1972), which mixes Portuguese and English.
On his return from exile in 1972, Caetano brought the launch tour to several cities in the country and performed even at the side Chico Buarquegiving rise to the disc Caetano and Chico: together and live.
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