Occupation(s) Singer, guitarist Genres Samba Role Singer | Name Noite Ilustrada Instruments Classical guitar Associated acts GRES Portela | |
Birth name Mario de Souza Marques Filho Born April 10, 1928 ( 1928-04-10 ) Origin Pirapetinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Died July 28, 2003, Atibaia, Sao Paulo, Brazil Albums Cada Vez Melhor, Canta Lupicinio Rodrigues Similar People Cassia Eller, Agostinho dos Santos, Demetrius, Sergio Murilo, Marcia Freire | ||
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Mário Sousa Marques Filho, better known as Noite Ilustrada (April 10, 1928 – July 28, 2003) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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The nickname was given by Zé Trindade, who commanded the musical revue Noite Ilustrada in Além Paraíba, Minas Gerais, where the young Mario began his career as a guitarist.
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Life and work
He was born in Minas Gerais (Pirapetinga) and moved to Rio de Janeiro where he joined the GRES Portela. In 1955, along with samba school GRES Portela, was performing in São Paulo and settled there.
In 1958, hired by the Rádio Nacional São Paulo and TV Paulista, recorded his first album that included the song "Cara de Boboca". Then came:
In 1984 he moved to Recife. In 1994, moved to Atibaia, São Paulo, where he lived til his death in 2003, from lung cancer.
He left two unpublished tribute albums, one in honor of Ataulfo Alves and other of Lupicínio Rodrigues.