REGINA ELIS/POEMA DE AMOR

Descripción

RECORDED IN 1962 FOR THE CONTINENTAL LABEL ELIS REGINAS SECOND ALBUM POEMA DE AMOR (CONTINENTAL PPL- 12.009) FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE OF HER DEBUT LP VIVA A BROTOLNDIA IN THAT IT WAS MAINLY DEVOTED TO NOVELTY SONGS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS THE GREATEST BRAZILIAN VOCALIST OF ALL TIME BY CRITICS MUSICIANS AND COMMENTATORS ELIS REGINA CARVALHO COSTA WAS BORN IN PORTO ALEGRE ON MARCH 17 1945. SHE BECAME NATIONALLY RENOWNED IN 1965 AFTER SINGING ARRASTO (COMPOSED BY EDU LOBO AND VINCIUS DE MORAES) IN THE FIRST EDITION OF THE TV EXCELSIOR FESTIVAL SONG CONTEST. ALONG WITH GAL COSTA CAETANO VELOSO AND GILBERTO GIL ELIS REGINA HELPED TO POPULARIZE THE WORK OF THE TROPICALISMO (TROPICLIA) MOVEMENT IN THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970S.