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Elizete Cardoso
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Occupation(s)
Singer,
Actress
Role
Singer
Instruments
Vocals
Genres
Samba
Years active
1936–1990
Movies
Black Orpheus
Name
Elizete Cardoso
Born
July 7, 1920
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (
1920-07-07
)
Died
May 7, 1990, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Albums
Cancao do Amor Demais, Magnifica
Similar People
Jacob do Bandolim, Joao Gilberto, Ary Barroso, Dorival Caymmi, Silvio Caldas
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Elizeth Moreira Cardoso (sometimes listed as Elizete Cardoso) (Rio de Janeiro, July 16, 1920 – May 7, 1990), was a singer and actress of great renown in Brazil.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, her father was a serenader who played guitar, and her mother was an amateur singer. Elizete began working at an early age and between 1930 and 1935 was a store clerk and hairdresser among other things. She was discovered by Jacob do Bandolim at her 16th birthday party, to which he was brought by her cousin Pedro, a popular figure among the musicians of the day. Jacó took her to Rádio Guanabara where, in spite of her father’s initial opposition, she appeared on the Programa Suburbano with Vicente Celestino, Araci de Almeida, Moreira da Silva, Noel Rosa and Marília Batista on August 18, 1936. The week after she was hired by the station to appear on a weekly program. Following this, she continued to perform on various shows with multiple radio stations. In the 1960s she had her own radio show.
Due to her low pay, in 1939 she began to perform at clubs, movie theaters and other venues. She met with considerable success and her popularity increased significantly. In 1950, thanks to the support of Ataulfo Alves, she recorded Braços vazios (Acir Alves and Edgard G. Alves) and Mensageiro da saudade (Ataulfo Alves and José Batista), but the album was unsuccessful. Her next recording, also in 1950, met with popular approval. The album included Canção de amor (Chocolate and Elano de Paula), and the samba Complexo (Wilson Batista). The great success of Canção de amor led her, in 1951, to appear on the first television program in Rio de Janeiro on TV Tupi and helped launch her film career. She appeared in Coração materno, by Gilda de Abreu, and Watson Macedo’s É fogo na roupa.
In 1958, Cardoso was invited by Vinicius de Moraes to be the singer of an album of songs written by himself and Tom Jobim. Canção do Amor Demais became the first album of bossa nova music, launching the new genre. The album was released on the Festa label. While Cardoso was not primarily considered a bossa nova singer, she is the vocalist on the original version of the bossa classic Manhã de Carnaval from the Orfeu Negro soundtrack.
Elizete continued to sing and act with great success until her death. By the end of her life she had released well over 40 albums in Brazil, Portugal and other countries. During almost seven decades of artistic life, she interpreted many forms of music but her base was always samba, which she performed with great personality, and which earned her nicknames such as: A Noiva do Samba-Canção (the Bride of Samba), Lady do Samba, A Magnifica (the Magnificent One), and the one most connected with her name, A Divina (the Divine One).
Cardoso died of cancer at the age of 69.
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Trivia
Jazz musician Clare Fischer came under the spell of Cardoso's music in the early 1960s:
"Last spring I was introduced to a friend of bassist Ralph Peña [...] he talked to us about a new kind of music that was being played in Brazil called the 'Bossa Nova' which in slang terms might be like saying 'the new bag' or 'new aptitude'. [...] The rhythms were so infectious that, even though I usually don't dance much myself, I felt compelled to respond and found myself dancing away several hours."
The music inspired him to write the jazz standard "Elizete", featured on a record that was allegedly the very first bossa nova recording in the US, Cal Tjader's Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil (1962)
Discography
1950 Braços vazios/Mensageiro da saudade
1950 Complexo/Canção de amor
1950 Vem para os braços meus/A mentira acaba
1951 Dá-me tuas mãos/O amor é uma canção
1951 Se eu pudesse/Quem diria?
1951 É sempre assim/Falsos beijos
1951 Cantiga de Natal/31 de dezembro
1952 As palavras não dizem tudo/Venho de longe
1952 Nosso amor, nossa comédia/Maus tratos
1952 Eu não posso dizer/Teu ciúme
1952 Amor, amor/Caixa postal zero zero
1952 Ingratidão/O homem do passado
1953 Alguém como tu/Nem resta a saudade
1953 Fantasia/Graças a Deus
1953 Ai, ai, Janot./Amor que morreu
1954 Pra que voltar?/Ao Deus-dará
1954 Brigas de amor/Vida vazia
1954 Seresteiro/Palhaço
1954 Ocultei/Zanguei com meu amor
1954 Só você, mais nada/Caminha
1955 A moça do retrato/Tormento
1955 Subúrbio/Não quero você
1955 Águas passantes/Velha praça
1955 Amanhã será tarde/Não tenho lar
1955 Canções à meia luz
1956 Canção da volta/Linda flor
1956 Amor oculto/Velhas memórias
1956 Na madrugada/O amor é fado
1956 Fim de noite
1957 Noturno
1957 Aconteceu no Uruguai/Tem jeito, sanfona
1957 Chove lá fora/Nunca é tarde
1957 Música e poesia de Fernando Lobo
1957 Um compositor em dois tempos - Jubileu de prata de Herivelto Martins
1958 É luxo só/Por acaso
1958 Madame Fulano de Tal/Conselho inútil
1958 Na cadência do samba/Praça sete
1958 Naturalmente
1958 Retrato da noite
1958 Canção do Amor Demais
1959 E daí?/Sozinha
1959 Magnífica
1960 Cheiro de saudade/Até quando
1960 Velhos tempos/Cidade do interior
1960 O amor e a rosa/Bebeco e Doca
1960 A canção dos seus olhos/Ri
1960 Mulata assanhada
1960 Vem hoje/Guacira
1960 A meiga Elizeth
1960 Sax - Voz
1961 Palhaçada./Samba triste
1961 Nossos momentos/Tentação do inconveniente
1961 Balão apagado/Notícia de jornal
1961 Deixa andar/Vaga-lumeando
1961 Deixa andar/Nosso momentos
1961 Sax - Voz - Nº.2
1962 Moeda quebrada/Ninguém sabe de nós
1962 Canção da manhã feliz/Na cadência do samba
1962 Briguei/Seja lá o que Deus quiser
1962 A miega Elizeth Nº.2
1963 Eu quero amar/Se vale a pena
1963 Mulher carioca/Menino travesso
1963 Seu José/Não pense em mim
1963 Grandes momentos com Elizeth Cardoso
1963 A meiga Elizeth Nº.3
1963 Elizeth canta seus maiores sucessos
1963 Elizeth interpreta Vinícius
1963 A meiga Elizeth Nº.4
1964 A meiga Elizeth Vol.5
1965 Elizeth sobe o morro
1965 Quatrocentos anos de samba
1966 A bossa eterna de Elizeth e Cyro, Elizeth Cardoso e Cyro Monteiro
1966 Muito Elizeth
1967 A enluarada Elizeth
1968 Ao vivo no Teatro João Caetano - Volume I - Elizeth Cardoso, Zimbo Trio e Jacob do Bandolim
1968 Ao vivo no Teatro João Caetano - Volume II - Elizeth Cardoso, Zimbo Trio e Jacob do Bandolim
1968 Momento de amor
1969 Elizeth e Zimbo Trio na Sucata
1970 A bossa eterna de Elizeth e Ciro - Nº 2 - Elizeth Cardoso e Cyro Monteiro
1970 Elizeth, a exclusiva
1970 É de manhã - Elizeth Cardoso e Zimbo Trio
1970 Falou e disse
1970 Elizeth no Bola Preta com a Banda do Sodré
1971 Elizeth Cardoso e Silvio Caldas
1971 Elizeth Cardoso e Silvio Caldas - Vol. II
1971 Elizeth Cardoso - Disco de ouro
1971 Elizeth Cardoso LATINO
1972 Elizeth Cardoso TAL
1972 Preciso aprender a ser só
1974 Mulata maior
1974 Elizeth / Feito em casa
1974 Edição histórica - VOL. 3
1975 Elizeth Cardoso
1975 Bossaudade - A bossa eterna
1976 Elizeth Cardoso
1977 Elizeth Cardoso
1977 Elizeth Cardoso, Jacob do Bandolim, Zimbo Trio e Época de Ouro
1978 Live in Japan
1978 A cantadeira do amor
1979 O inverno do meu tempo
1980 Elizeth Cardoso nº 1
1980 Elizeth Cardoso nº 2
1980 Elizeth Cardoso nº 3
1981 Elizethíssima
1982 Recital
1982 Outra vez Elizeth
1983 Elizeth - Uma rosa para Pixinguinha
1984 Leva meu samba-Elizeth Cardoso e Ataulfo Júnior
1986 Luz e Esplendor
1989 Elizeth Cardoso - Jacob do Bandolim - Zimbo Trio e Conj. Época de Ouro