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Carmen Miranda

The very first Brazilian performer to realize international stardom, singer and actress Carmen Miranda was created Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha on February 9, 1909 in Marco de Canavezes, Portugal, but she grew up in Rio de Janeiro from infancy onward. After giving up school, she started working at …

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Don Swan

More around the kitschy easy hearing side compared to the even, great Latin recordings of Cal Tjader, Don Swan was non-etheless among the better light musicians to create inroads into Latin jazz through the ’50s. Swan was created Wilbur Clyde Schwandt in Manitowoc, WI, on June 28, 1904; he analyzed …

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