Baião De Dois - Music

At The Rádio Nacional Emilinha Borba Became One Of The Most Beloved And Celebrated Brazilian Singers Nationwide Having Been According To An Internal Poll The Absolute Champion In Fan Mail For 19 Consecutive Years Or While The Poll Lasted 1946-1964 . Her Passage Through The Brazilian Radio May Very Well Have Represented Its Biggest Moment When Her Alleged "rivalry" With Marlene Which Existed Only As An Extremely Well-Engineered Marketing Plan Mobilized The Two Most Popular Singers Of The Country In Disputes Heartily Supported By Millions Of Fans Throughout Brazil. Her Carnival Hits Became Classics And Are Still Celebrated Each Year "Pirolito" 1939 "Chiquita Bacana" 1949 "Tomara Que Chova" 1951 "A Água Lava Tudo" 1955 "Pescador Granfino" 1956 "Vai Com Jeito" 1957 "Corre Corre Lambretinha" 1958 "Mamãe Eu Vou Às Compras" 1959 "Marcha Do Pintinho" 1961 "Pó De Mico" 1963 "Marcha Do Remador" 1964 "Mulata Iê-Iê-Iê" 1965 "Can-Can No Carnaval" 1966 "A Patroa Me Contou" 1967 "Israel" 1973 "Cordão Da Bahia" 1975 And Many Others. Emilinha Borba Was The First Singer To Commercially Record A Samba-School Samba-Enredo "Brasil Fontes Das Artes " By Composers Of The Salgueiro Samba School In 1957. She Was Also The First Singer To Record Commercially A Soap Opera Music Theme For Jerônimo O Herói Do Sertão 1955 Aired Through Rádio Nacional Rio De Janeiro And Later Adapted By TV Tupi Rio De Janeiro . Emilinha Was On The Cover Of The Revista Do Rádio Magazine More Than 50 Times And Participated In 34 Films The Highlights Being Poeira De Estrelas Moacir Fenelon 1948 Estou Aí José Cajado Filho 1949 Aviso Aos Navegantes Watson Macedo 1950 And Barnabé Tu És Meu José Carlos Burle 1952 . She Recorded 117 Records Containing 216 Songs Between 1939 And 1965 And Became One Of The Most Important Singers Of All Time In Brazil. Emilinha Borba Was Born And Raised In The Mangueira Borough Of Rio De Janeiro Which Accounts For Her Deep Lifelong Connection With That Samba School. Frequenting Novice Shows She Won Her First Prize At 14 At The Hora Juvenil At Rádio Cruzeiro Do Sul Also Getting The Maximum Grade At Ary Barroso's Calouros De Ary Barroso. At The Same Time She Started As A Chorist On Columbia Recordings And Formed The Duo As Moreninhas With Bidu Reis. After The Duo's Dissolution A Little More Than A Year Later She Was Hired By Rádio Mayrink Veiga. In January 1939 She Recorded With Nilton Paz The Biggest Hit Of That Year's Carnaval "Pirolito" João De Barro But Her Name Wasn't Credited On The Record. In March Of The Same Year She Recorded Her First Solo Album As Emília Borba Also Through Columbia With "Faça O Mesmo" E. Frazão/Nássara And "Ninguém Escapa" E. Frazão . In The Same Year She Was Introduced By Carmen Miranda To The Cassino Da Urca's Owner Joaquim Rolas Who Hired Her Still Underage For The Prestigious Club. In 1942 She Was Hired By Rádio Nacional In Rio De Janeiro Leaving The Job A Few Months Later. In September 1943 She Returned To The Cast Of The Radio Station And During The 27 Years In Which She Worked There She Was Its Biggest Star. Having Participated In Virtually All Shows At That Radio She Was Nevertheless Strongly Associated With The Most Popular One Of Them All The César De Alencar Show With Whom She Recorded Several Songs . In 1947 She Had Overwhelming Success With The Rumbas "Escandalosa" Djalma Esteves/Moacir Silva "Rumba De Jacarepaguá" Haroldo Barbosa "Tico-Tico Na Rumba" Haroldo Barbosa/Peterpan And The Samba "Se Queres Saber" Peterpan A Classic. In The Next Year With "Já É De Madrugada" Peterpan/Antônio Almeida "Telefonista" Peterpan/Augusto Monteiro "Esperar Por Quê?" José Maria De Abreu/Alberto Ribeiro And "Quem Quiser Ver Vá Lá" Peterpan/René Bittencourt . In 1949 Along With One Of Her Biggest Hits The Marcha "Chiquita Bacana" João De Barro/Alberto Ribeiro She Also Recorded "Porta-Bandeira" Nássara/Roberto Martins And "Tem Marujo No Mar" João De Barro . After Losing The Title Of Queen Of Radio To Marlene In 1949 Emilinha And Marlene Recorded The Duets "Eu Já Vi Tudo" Peterpan "Casca De Arroz" Arlindo Marques Júnior/Roberto Roberti And "A Bandinha Do Irajá" Murilo Caldas In 1950 Much To Their Audiences' Confusion. The Biggest Hit Of The Carnival Of 1951 Was Emilinha's Rendition For "Tomara Que Chova" Paquito/Romeu Gentil . In The '60s She Continued To Enjoy Much Success In The Carnivals With "Pó-De-Mico" 1963 "Marcha Do Remador" 1964 And "Mulata Iê-Iê-Iê" 1965 But As Young Rhythms Took The Market She Became Less Popular. In 1968 She Suffered An Infection On Her Vocal Cords And Never Regained Her Timbre. Even Then She Returned To The Artistic Scenery In 1972 At A Show At The Soccer Club Clube De Regatas Vasco Da Gama Rio De Janeiro . In 1973 She Won The Carnival Contest At The Canecão Rio De Janeiro With The Marcha "Israel" João Roberto Kelly . In 1990 She Celebrated 50 Years Of Making Music With A Parade In Rio De Janeiro Followed By 6 000 People. She Also Starred In A Show During Those Commemorations At The Teatro Rival And Recorded The LP O Carnaval De João Roberto Kelly Na Voz De Emilinha Borba. read less