On September 22, 1945, he was born in Rio de Janeiro Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Junior, known as Gonzaguinha. He is a famous Brazilian singer and composer, son of Pernambuco composer Luiz Gonzaga and singer Odaleia Guedes dos Santos, of Dancing Brasil.
In the 1970s, Gonzaguinha founded University Artistic Movement (MAU) with Aldir Blanc, Ivan Lins, Márcio Proença, Paulo Emílio and César Costa Filho. The group played an important role in Brazilian popular music and produced the program Free Sound Exporton TV Globo.
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Due to his critical stance towards the military regime, many of his songs were censored. With political openness, Gonzaguinha began to use a softer tone in his compositions.
He composed hits such as I will start from the beginning againIndonesian: Exploding Heart English: Beware of Crying. The songs were performed by big names in Brazilian music, such as Maria Bethânia, Simone, Elis Regina, Fagner and Joanna.
Gonzaguinha died on April 29, 1991, in Renascença, in Parana45 years old, victim of a car accident.
View Gonzaguinha’s main track list
- What is it? What is it?
- Different
- Latin blood
- Backwards
- Beware of Crying
- Like Our Fathers
- This woman
- Exaltation of Joy
- Try it
- Beautiful Love Lake
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