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Elza Soares
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Elza Gomes Da Conceição Known Professionally As Elza Soares June 23 1930 Rio De Janeiro Brazil – January 20 2022 Rio De Janeiro Brazil Was A Brazilian Singer And Songwriter Regarded As One Of The Biggest Names Of Samba Music And MPB. In 1999 She Was Elected By BBC Radio London As The Brazilian Singer Of The Millennium. The Choice Originated From The British Radio Project The Millennium Concerts Created To Celebrate The Arrival Of The Year 2000. In Addition Soares Appears On The List Of The 100 Greatest Voices Of Brazilian Music Prepared By Rolling Stone Brazil Magazine. Soares Lived In Extreme Poverty Throughout Her Childhood And Teen Getting Married At 12 And Having Her First Child At 13. Soares Had Her First Audition In Radio At Ary Barroso's Novice Show When She Was 16 Winning First Place. She Was Then Hired As A Crooner By The Orquestra Garam De Bailes Led By Conductor Joaquim Naegli . She Worked In The Orchestra Until 1954 When She Became Pregnant. In 1955 She Was Invited To Star Together With Grande Otelo In The Play Jour-Jou-Fru-Fru Which Was A Smash. Three Years Later Soares Toured Argentina Returning In The Next Year When She Was Hired By Rádio Vera Cruz. Also In 1959 She Recorded A 78 Rpm With "Se Acaso Você Chegasse" Lupício Rodrigues/Felisberto Martins One Of Her Biggest Hits. In 1960 She Went To São Paulo Where She Performed Regularly In The Show I Festival Nacional De Bossa Nova And Recorded Her First LP Se Acaso Você Chegasse. In 1962 She Represented Brazil In Chile During The World Soccer Cup Where She Met Garrincha One Of The Most Genial Soccer Players Ever And Also A Chronic Alcoholic. With Garrincha Soares Had A Very Troubled Marriage And The Untimely Demise Of Their Son Garrinchinha In 1986 In A Car Accident Didn't Help Her In Any Way . The Peak Of Her Career Was In The '60s With Albums Like O Máximo Em Samba 1967 Elza Soares & Wilson Das Neves 1968 Elza Miltinho E Samba A Three-Album Series Shared With Miltinho . In That Decade She Had Several Hits Like "Boato " "Edmundo" A Version Of "In The Mood" "Beija-Me " "Devagar Com A Louça " "Mulata Assanhada " "O Mundo Encantado De Monteiro Lobato " "Bahia De Todos Os Deuses " "Palmas No Portão " And "Palhaçada." Having Recorded Several Albums With The Hits "Só Danço Samba" Tom Jobim/Vinícius De Moraes "A Banca Do Distinto" Billy Blanco "Pressentimento" Elton Medeiros/Hermínio Bello De Carvalho And "Princesa Isabel" Sérgio Ricardo She Moved To Italy In 1969 Where She Performed At The Sistina Theater Rome Returning To Brazil In 1972. In The Same Year She Opened The Show Elza Em Dia De Graça At The Opinião Theater Rio And Participated In The Brasil Export Show Canecão . In The '70s She Still Had Success With "Salve A Mocidade" 1974 And "Malandro" 1977 This Song Launched Jorge Aragão As A Composer . But It Wasn't Enough To Prevent Her From Facing Huge Economical Adversities And At The Same Time She Was Being Systematically Turned Away By Recording Companies. Trying Unsuccessfully To Develop A Career Abroad She Returned To Brazil In 1994 Poor And Depressed. Finally She Was Rediscovered In The '80s By The Younger Generations Of Brazilian Rockers Os Titãs Lobão And MPB Artists Like Caetano Veloso Soares Was Awarded A Sharp Prize Award As The Best Samba Singer Of 1997. In November 1999 Soares Participated In The Show Desde Que O Samba É Samba At Royal Albert Hall London England Together With Chico Buarque Caetano Veloso Gilberto Gil Gal Costa And Virgínia Rodrigues. In 2000 Her Life Was Depicted In The Musical Crioula Which Had Several Songs Written Specially For Her By Chico Buarque Chico César Nei Lopes And Others. In 2000 She Was Appointed Singer Of The Millennium By London's BBC. Soares Continues To Challenge Her Destiny Performing Shows In Every Venue Available. Alvaro Neder All Music Guide
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Mas Que Nada
Elza-Soares - Brazil All Stars
Mas Que Nada Literally "but That Is Nothing" Means "come On" "no Way" "whatever" Or "yeah Right!" In Many Recordings The Title Song Is Incorrectly Written "Mais Que Nada" Portuguese For "more Than Nothing". The Song Was Originally Written And Performed By Jorge Ben In 1963 Which In A Later Cover Version Became The Signature Song Of Sérgio Mendes. In The United States It Is One Of A Few Brazilian Songs That Is Widely Known. Mendes Covered The Song On His 1966 Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 Album. Elza Soares And Maria Creuza Also Recorded Versions. Dizzy Gillespie Included A Cover On His 1967 Release Swing Low Sweet Cadillac. Bossa Singer Sitti From The Philippines Did A Remake Of This Song Which Is Included On Her Album Café Bossa. Al Jarreau Also Did A Cover Version On His 1994 Album Tenderness. French Jazz Guitarist Marc Antoine Performed An Instrumental Version On His 2001 Album Cruisin'. Echobeatz Released A Housy/dance Version In 1998. L.A. Transit Performed A Version On The Denon Jazz Sampler Vol. 1 In 1985. Serbian Pop Singer Madame Piano Also Covered It While Croatian Cellist Walter Despalj Did An Arrangement Of The Song For A Group Of Cellos. Swedish Singer Lill Lindfors Has Also Covered This Song. Nike Used A 1963 Cover By Tamba Trio In An Advertising Campaign For The 1998 FIFA World Cup Prompting That Version Of The Song To Crack The UK Top 40 Reaching Number 34 In The Summer Of 1998. Ava Leigh Has Covered The Song. This Version Has Recently Been Used In UK Television Commercials For Clothing Chain Next.
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Elza Gomes Da Conceição Known Professionally As Elza Soares June 23 1930 Rio De Janeiro Brazil – January 20 2022 Rio De Janeiro Brazil Was A Brazilian Singer And Songwriter Regarded As One Of The Biggest Names Of Samba Music And MPB. In 1999 She Was Elected By BBC Radio London As The Brazilian Singer Of The Millennium. The Choice Originated From The British Radio Project The Millennium Concerts Created To Celebrate The Arrival Of The Year 2000. In Addition Soares Appears On The List Of The 100 Greatest Voices Of Brazilian Music Prepared By Rolling Stone Brazil Magazine. Soares Lived In Extreme Poverty Throughout Her Childhood And Teen Getting Married At 12 And Having Her First Child At 13. Soares Had Her First Audition In Radio At Ary Barroso's Novice Show When She Was 16 Winning First Place. She Was Then Hired As A Crooner By The Orquestra Garam De Bailes Led By Conductor Joaquim Naegli . She Worked In The Orchestra Until 1954 When She Became Pregnant. In 1955 She Was Invited To Star Together With Grande Otelo In The Play Jour-Jou-Fru-Fru Which Was A Smash. Three Years Later Soares Toured Argentina Returning In The Next Year When She Was Hired By Rádio Vera Cruz. Also In 1959 She Recorded A 78 Rpm With "Se Acaso Você Chegasse" Lupício Rodrigues/Felisberto Martins One Of Her Biggest Hits. In 1960 She Went To São Paulo Where She Performed Regularly In The Show I Festival Nacional De Bossa Nova And Recorded Her First LP Se Acaso Você Chegasse. In 1962 She Represented Brazil In Chile During The World Soccer Cup Where She Met Garrincha One Of The Most Genial Soccer Players Ever And Also A Chronic Alcoholic. With Garrincha Soares Had A Very Troubled Marriage And The Untimely Demise Of Their Son Garrinchinha In 1986 In A Car Accident Didn't Help Her In Any Way . The Peak Of Her Career Was In The '60s With Albums Like O Máximo Em Samba 1967 Elza Soares & Wilson Das Neves 1968 Elza Miltinho E Samba A Three-Album Series Shared With Miltinho . In That Decade She Had Several Hits Like "Boato " "Edmundo" A Version Of "In The Mood" "Beija-Me " "Devagar Com A Louça " "Mulata Assanhada " "O Mundo Encantado De Monteiro Lobato " "Bahia De Todos Os Deuses " "Palmas No Portão " And "Palhaçada." Having Recorded Several Albums With The Hits "Só Danço Samba" Tom Jobim/Vinícius De Moraes "A Banca Do Distinto" Billy Blanco "Pressentimento" Elton Medeiros/Hermínio Bello De Carvalho And "Princesa Isabel" Sérgio Ricardo She Moved To Italy In 1969 Where She Performed At The Sistina Theater Rome Returning To Brazil In 1972. In The Same Year She Opened The Show Elza Em Dia De Graça At The Opinião Theater Rio And Participated In The Brasil Export Show Canecão . In The '70s She Still Had Success With "Salve A Mocidade" 1974 And "Malandro" 1977 This Song Launched Jorge Aragão As A Composer . But It Wasn't Enough To Prevent Her From Facing Huge Economical Adversities And At The Same Time She Was Being Systematically Turned Away By Recording Companies. Trying Unsuccessfully To Develop A Career Abroad She Returned To Brazil In 1994 Poor And Depressed. Finally She Was Rediscovered In The '80s By The Younger Generations Of Brazilian Rockers Os Titãs Lobão And MPB Artists Like Caetano Veloso Soares Was Awarded A Sharp Prize Award As The Best Samba Singer Of 1997. In November 1999 Soares Participated In The Show Desde Que O Samba É Samba At Royal Albert Hall London England Together With Chico Buarque Caetano Veloso Gilberto Gil Gal Costa And Virgínia Rodrigues. In 2000 Her Life Was Depicted In The Musical Crioula Which Had Several Songs Written Specially For Her By Chico Buarque Chico César Nei Lopes And Others. In 2000 She Was Appointed Singer Of The Millennium By London's BBC. Soares Continues To Challenge Her Destiny Performing Shows In Every Venue Available. Alvaro Neder All Music Guide
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Mas, que nada (literally, "but, that [is] nothing") means "come on", "no way", "whatever", or "yeah, right!" In many recordings, the title song is incorrectly written "Mais que nada", Portuguese for "more than nothing". The song was originally written and performed by Jorge Ben in 1963, which in a later cover version became the signature song of Sérgio Mendes. In the United States, it is one of a few Brazilian songs that is widely known.
Mendes covered the song on his 1966 Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 album. Elza Soares and Maria Creuza also recorded versions.
Dizzy Gillespie included a cover on his 1967 release, Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac.
Bossa singer Sitti from the Philippines did a remake of this song, which is included on her album, Café Bossa. Al Jarreau also did a cover version on his 1994 album Tenderness. French jazz guitarist Marc Antoine performed an instrumental version on his 2001 album Cruisin'. Echobeatz released a housy/dance version in 1998. L.A. Transit performed a version on the Denon Jazz Sampler Vol. 1 in 1985. Serbian pop singer Madame Piano also covered it, while Croatian cellist Walter Despalj did an arrangement of the song for a group of cellos. Swedish singer Lill Lindfors has also covered this song.
Nike used a 1963 cover by Tamba Trio in an advertising campaign for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, prompting that version of the song to crack the UK Top 40, reaching Number 34 in the summer of 1998.
Ava Leigh has covered the song. This version has recently been used in UK television commercials for clothing chain Next. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.