Luís Bandeira

A composer of traditional sambas, included in this “O Apito no Samba” and “Na Cadência do Samba,” Luís Bandeira also won nationwide contests of frevo-canção. His compositions had been documented by a number of important interpreters such as for example Luís Gonzaga (“Fulô da Maravilha” in 1976, “Onde Tu Tá Neném,” in 1977, and “Viola de Penedo” in 1978, amongst others), Clara Nunes (“Viola de Penedo”), Maria Bethânia (“O Que Operating-system Olhos Não Vêem), Alceu Valença (“Voltei, Recife”), and Elba Ramalho (“Onde Tu Tá, Neném”). Bandeira began his artistic profession in Recife in 1939 in the Rádio Clube de Pernambuco. An associate from the Garotos da Lua in the ’40s, in 1942 he became a crooner in Nelson Ferreira’s orchestra. In 1950, Bandeira shifted to Rio de Janeiro, where he performed in the Copacabana Palace with Moacir Silva. Having been employed by Rádio Nacional for the reason that period, Bandeira got his first structure documented in 1951, “Torei o Pau,” by Manezinho Araújo. The music was popular at that year’s Carnaval. In the same yr, he previously another hit using the baião “Baião Sacudido” (with Humberto Teixeira, documented by Bandeira). In 1954, Carmélia Alves documented “Cafundó” and Virgínia Street “Marcha da Pipoca.” One of is own biggest strikes, “Na Cadência perform Samba” (1956), was immortalized as the theme of the favorite soccer documentary Canal 100, which opened up virtually all movie theater exhibitions around Brazil. Also in 1956, Bandeira documented “Forró em Cafundó” (with João perform Vale). In 1957, Carmélia Alves got success along with his frevo-canção “É De Fazer Chorar.” In 1960, he toured European countries in the Terceira Caravana Oficial da Música Popular Brasileira (Third Formal Caravan of Brazilian Popular Music, some social missions sponsored from the Brazilian authorities). In 1979, Bandeira earned the contest from the I Encontro Nacional perform Frevo/Frevança using the frevo-canção “Linha de Frente” (documented by Claudionor Germano). Six years later on, he won the very best Song and Greatest Interpreter prizes in the VII Frevança with “Dina.”