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Artist
Claudette Soares
12+ albums
Bossa Novabrazilfemale vocalistsbrasilmpb
about
Claudette Soares started her career at the age of ten in the radio program conducted by Renato Murce known as Papel Carbono. Her musical path shows someone who was never attached to songs of a certain period and someone who always had good taste. Claudettes unique style went through different stages: from the time of protest with songs that were presented in festivals (when she launched the composer called Gonzaguinha during the II University Festival of the Brazilian Music in Rio de Janeiro, with the song MUNDO NOVO,VIDA NOVA (New World, New Life); she also went through the period of Bossa Nova and the romantic era of the Brazilian Popular Music (MPB). Chosen by Ronaldo Boscoli, she took part in the biggest Bossa Nova event of all times called The Night of the Smile, Love and Flower on May 20, 1960 in the old building of the University of Architecture of Rio de Janeiro. She participated in Bibi Ferreira show called Brasil 60 as well, shown on TV Excelsior(SP) and in the LP New Generation in Samba Beat. Upon Ronaldo Boscoli request she went to Sao Paulo in the 60s so as to introduce and divulge Bossa Nova in night clubs there.Some of these discos were Baiuca, Cambridge,Ela, Cravo e Canela (inaugurated by her with the show called Um Show de Show( A Hit of a Show ), where she introduced Pedrinho Mattar). At that time, Paulo Cotrim, a journalist, opened the night club Joao Sebastiao Bar especially for both Claudette and Pedrinho Mattar.It was known not only as a temple for Boss
