Leandro y Leonardo

Sertaneja duo Leandro y Leonardo were made up of brothers Luís José Costa (Leandro) and Emival Eterno Costa (Leonardo). The set were born right into a poor family members, spending a lot of their youngsters working, shining shoes and boots or whatever could possibly be done to receive enough cash to manage. Throughout their hard-knock adolescence, Emival imagined fame, learning all of the Chitaozinho and Xororo repertoire that he could, aiming to convince his sibling to go with him to the town. The brothers obtained a little bit of musical knowledge, performing Beatles addresses in an area group called Operating-system Dominantes, but nonetheless nothing near to the wide-spread success they had a need to modification their trajectory in existence. Their uncle Ze, who got voiced support for his or her career, urged the kids to live with him in the administrative centre, where he organized day jobs to them while arranging opportunities to perform in the city’s restaurants and pubs. The Costa brothers got the stage name Leandro y Leonardo, after an area group of twins lately created. As the duo’s efficiency career found steam, these were invited to execute in neighboring towns as well as make looks on regional tv. Their debut documenting, self-produced and bought from the pubs where they performed, premiered in 1984, entitled Hoje Acordei Chorando. With just a little cash moving in, the set made regular journeys to the documenting studios of São Paulo hoping of getting a documenting contract. Though sluggish in arriving, Leandro con Leonardo released another recording, Contradicoes, in 1986, accompanied by their discovery task, Entre Tapas e Beijos, in 1988. From that point ahead the Costa brothers liked a slow and stable climb to the very best from the Brazilian music marketplace. During the period of their documenting career collectively, Leandro con Leonardo sold many million information, participated in a favorite weekly Television show, and became the best-known sertaneja duo Brazil acquired yet known. Unfortunately, in 1998 Leandro dropped ill from cancers and died a brief 8 weeks after medical diagnosis on June 23 of this year. The cherished documenting musician was paid tribute by a lot of his contemporaries, departing an enormous group of fans behind him. Leonardo provides continuing to record honoring his lost sibling and collaborator, launching his initial record being a single musician in 1999, entitled Tempo, and several albums in the years since.