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| {{short description|Brazilian recording artist, songwriter, singer}} | |||
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| {{About|the Brazilian musician|the Puerto Rican actor|Luis Gonzaga}} | |||
| {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}} | |||
| {{Portuguese name|Gonzaga|do Nascimento}} | |||
| {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Musicians --> | {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Musicians --> | ||
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| name = Luiz Gonzaga | ||
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| birth_name = Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento | ||
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| birth_date = December 13, 1912 | ||
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| death_date = August 2, 1989 (aged 76) | ||
| | birth_place = ], Pernambuco, Brazil | |||
| | death_date = August 2, 1989 (aged 76) | |||
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| death_place = ], Pernambuco, Brazil | ||
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| | death_place = ], Pernambuco, Brazil | |||
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| genre = {{hlist|]|]|]|arrasta-pé|]}} | ||
| | occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}} | |||
| | genre = {{hlist|]|]|]|arrasta-pé|]}} | |||
| | years_active = 1940–1989 | |||
| | occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}} | |||
| | label = ], EMI-Odeon, Discos Copacabana | |||
| | years_active = 1940–1989 | |||
| | associated_acts = {{hlist|]|Bob Nelson|Genésio Arruda|Marinês|Abdias dos Oito Baixos|]|]|]|]}} | |||
| | label = ], EMI-Odeon, Discos Copacabana | |||
| | website = http://www.gonzagao.com.br/ | |||
| | associated_acts = {{hlist|]|Bob Nelson|Genésio Arruda|Marinês|Abdias dos Oito Baixos|]|]|]|]}} | |||
| | website = http://www.gonzagao.com.br/ | |||
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| '''Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento |
'''Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento''' (standard orthography 'Luís'; {{IPA|pt|luˈiz ɡõˈzaɡɐ}}; December 13, 1912 – August 2, 1989)<ref name=am/> was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician and poet and one of the most influential figures of Brazilian popular music in the twentieth century. He has been credited with having presented the rich universe of Northeastern musical genres to all of Brazil, having popularized the musical genre ] and has been called a "revolutionary" by ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Luiz Gonzaga |url=http://www.almanaquebrasil.com.br/personalidades-musica/6505-luiz-gonzaga.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140205171402/http://www.almanaquebrasil.com.br/personalidades-musica/6505-luiz-gonzaga.html |archive-date=2014-02-05 |access-date=2014-02-05 |website=almanaquebrasil.com.br |language=pt-br }}</ref> According to ], he was the first significant cultural event with mass appeal in ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sertão Gonzaga - Biografia |url=http://hotsites.diariodepernambuco.com.br/2012/gonzaga/biografia.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217052243/http://hotsites.diariodepernambuco.com.br/2012/gonzaga/biografia.shtml |archive-date=2012-12-17 |access-date=2014-02-13 |website=diariodepernambuco.com.br |language=pt-br}}</ref> Luiz Gonzaga received the Shell prize for ] in 1984 and was only the fourth artist to receive this prize after ], ] and ]. The ] was named in his honor.<ref name="CHESF">{{cite web |title=Descrição do Aproveitamento de Luíz Gonzaga |trans-title=Description of Utilization of Luiz Gonzaga |url=http://www.chesf.gov.br/portal/page/portal/chesf_portal/paginas/sistema_chesf/sistema_chesf_geracao/conteiner_geracao?p_name=8A2EEABD3BE1D002E0430A803301D002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706155856/http://www.chesf.gov.br/portal/page/portal/chesf_portal/paginas/sistema_chesf/sistema_chesf_geracao/conteiner_geracao?p_name=8A2EEABD3BE1D002E0430A803301D002 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |access-date=September 9, 2010 |website= |publisher=] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Luiz Gonzaga |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/712fcc0f-25f5-45bf-bbb8-2601872d08e1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407111907/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/712fcc0f-25f5-45bf-bbb8-2601872d08e1 |archive-date=2010-04-07 |access-date=2010-09-09 |website=] |publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A DANCE FOR ALL |url=http://www.recife.pe.gov.br/especiais/brincantes/ingles/5d.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021126024257/http://www.recife.pe.gov.br/especiais/brincantes/ingles/5d.html |archive-date=November 26, 2002 |access-date=September 9, 2010 |website=recife.pe.gov.br |publisher=Municipality of Recife – Brazil}}</ref> | ||
| Gonzaga's son, Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Jr, known as ] ( |
Gonzaga's son, Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Jr, known as ] (1945–1991), was also a noted Brazilian singer and composer. | ||
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| {{unreferenced section|date=November 2014}} | {{unreferenced section|date=November 2014}} | ||
| Son of Januário José dos Santos (1888–1978), a farmer and accordion player, and Anna Batista de Jesus (1893–1960), a housewife, Gonzaga was attracted to the ] at a very early age, and he used to accompany his father at parties and religious celebrations. He later went to do his military service, where he learned to play the ]. On leaving the army he decided to remain in ], performing in the streets and in bars.<ref name="am">{{cite web |last=Dougan |first=John |title=Luiz Gonzaga: Biography |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/luiz-gonzaga-mn0000316340 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530011223/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/luiz-gonzaga-mn0000316340 |archive-date=2012-05-30 |access-date=2015-04-04 |work=] |publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| After noticing that the north-eastern |
After noticing that the north-eastern people living in Rio de Janeiro missed the music from their home states, he started to give listeners the sort of music they craved to hear: ]s, ], chamegos and ]. At ]'s talent show, Luiz Gonzaga played his chamego "Vira e Mexe" and was acclaimed by the audience and by the host, who gave him the highest score. After discovering this niche in the market, Gonzaga became a regular at radio shows and started making records. | ||
| In 1943, he dressed up in typical north-eastern costumes for the first time to perform live, and got hyped. Later on, as well as playing popular tunes on the accordion, he began to sing his own material, and his skills as a songwriter were revealed. His greatest hit ever, "]" (written with ]), was recorded in 1947 and covered countless times by many artists. He worked on the radio until 1954, enjoying huge popularity. He became (in the words of ], Caderno de Confessões Brasileiras, 1988) a "pop music" star, taking a genre straight from folklore to the pop music, creating with the combination of ], ], and ] (which became later the basic ensemble for ]) one of the western world's first "small pop music ensembles", ten years before the popularization of the rock music ensemble by ]. | In 1943, he dressed up in typical north-eastern costumes for the first time to perform live, and got hyped. Later on, as well as playing popular tunes on the accordion, he began to sing his own material, and his skills as a songwriter were revealed. His greatest hit ever, "]" (written with ]), was recorded in 1947 and covered countless times by many artists. He worked on the radio until 1954, enjoying huge popularity. He became (in the words of ], Caderno de Confessões Brasileiras, 1988) a "pop music" star, taking a genre straight from folklore to the pop music, creating with the combination of ], ], and ] (which became later the basic ensemble for ]) one of the western world's first "small pop music ensembles", ten years before the popularization of the rock music ensemble by ]. | ||
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| In the 1970s and 1980s, he slowly re-emerged, partly due to covers of his songs by famous artists like ], ], ], his son ] and ]. Some of his greatest hits are "Vozes da Seca" ("Voices From Drought"), "Algodão" ("Cotton"), "A Dança da Moda" ("The Dance in Fashion"), "ABC do Sertão" ("The ABC of Sertão"), "Derramaro o Gai" ("They Spilt the Gas"), "A Letra I" ("The 'i' letter"), "Imbalança" ("Shake It"), "A Volta da Asa-Branca" ("The Return of The ]"), "Cintura Fina" ("Slender Waist"), "O Xote das Meninas" ("The Girls' Schottische", written with Zé Dantas, and "Juazeiro", "Paraíba", "Mangaratiba", "Baião-de-Dois", "No Meu Pé de Serra" ("There in My Homeland"), "Assum Preto" ("Blue-back Grassquit"), "Légua Tirana" ("Tyrannical league"), "Qui Nem Jiló" ("Like Solanum gilo", written with ]. Other successful collaborations resulted in "Tá Bom Demais" ("It's So Good") (with Onildo de Almeida), "Danado de Bom" ("Damn Good") (with João Silva), "Dezessete e Setecentos" ("Seventeen And Seven hundred") and "Cortando o Pano" ("Cutting Cloth") (both with Miguel Lima). {{citation needed|date=April 2015}} | In the 1970s and 1980s, he slowly re-emerged, partly due to covers of his songs by famous artists like ], ], ], his son ] and ]. Some of his greatest hits are "Vozes da Seca" ("Voices From Drought"), "Algodão" ("Cotton"), "A Dança da Moda" ("The Dance in Fashion"), "ABC do Sertão" ("The ABC of Sertão"), "Derramaro o Gai" ("They Spilt the Gas"), "A Letra I" ("The 'i' letter"), "Imbalança" ("Shake It"), "A Volta da Asa-Branca" ("The Return of The ]"), "Cintura Fina" ("Slender Waist"), "O Xote das Meninas" ("The Girls' Schottische", written with Zé Dantas, and "Juazeiro", "Paraíba", "Mangaratiba", "Baião-de-Dois", "No Meu Pé de Serra" ("There in My Homeland"), "Assum Preto" ("Blue-back Grassquit"), "Légua Tirana" ("Tyrannical league"), "Qui Nem Jiló" ("Like Solanum gilo", written with ]. Other successful collaborations resulted in "Tá Bom Demais" ("It's So Good") (with Onildo de Almeida), "Danado de Bom" ("Damn Good") (with João Silva), "Dezessete e Setecentos" ("Seventeen And Seven hundred") and "Cortando o Pano" ("Cutting Cloth") (both with Miguel Lima). {{citation needed|date=April 2015}} | ||
| The surname Gonzaga is an ancient noble surname in Brazil, Portugal and Italy. | |||
| Gonzaga died of natural causes in 1989 at the age of 76. | Gonzaga died of natural causes in 1989 at the age of 76. | ||
| ==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
| {{citation needed|date=November 2014}} | |||
| ;Albums | |||
| *'']'', Luiz Gonzaga and ] (1950) | |||
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| *''A feira de Caruaru'', ] (1957) | |||
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* ''A História Do Nordeste Na Voz De Luiz Gonzaga'' (1955) | ||
| * ''Aboios E Vaquejadas'' (1956) | |||
| *''A morte do vaqueiro'', Luiz Gonzaga and Nelson Barbalho (1963) | |||
| * ''O Reino Do Baião'' (1957) | |||
| *''A triste partida'', ] (1964) | |||
| * ''São João Na Roça'' (1958) | |||
| *''A vida do viajante'', ] and Luiz Gonzaga (1953) | |||
| *'' |
* ''Xamego'' (1958) | ||
| * |
* ''Luiz Gonzaga Canta Seus Sucessos Com Zé Dantas'' (1959) | ||
| * ''Luiz "Lua" Gonzaga'' (1961) | |||
| *''Á-bê-cê do sertão'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1953) | |||
| * ''São João Na Roça'' (1962) | |||
| *''Adeus, Pernambuco'', Hervé Cordovil and ] (1952) | |||
| * ''Ô Véio Macho'' (1962) | |||
| *''Algodão'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1953) | |||
| * ''Pisa No Pilão (Festa Do Milho)'' (1963) | |||
| *''Amanhã eu vou'', Beduíno and Luiz Gonzaga (1951) | |||
| * ''A Triste Partida'' (1964) | |||
| *''Amor da minha vida'', ] and ] (1960) | |||
| * ''Sanfona Do Povo'' (1964) | |||
| *'']'', ] and Luiz Gonzaga (1947) | |||
| * ''Quadrilhas E Marchinhas Juninas'' (1965) | |||
| *''Assum-preto'', Humberto Teixeira and Luiz Gonzaga (1950) | |||
| * ''Óia Eu Aqui De Novo'' (1967) | |||
| *''Ave-maria sertaneja'', Júlio Ricardo and O. de Oliveira (1964) | |||
| * ''O Sanfoneiro Do Povo De Deus'' (1967) | |||
| *''Baião'', ] and Luiz Gonzaga (1946) | |||
| * ''São João Do Araripe'' (1968) | |||
| *''Baião da Penha'', ] and ] (1951) | |||
| * ''Canaã'' (1969) | |||
| *''Beata Mocinha'', Manezinho Araújo and Zé Renato (1952) | |||
| * ''Sertão 70'' (1970) | |||
| *''Boi bumbá'', ] and Luiz Gonzaga (1965) | |||
| * ''São João Quente'' (1971) | |||
| *''Boiadeiro'', ] and ] (1950) | |||
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* ''O Canto Jovem De Luiz Gonzaga'' (1971) | ||
| * ''Aquilo Bom!'' (1972) | |||
| *''Calango da lacraia'', Jeová Portela and Luiz Gonzaga (1946) | |||
| * ''São Paulo – QG Do Baião'' (1974) | |||
| *''O Cheiro de Carolina'', – Sua Sanfona and Sua Simpatia – Amorim Roxo and Zé Gonzaga (1998) | |||
| * ''Daquele Jeito'' (1974) | |||
| *''Chofer de praça'', ] and ] (1950) | |||
| * ''Capim Novo'' (1976) | |||
| *''Cigarro de paia'', Armando Cavalcanti and Klécius Caldas (1951) | |||
| * ''Gravado Ao Vivo - Espetáculo Das Seis E Meia - Teatro João Caetano - Rio'' <small>(with ])</small> (1977) | |||
| *''Cintura fina'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1950) | |||
| * ''Cha Cutuba'' (1977) | |||
| *''Cortando pano'', Jeová Portela, Luiz Gonzaga and ] (1945) | |||
| * ''Dengo Maior'' (1978) | |||
| *''De Fiá Pavi (João Silva/Oseinha) (1987) | |||
| * ''Eu E Meu Pai'' (1979) | |||
| *''Dezessete légua e meia'', Carlos Barroso and Humberto Teixeira (1950) | |||
| * ''Quadrilhas E Marchinhas Vol. 2'' (1979) | |||
| *''Feira de gado'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1954) | |||
| * ''O Homem Da Terra'' (1980) | |||
| *''Firim, firim, firim'', Alcebíades Nogueira and Luiz Gonzaga (1948) | |||
| * ''A Nova Jerusalém'' (1980) | |||
| *''Fogo sem fuzil'', José Marcolino and Luiz Gonzaga (1965) | |||
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* ''A Festa'' (1981) | ||
| * ''A Vida Do Viajante'' <small>(with ])</small> (1981) | |||
| *''Forró de Mané Vito'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1950) | |||
| *'' |
* ''O Rei Volta Pra Casa'' (1982) | ||
| * ''Eterno Cantador'' (1982) | |||
| *''Forró de Zé do Baile'', ] (1964) | |||
| * ''70 Anos De Sanfona E Simpatia'' (1983) | |||
| *''Forró de Zé Tatu'', ] and Zé Ramos (1955) | |||
| * ''Luiz Gonzaga & Fagner'' <small> (with ])</small> (1984) | |||
| *''Forró no escuro'', Luiz Gonzaga (1957) | |||
| *'' |
* ''Danado De Bom'' (1984) | ||
| * ''Prêmio Shell Para a Música Brasileira'' <small>(with ])</small> (1984) | |||
| *''Hora do adeus'', ] and Onildo Almeida (1967) | |||
| * ''Sanfoneiro Macho'' (1985) | |||
| *''Imbalança'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1952) | |||
| * ''45 Anos De Sucessos'' (1985) | |||
| *''Jardim da saudade'', ] and ] (1952) | |||
| * ''Forró De Cabo A Rabo'' (1986) | |||
| *''Juca'', Lupicínio Rodrigues (1952) | |||
| * ''De Fiá Pavi'' (1987) | |||
| *''Lascando o cano'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1954) | |||
| * ''Gonzagão & Fagner 2'' <small> (with Raimundo Fagner)</small> (1988) | |||
| *''Légua tirana'', Humberto Teixeira and Luiz Gonzaga (1949) | |||
| * ''Aí Tem Gonzagão'' (1988) | |||
| *''Lembrança de primavera'', Gonzaguinha (1964) | |||
| *'' Asa Branca'' (1988) | |||
| *''Liforme instravagante'', Raimundo Granjeiro (1963) | |||
| * ''Luiz Gonzaga E Sua Sanfona Vol. 2'' (1989) | |||
| *''Lorota boa'', Humberto Teixeira e Luiz Gonzaga (1949) | |||
| * ''Aquarela Nordestina'' (1989) | |||
| *'']'', ] (1948) | |||
| * ''Copacabana'' (1989) | |||
| *''Moreninha tentação'', Sylvio Moacyr de Araújo and Luiz Gonzaga (1953) | |||
| * ''Vou Te Matar De Cheiro'' (1989) | |||
| *''No Ceará não tem disso, não'', Guio de Morais (1950) | |||
| * ''Forrobodó Cigano'' (1989) | |||
| *''No meu pé de serra'', Humberto Teixeira and Luiz Gonzaga (1947) | |||
| * ''Missa Do Vaqueiro'' (1989) | |||
| *''Noites brasileiras'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1954) | |||
| * ''Forró Do Comeco Ao Fim'' (1991) | |||
| *''Numa sala de reboco'', José Marcolino and Luiz Gonzaga (1964) | |||
| * ''Forró do Gonzagão - Do Jeito Que O Povo Gosta'' (1993) | |||
| *''O maior tocador'', Luiz Guimarães (1965) | |||
| * ''Ao Vivo - Volta Pra Curtir'' (2001) | |||
| *'']'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1953) | |||
| * ''Danado De Bom'' (2003) | |||
| *''Ô véio macho'', ] (1962) | |||
| * ''Sua Melhor Época'' (2010) | |||
| *'']'', Luiz Gonzaga and Padre Gothardo (1981) | |||
| * ''A Raiz Do Nordeste'' (2011) | |||
| *''O fole roncou'', Luiz Gonzaga and Nelson Valença (1973) | |||
| * ''Baião Dos Hippies'' (2021) | |||
| *''Óia eu aqui de novo'', ] (1967) | |||
| {{div col end}} | |||
| *''Olha pro céu'', Luiz Gonzaga and ] (1951) | |||
| *''Ou casa, ou morre'', ] (1967) | |||
| ;Singles | |||
| *''Ovo azul'', Miguel Lima and Paraguaçu (1946) | |||
| {{div col|colwidth=20em}} | |||
| *''Padroeira do Brasil'', Luiz Gonzaga and Raimundo Granjeiro (1955) | |||
| * "Vira-e-mexe" / "Qui Nem Giló" (1941) | |||
| *''Pão-duro'', ] and Luiz Gonzaga (1946) | |||
| * "Saudades De Ouro Preto" / "Pé de serra" (1942) | |||
| *''Pássaro carão'', José Marcolino and Luiz Gonzaga (1962) | |||
| * "Subindo Ao Céu" / "Fuga Da África" (1944) | |||
| *''Pau-de-arara'', Guio de Morais and Luiz Gonzaga (1952) | |||
| * "Caxangá" / "Cortando Pano" (1945) | |||
| *''Paulo Afonso'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1955) | |||
| * "Penerô Xerém" / "Sanfona Dourada" (1945) | |||
| *''Pé de serra'', Luiz Gonzaga (1942) | |||
| * "Isto É Que Nós Queremos" / "Perpétua" (1946) | |||
| *''Penerô xerém'', Luiz Gonzaga and Miguel Lima (1945) | |||
| * "Não Bate Nêle" / "Calango Da Lacraia" (1946) | |||
| *''Perpétua'', Luiz Gonzaga and Miguel Lima (1946) | |||
| * "Festa Napolitana" / "Ovo Azul" (1946) | |||
| *''Piauí'', Sylvio Moacyr de Araújo (1952) | |||
| * "Pão Duro" / "Sabido" (1946) | |||
| *''Piriri'', Albuquerque and João Silva (1965) | |||
| * "Vou Prá Roça" / "Asa Branca" (1947) | |||
| *''Quase maluco'', Luiz Gonzaga and ] (1950) | |||
| * |
* "No Meu Pé De Serra" / "Pagode Russo" (1947) | ||
| * "Moda Da Mula Preta" / "Firim, Firim, Firim" (1948) | |||
| *''Quero chá'', José Marcolino and Luiz Gonzaga (1965) | |||
| * "Siridó" / "Legua Tirana" (1949) | |||
| *''Padre sertanejo'', Helena Gonzaga and Pantaleão (1964) | |||
| * "Lorota Bôa" / "Mangaratiba" (1949) | |||
| *''Respeita Januário'', Humberto Teixeira and Luiz Gonzaga (1950) | |||
| * "A Dança Da Moda" / "Respeita Januário" (1950) | |||
| *''Retrato de Um Forró'',Luiz Ramalho and Luiz Gonzaga (1974) | |||
| * "Sabia" / "Boiadeiro" (1950) | |||
| *''Riacho do Navio'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1955) | |||
| * "Chofér De Praça" / "No Ceará Não Tem Disso Não" (1950) | |||
| *''Sabiá'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1951) | |||
| * "Assun Preto" / "Cintura Fina" (1950) | |||
| *''Sanfona do povo'', Luiz Gonzaga and Luiz Guimarães (1964) | |||
| * "17 Légua E Meia" / "Forró De Mané Vito" (1950) | |||
| *''Sanfoneiro Zé Tatu'', Onildo Almeida (1962) | |||
| * "Chofér De Praça" / "No Ceará Não Tem Disso Não" (1950) | |||
| *''São-joão na roça'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1952) | |||
| * "Vem Morena" / "Quase Maluco" (1950) | |||
| *''Siri jogando bola'', Luiz Gonzaga and Zé Dantas (1956) | |||
| * "A Dança Da Moda" / "Respeita Januário" (1950) | |||
| *''Tropeiros da Borborema'', Raimundo Asfora / Rosil Cavalcante | |||
| * |
* "Vem Morena" / "Quase Maluco" (1950) | ||
| * "Cintura" / "Xanduzinha" (1950) | |||
| *''Vira-e-mexe'', Luiz Gonzaga (1941) | |||
| * "Mariá" / "Amanhã Eu Vou" (1951) | |||
| *''Xanduzinha'', Humberto Teixeira and Luiz Gonzaga (1950) | |||
| * "Sabiá" / "Baião Da Penha" (1951) | |||
| *''Xote dos cabeludos'', José Clementino and Luiz Gonzaga (1967) | |||
| * "Cigarro De Paia" / "Baião Na Garoa" (1951) | |||
| * "Propriá" / "Olha Pro Céu" (1951) | |||
| * "Pra Não Dizer Que Não Falei Das Flores" / "Beata Mocinha" (1952) | |||
| * "Paraxaxá" / "A Vida Do Viajante" (1953) | |||
| * "]" / "13 De Dezembro" (1953) | |||
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Brazilian recording artist, songwriter, singerThis article is about the Brazilian musician. For the Puerto Rican actor, see Luis Gonzaga.
| Luiz Gonzaga | |
|---|---|
 Gonzaga in 1957 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento |
| Born | December 13, 1912 Exu, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Died | August 2, 1989 (aged 76) Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
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| Years active | 1940–1989 |
| Labels | RCA, EMI-Odeon, Discos Copacabana |
| Website | http://www.gonzagao.com.br/ |
Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento (standard orthography 'Luís'; Portuguese pronunciation: [luˈiz ɡõˈzaɡɐ]; December 13, 1912 – August 2, 1989) was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician and poet and one of the most influential figures of Brazilian popular music in the twentieth century. He has been credited with having presented the rich universe of Northeastern musical genres to all of Brazil, having popularized the musical genre baião and has been called a "revolutionary" by Antônio Carlos Jobim. According to Caetano Veloso, he was the first significant cultural event with mass appeal in Brazil. Luiz Gonzaga received the Shell prize for Brazilian Popular Music in 1984 and was only the fourth artist to receive this prize after Pixinguinha, Antônio Carlos Jobim and Dorival Caymmi. The Luiz Gonzaga Dam was named in his honor.
Gonzaga's son, Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Jr, known as Gonzaguinha (1945–1991), was also a noted Brazilian singer and composer.
Biography
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Son of Januário José dos Santos (1888–1978), a farmer and accordion player, and Anna Batista de Jesus (1893–1960), a housewife, Gonzaga was attracted to the accordion at a very early age, and he used to accompany his father at parties and religious celebrations. He later went to do his military service, where he learned to play the cornet. On leaving the army he decided to remain in Rio de Janeiro, performing in the streets and in bars.
After noticing that the north-eastern people living in Rio de Janeiro missed the music from their home states, he started to give listeners the sort of music they craved to hear: xaxados, baiões, chamegos and cocos. At Ary Barroso's talent show, Luiz Gonzaga played his chamego "Vira e Mexe" and was acclaimed by the audience and by the host, who gave him the highest score. After discovering this niche in the market, Gonzaga became a regular at radio shows and started making records.
In 1943, he dressed up in typical north-eastern costumes for the first time to perform live, and got hyped. Later on, as well as playing popular tunes on the accordion, he began to sing his own material, and his skills as a songwriter were revealed. His greatest hit ever, "Asa Branca" (written with Humberto Teixeira), was recorded in 1947 and covered countless times by many artists. He worked on the radio until 1954, enjoying huge popularity. He became (in the words of Caetano Veloso, Caderno de Confessões Brasileiras, 1988) a "pop music" star, taking a genre straight from folklore to the pop music, creating with the combination of accordion, zabumba, and triangle (which became later the basic ensemble for Forró) one of the western world's first "small pop music ensembles", ten years before the popularization of the rock music ensemble by the Beatles.
He is widely recognized for single-handedly taking the baião style and the accordion to a wide audience. RCA (now BMG), his recording label, was almost exclusively dedicated to printing his singles and albums . During the 1960s, as the public taste shifted to bossa nova and iê-iê-iê, he found himself increasingly stranded from big city stages, so he toured the countryside, where his popularity never abated.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he slowly re-emerged, partly due to covers of his songs by famous artists like Geraldo Vandré, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, his son Gonzaguinha and Milton Nascimento. Some of his greatest hits are "Vozes da Seca" ("Voices From Drought"), "Algodão" ("Cotton"), "A Dança da Moda" ("The Dance in Fashion"), "ABC do Sertão" ("The ABC of Sertão"), "Derramaro o Gai" ("They Spilt the Gas"), "A Letra I" ("The 'i' letter"), "Imbalança" ("Shake It"), "A Volta da Asa-Branca" ("The Return of The Picazuro Pigeon"), "Cintura Fina" ("Slender Waist"), "O Xote das Meninas" ("The Girls' Schottische", written with Zé Dantas, and "Juazeiro", "Paraíba", "Mangaratiba", "Baião-de-Dois", "No Meu Pé de Serra" ("There in My Homeland"), "Assum Preto" ("Blue-back Grassquit"), "Légua Tirana" ("Tyrannical league"), "Qui Nem Jiló" ("Like Solanum gilo", written with Humberto Teixeira. Other successful collaborations resulted in "Tá Bom Demais" ("It's So Good") (with Onildo de Almeida), "Danado de Bom" ("Damn Good") (with João Silva), "Dezessete e Setecentos" ("Seventeen And Seven hundred") and "Cortando o Pano" ("Cutting Cloth") (both with Miguel Lima).
The surname Gonzaga is an ancient noble surname in Brazil, Portugal and Italy.
Gonzaga died of natural causes in 1989 at the age of 76.
Discography
- Albums
- A História Do Nordeste Na Voz De Luiz Gonzaga (1955)
- Aboios E Vaquejadas (1956)
- O Reino Do Baião (1957)
- São João Na Roça (1958)
- Xamego (1958)
- Luiz Gonzaga Canta Seus Sucessos Com Zé Dantas (1959)
- Luiz "Lua" Gonzaga (1961)
- São João Na Roça (1962)
- Ô Véio Macho (1962)
- Pisa No Pilão (Festa Do Milho) (1963)
- A Triste Partida (1964)
- Sanfona Do Povo (1964)
- Quadrilhas E Marchinhas Juninas (1965)
- Óia Eu Aqui De Novo (1967)
- O Sanfoneiro Do Povo De Deus (1967)
- São João Do Araripe (1968)
- Canaã (1969)
- Sertão 70 (1970)
- São João Quente (1971)
- O Canto Jovem De Luiz Gonzaga (1971)
- Aquilo Bom! (1972)
- São Paulo – QG Do Baião (1974)
- Daquele Jeito (1974)
- Capim Novo (1976)
- Gravado Ao Vivo - Espetáculo Das Seis E Meia - Teatro João Caetano - Rio (with Carmélia Alves) (1977)
- Cha Cutuba (1977)
- Dengo Maior (1978)
- Eu E Meu Pai (1979)
- Quadrilhas E Marchinhas Vol. 2 (1979)
- O Homem Da Terra (1980)
- A Nova Jerusalém (1980)
- A Festa (1981)
- A Vida Do Viajante (with Gonzaguinha) (1981)
- O Rei Volta Pra Casa (1982)
- Eterno Cantador (1982)
- 70 Anos De Sanfona E Simpatia (1983)
- Luiz Gonzaga & Fagner (with Raimundo Fagner) (1984)
- Danado De Bom (1984)
- Prêmio Shell Para a Música Brasileira (with Mozart Camargo Guarnieri) (1984)
- Sanfoneiro Macho (1985)
- 45 Anos De Sucessos (1985)
- Forró De Cabo A Rabo (1986)
- De Fiá Pavi (1987)
- Gonzagão & Fagner 2 (with Raimundo Fagner) (1988)
- Aí Tem Gonzagão (1988)
- Asa Branca (1988)
- Luiz Gonzaga E Sua Sanfona Vol. 2 (1989)
- Aquarela Nordestina (1989)
- Copacabana (1989)
- Vou Te Matar De Cheiro (1989)
- Forrobodó Cigano (1989)
- Missa Do Vaqueiro (1989)
- Forró Do Comeco Ao Fim (1991)
- Forró do Gonzagão - Do Jeito Que O Povo Gosta (1993)
- Ao Vivo - Volta Pra Curtir (2001)
- Danado De Bom (2003)
- Sua Melhor Época (2010)
- A Raiz Do Nordeste (2011)
- Baião Dos Hippies (2021)
- Singles
- "Vira-e-mexe" / "Qui Nem Giló" (1941)
- "Saudades De Ouro Preto" / "Pé de serra" (1942)
- "Subindo Ao Céu" / "Fuga Da África" (1944)
- "Caxangá" / "Cortando Pano" (1945)
- "Penerô Xerém" / "Sanfona Dourada" (1945)
- "Isto É Que Nós Queremos" / "Perpétua" (1946)
- "Não Bate Nêle" / "Calango Da Lacraia" (1946)
- "Festa Napolitana" / "Ovo Azul" (1946)
- "Pão Duro" / "Sabido" (1946)
- "Vou Prá Roça" / "Asa Branca" (1947)
- "No Meu Pé De Serra" / "Pagode Russo" (1947)
- "Moda Da Mula Preta" / "Firim, Firim, Firim" (1948)
- "Siridó" / "Legua Tirana" (1949)
- "Lorota Bôa" / "Mangaratiba" (1949)
- "A Dança Da Moda" / "Respeita Januário" (1950)
- "Sabia" / "Boiadeiro" (1950)
- "Chofér De Praça" / "No Ceará Não Tem Disso Não" (1950)
- "Assun Preto" / "Cintura Fina" (1950)
- "17 Légua E Meia" / "Forró De Mané Vito" (1950)
- "Chofér De Praça" / "No Ceará Não Tem Disso Não" (1950)
- "Vem Morena" / "Quase Maluco" (1950)
- "A Dança Da Moda" / "Respeita Januário" (1950)
- "Vem Morena" / "Quase Maluco" (1950)
- "Cintura" / "Xanduzinha" (1950)
- "Mariá" / "Amanhã Eu Vou" (1951)
- "Sabiá" / "Baião Da Penha" (1951)
- "Cigarro De Paia" / "Baião Na Garoa" (1951)
- "Propriá" / "Olha Pro Céu" (1951)
- "Pra Não Dizer Que Não Falei Das Flores" / "Beata Mocinha" (1952)
- "Paraxaxá" / "A Vida Do Viajante" (1953)
- "O xote das meninas" / "13 De Dezembro" (1953)
References
- ^ Dougan, John. "Luiz Gonzaga: Biography". AllMusic. Rovi Corp. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- "Luiz Gonzaga". almanaquebrasil.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
- "Sertão Gonzaga - Biografia". diariodepernambuco.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- "Descrição do Aproveitamento de Luíz Gonzaga" [Description of Utilization of Luiz Gonzaga] (in Brazilian Portuguese). CHESF. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- "Luiz Gonzaga". BBC Music. BBC. Archived from the original on April 7, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- "A DANCE FOR ALL". recife.pe.gov.br. Municipality of Recife – Brazil. Archived from the original on November 26, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
External links
- Gonzagao Online (Portuguese)
- Rei do Baião (Portuguese)