Célia Benelli Campello (June 18, 1942 in São Paulo, Brazil - March 4, 2003 in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil), better known as Celly Campello, was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actress, and multi-instrumentalist, considered the precursor of rock music in Brazil, popularizing twist dancing in the country. Campello started her career early: she danced Tico-Tico no Fubá at the age of five in a children's show. At the age of six, she sang at Rádio Cacique in Taubaté, where she spent her childhood.
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Célia Benelli Campello (June 18, 1942 in São Paulo, Brazil - March 4, 2003 in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil), better known as Celly Campello, was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actress, and multi-instrumentalist, considered the precursor of rock music in Brazil, popularizing twist dancing in the country. Campello started her career early: she danced Tico-Tico no Fubá at the age of five in a children's show. At the age of six, she sang at Rádio Cacique in Taubaté, where she spent her childhood. She became one of the participants in the Clube do Guri, at Rádio Difusora de Taubaté. She studied piano, guitar, and ballet during her childhood. At the age of twelve she already had her own radio program, also on Rádio Cacique. At the age of fifteen (1958) she recorded her first album, in São Paulo, on the other side of the first 78 rotations of her brother Tony Campello, who accompanied her in most of her career as singer and actress. She made her television debut on the program Campeões do Disco, on TV Tupi, in 1958. In 1959 she started her own program with Tony Campello, called Celly and Tony em Hi-Fi, on Rede Record, which she hosted for two years.
