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Song No. 201 — O Que Eu Gosto de Você | Sylvio Cézar (1962)

O Que Eu Gosto de Você was introduced in December 1962 by Sylvio Rodrigues Silva, better known as Sylvio Cézar (or Silvio César), as the B-side of the single Preciso Dar um Jeito. Arranged by Ed Lincoln, O Que Eu Gosto de Você also appeared on Cezar’s 1963 debut album Amor Demais.

Although it was only released as a B-side by Cézar himself and also by Pery Ribeiro, O Que Eu Gosto de Você quickly became one of the most popular songs by Cézar.

Dóris Monteiro’s recording, under the artistic direction of Armando Pittigliani, was accompanied by Walter Wanderley, whose own recording, like Pery Ribeiro’s, was arranged by Lyrio Panicali.

The identity of the other two musicians in the trio is not revealed on the cover of Bossa G, the only album by pianist José Geraldo. However, there is a rumour that Kenny Burrell’s guitar can be heard on at least some of the tracks.

Selected recordings of O Que Eu Gosto de Você:

1. Sylvio Cézar from the single Preciso Dar um Jeito b/w O Que Eu Gosto de Você (1962, Musidisc M-78-013) and the album Amor Demais (1963, Musidisc Hi-Fi 2074)

   
Artwork for Amor Demais by Joselito with photograph by Mafra

2. Os Farroupilhas from the album Os Farroupilhas (1963, Farroupilha LPFR-601)

   

3. Ely Arcoverde from the album O Órgão Que Canta Sambas Vol. 2 (1963, RGE XRLP 5212)

   

4. Dóris Monteiro from the album Gostoso é Sambar (1963, Philips P 632.130 L)

   
Artwork for Gostoso é Sambar by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

5. Walter Gonçalves aka Waltinho from the album Magi Ritmo (1963, Magisom GMLP 1010)

   

6. Sebastião Tapajós featuring Luiz Olavo from the album Apresentando Sebastião Tapajós (1963, Entré/CBS 4025)

   

7. Geraldo Trio from the album Bossa G (1963, Chantecler CMG 2246)

   

8. Pery Ribeiro from the album Pery é Todo Bossa (1963, Odeon MOFB 3314)

   
Artwork for Pery é Todo Bossa with photograph by Mafra

9. Walter Wanderley from the album Samba no Esquema de Walter Wanderley (1963, Odeon MOFB 3358)


Artwork for Samba no Esquema de Walter Wanderley by Moacyr Rocha witg photograph by Klaus Werner

10. Orquestra Os Modernistas from the album Baile Moderno (1964, Chantecler CMG 2271)

   

11. Manfredo Fest from the album Evolução (1964, RGE XRLP 5236)

   

12. Os Velhinhos Transviados from the album Embalados (1965, RCA Victor BBL 1319)

   

13. Agnaldo Rayol from the album As Minhas Preferida (1968, Copacabana CLP 11523)

   

Selected medleys including O Que Eu Gosto de Você:

1. Conjunto Boa Bossa from the EP Só Danço Bossa Nova (1963, Odeon 7BD-1069)

   

O QUE EU GOSTO DE VOCÊ

O que eu gosto de você • É esse seu jeitinho de falar • É esse seu jeitinho de sorrir • Esse sorriso lindo como que!

O que eu não gosto de você • É esse seu olhar indiferente • Que machuca tanto a gente • Quando a gente fala com você

Eu não sei bem porque • Fui gostar mesmo assim • Sem saber se você • Vai gostar de mim

Mas o que eu sinto por você • Já é definitivo, não tem jeito • Já não vivo satisfeito • Esperando sempre por você • Adoro esse seu jeito • De pensar e de ser • Será que não há jeito • De você compreender • Que no meu dicionário • Só existe uma palavra: Você!

Song No. 136 — Vivendo e Aprendendo | Ed Lincoln & Sylvio Cézar (1961)

Vivendo e Aprendendo was introduced in 1961 by bass player, organist, pianist, arranger and composer Eduardo Lincoln Barbosa Sabóia aka Ed Lincoln as the closing track on his album Órgão Espetacular, produced by Nilo Sérgio.

The catchy song was picked up only once, also in 1961, when saxophonist Moacyr Marques aka Bijú included Vivendo e Aprendendo on his album Samba 40 Graus, introducing Uruguayan percussionist Humberto Garin as vocalist.

Recordings of Vivendo e Aprendendo:

1. Ed Lincoln from the album Órgão Espetacular (1961, Masterpiece Master 11026)

   

2. Moacyr Marques featuring Humberto Garin from the album Samba 40 Graus (1961, Pawal P-20.004)

  

Song No. 129 — Olhou Pra Mim | Ed Lincoln & Sylvio Cézar (1961)

Olhou Pra Mim was introduced in early 1961 by Wilson Simonal on the album Isto é o Drink, suspected of being his debut recording. Apart from Simonal, this collaboration album also featured singers Lila, Sandra and Luiz Bandeira with Celso Murilo on organ and as ‘Conjunto Drink’ musicians from Djalma Ferreira’s nightclub Drink in Rio de Janeiro including Américo Cerqueira, Paulinho Nogueira, Sebastião de Barros, Fernando Alves, Francisco Neto ‘Ceará’ and Julio da Silva.

The same year, Margarida Oliveira, artistically better known as Lila, was the first to pick up the song on her solo debut album, followed by Moacyr Silva and Sérgio Mendes the next year but the heyday of Olhou Pra Mim was certainly 1963 with eight recordings, including the ones by both the composers.

Selected recordings of Olhou Pra Mim:

1. Wilson Simonal with Celso Murilo and Conjunto Drink from the album Isto é o Drink (1960, Remon RD 101)

  
Artwork for Isto é o Drink with photograph by Mafra

2. Lila from the album A Madrugada na Voz (1961, Columbia LPCB 37168)

   

3. Sérgio Mendes from the album Dance Moderno (1962, Philips P 630.491 L)

4. Moacyr Silva from the album Sax Sensacional No. 3 (1962, Copacabana CLP 11250)

  

5. Sylvio Cézar from the album Amor Demais (1963, Musidisc Hi-Fi 2074)

  

6. Dóris Monteiro from the album Gostoso é Sambar (1963, Philips P 632.130 L)

  
Artwork for Gostoso é Sambar by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

7. Julinho Barbosa from the album 100% Bossa – Julinho, Seu Piston e Seu Conjunto (1963, Masterplay MDL 13025)

  

8. Ed Lincoln from the album Seu Piano e Seu Órgão Espetacular (1963, Musidisc XPL-27)

   

9. Bossa Três from the album Os Bossa Três (1963, Audio Fidelity AFLP 1988)

  

10. Astor Silva from the album Samba… Só Samba! (1963, CBS 37310)

  

11. Severino Filho from the album Metais e Vozes em Festival (1963, Polydor LPNG 4074)

12. Manfredo Fest from the album Bossa Nova – Nova Bossa (1963, RGE XRLP 5209)

13. Moacyr Peixoto from the album Pra Balançar (1964, Philips P 632.175 L)

   
Artwork for Pra Balançar by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

14. João Donato from the album Muito à Vontade (1964, Polydor LPNG 4085)

   
Artwork for Muito à Vontade by Paulo Brèves

15. Raul de Souza from the album À Vontade Mesmo (1965, RCA Victor BBL 1307)

  
Artwork for À Vontade Mesmo is by Tide Hellmeister

16. Breno Sauer from the album 4 na Bossa (1966, Musidisc Hi-Fi 2133)

   
Artwork for 4 na Bossa by Joselito

OLHOU PRA MIM

Olhou pra mim • Sorriu pra mim • Fez tanta coisa pra chamar minha atenção • Mandou dizer fingiu sofrer • Fez, tudo tudo para ter meu coração

Eu quiz olhar, eu quiz sorrir • Eu quiz dizer tanta coisa bonita de agradar • Porem não sei me atrapalhei • Perdi a voz perdi até o coração • Perdi a voz e perdi o coração • Olhou pra mim

Song No. 66 — Amor Demais | Ed Lincoln & Silvio César (1961)

Zito Righi, Pedrinho Rodrigues, Sylvio Cézar, Toni Vestane, Francineth — Sax de Ouro (a)

Amor Demais was introduced in 1961 by saxophonist Zito Righi on his debut album Sax de Ouro. Although co-composer Silvio César was featured on this album as guest vocalist with Parti, the song was recorded as an instrumental.

Ed LincolnThe first vocal version of Amor Demais was recorded by Ted Moreno in 1962 on his album Receita de Saudade. Silvio César recorded the song only in early 1963 as the title track on his debut album, accompanied by Ed Lincoln’s band and featuring Waltel Branco on guitar.

Amor Demais is one of about a dozen compositions by Silvio César in collaboration with Ed Lincoln including Parti, Vivendo e Aprendendo, Nunca Mais and Olhou Pra Mim.

Selected recordings of Amor Demais:

1. Zito Righi from the album O Sax de Ouro (1961, Musidisc XPL-15)

Zito Righi, Pedrinho Rodrigues, Sylvio Cézar, Toni Vestane, Francineth — Sax de Ouro (a)    Zito Righi, Pedrinho Rodrigues, Sylvio Cézar, Toni Vestane, Francineth — Sax de Ouro (b)

2. Ted Moreno from the album Receita de Saudade (1962, Copacabana CLP 11247)

Ted Moreno - Receita de Saudade (1962) a    Ted Moreno - Receita de Saudade (1962) b

3. Silvio César from the album Amor Demais (1963, Musidisc Hi-Fi 2074)

Sylvio Cézar — Amor Demais (a)    Sylvio Cézar — Amor Demais (b)

4. Lila de Oliveira from the album Gosto a Noite (1963, CBS 3728)

Lila - Gosto da Noite (1963) a    Lila - Gosto da Noite (1963) b

5. Cauby Peixoto from the album Cauby Interpreta (1964, RCA Victor BBL 1260)

Cauby Peixoto - Cauby Interpreta (1964) a    Cauby Peixoto - Cauby Interpreta (1964) b

6. Elis Regina & Zimbo Trio from the album O Fino do Fino (1965, Philips P 632.780 L)

Elis Regina & Zimbo Trio - O Fino do Fino (1965) a    Elis Regina & Zimbo Trio - O Fino do Fino (1965) b

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AMOR DEMAIS

A canção é o lamento do amor demais • Quem chorou, quem sofreu • Quem perdeu a paz • Vem dizer na canção • O que chorou seu coração

Vem, a noite é linda, vem cantar • Vem, toda a tristeza vai passar • Só assim tu serás • Amor sem fim, amor demais

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No. 33 — Pages 68-69: Geraldo Vandré | Sylvio Cézar

Brazilliance - Pages 68-69

  • Miltinho — Miltinho
    (1961) RCA Victor BBL 1113
  • Silvio Aleixo — Estréia
    (1965) Philips P 632.770 L
  • Wilson Simonal — Wilson Simonal
    (1965) Odeon MOFB 3419
  • Geraldo Vandré — Geraldo Vandré
    (1964) Áudio Fidelity AFLP 2008
  • Geraldo Vandré — Rosinha/Só Por Amor/Depois É Só Chorar/Marcha Do Amor Sem Esperança
    (1964) Áudio Fidelity n/a
  • Bené Nunes — Telefone Para 27-9696
    (1959) Fantasia/Philips FLP 2020
  • Taiguara — Taiguara!
    (1965) Philips P 632.764 L
  • Sylvio Cézar — Amor Demais
    (1963) Musidisc Hi-Fi 2074

This double-page spread from the book features Geraldo Vandré and Sylvio Cézar, two singer-songwriters who could not be more different.

Geraldo Pedrosa de Araújo Dias (*1935), known as Geraldo Vandré, showed much interest in singing already in childhood, listening to radio shows and participating in various school festivals and talent shows. When his  family moved from Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro, Geraldo Vandré started his musical career at the age of sixteen under the name of Carlos Dias, in honor of his favourite singers Carlos Galhardo and José Carlos. While playing the radio and nightclub circuit for some years, getting acquainted with Ed Lincoln, Baden Powell, Luís Eça and João Gilberto, he changed his artistic name to Geraldo Vandré after his father’s second prename.

In 1955, Geraldo Vandré performed Carlos Lyra’s Menina in a song contest at TV Rio. A few years later, Lyra and Vandré got acquainted personally at the student union in Rio, when Vandré began his studies at the law faculty. Together, they penned two songs which became inherent parts of the bossa nova songbook, Aruanda and Quem Quiser Encontrar o Amor. The latter turned out to become Vandré’s first single, released in 1961 with the b-sided Sonho de Amor e Paz by Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes. A year later, Vandré recorded the first duet version of Samba em Prelúdio by Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes, introduced the year before by Hebe Camargo as a solo. His duet partner Ana Lúcia also joined him on the hauntingly beautiful b-side Você Que Não Vem, penned by Vandré.

Although Geraldo Vandré began to work as tax advisor, setting up his own law firm, the success of Samba em Prelúdio prompted him to concentrate on his artistic life. He worked with Baden Powell and Vera Brasil, and appeared regularly in the bar João Sebastião in Rio with Ana Lúcia, Claudette Soares, Marisa Gata Mansa, Pedrinho Mattar, Sambalanço Trio and Alaíde Costa.

In 1964, Geraldo Vandré finally recorded his sublime self-titled debut album with accompaniment by Erlon Chaves, Walter Wanderley, Sambalanço Trio and J.T. Meirelles & Os Copa 5, the first of his six original albums.

In 1966, Vandré formed the Trio Nôvo with Theo de Barros on bass and guitar, Heraldo do Monte on guitar and Airto Moreira on drums to support him on his album 5 Anos de Canção but contractual problems hindered them in the longer term. (In 1967, Trio Nôvo became Quarteto Nôvo when Hermeto Pascoal joined in on piano and flute, performing and recording without Vandré until 1969.)

In 1968, with a movie soundtrack, four solo albums and a list of successful self-composed songs under his belt, Geraldo Vandré became most notably known for his song Pra Não Dizer Que Não Falei das Flores aka Caminhando. Performed at the 3rd Festival Internacional da Rede Globo, the jurors ranked it second to Sabiá by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Chico Buarque—a decision that caused an uproar among the audience who wanted the song to be awarded first place. The song stroke a nerve with its words and chorus serving as an anthem of resistance against the dictatorship which ruled Brazil since 1964. Pra Não Dizer Que Não Falei das Flores was banned and Vandré went into exile, first to Chile and later to Algeria, Germany, Greece Austria, Bulgaria, Italy and France, always performing and recording new material. In 1973, he returned to Brazil, but he was unable to follow up his former career due to surveillance, leading a voiceless and retired life until he fairly revived his work after the amnesty in the early eighties.

Playlist Geraldo Vandré:
1. Só Por Amor (Baden Powell – Vinícius de Moraes) from the album Geraldo Vandré (1964)
2. Você Que Não Vem (Geraldo Vandré) from the single Samba em Prelúdio b/w Você Que Não Vem (1962) with Ana Lúcia
3. Depois é Só Chorar (Geraldo Vandré) from the album Geraldo Vandré (1964)
4. Ninguém Pode Mais Sofrer (Geraldo Vandré – Luís Roberto) from the album Geraldo Vandré (1964)
5. Sonho de um Carnaval (Chico Buarque) from the album Hora de Lutar (1965)
6. Pequeno Concerto Que Ficou Canção (Geraldo Vandré) from the album Geraldo Vandré (1964)
7. Se a Tristeza Chegar (Baden Powell – Geraldo Vandré) from the album 5 Anos de Canção (1966)
8. Tristeza de Amar (Geraldo Vandré – Luís Roberto) from the album Geraldo Vandré (1964)
9. Samba em Prelúdio (Baden Powell – Vinícius de Moraes) from the single Samba em Prelúdio b/w Você Que Não Vem (1962) with Ana Lúcia
10. Pra Não Dizer Que Não Falei Das Flores (Caminhando) (Geraldo Vandré) from the 3rd Festival Internacional da Rede Globo, recorded live at Maracanãzinho stadium (1968)

The artwork for Geraldo Vandré is uncredited.

Geraldo Vandré — Geraldo Vandré (a)

The artwork for Estréia is by Rodrigo Otávio with photograph by Carlos Abrunhosa.

Silvio Aleixo — Estréia (1965) a    Silvio Aleixo — Estréia (1965) b

The artwork for Wilson Simonal is by Moacyr Rocha with photograph by Auliano.

   

The artwork for Taiguara! is uncredited with photograph by Mafra.

   

Bené Nunes — Telefone Para 27-9696

Silvio Rodrigues Silva (*1939), artistically known as Sylvio Cézar (or Silvio César), started his career in 1959 with his participation in the opening ceremony of TV Continental, before singing professionally with the bands of Waldemar Spillmann and Ed Lincoln. In 1960, he released his debut single Máxima Culpa by Sérgio Ricardo b/w Paz de Espírito by Luiz Bonfá and Reinaldo Dias Leme.

In 1963, Sylvio Cézar’s delicious debut album Amor Demais, produced by Ed Lincoln, introduced mostly songs composed and/or written by Cézar such as Olhou Pra Mim, Parti and O Que Eu Gosto de Você,  which soon became very popular. With a number of subsequent compositions, Cézar’s songs were favourites among other singers and musicians such as Dóris Monteiro, João Donato, Moacyr Peixoto, Pery Ribeiro, Carioca, Breno Sauer and Os Farroupilhas to name a few.

Sylvio Cézar kept being quite busy throughout the decades with television, film, musical and theatrical appearances as well as  releasing fifteen original albums.

Playlist Sylvio Cézar:
1. Amor Demais (Ed Lincoln – Sylvio Cézar) from the album Amor Demais (1963)
2. Olhou Prá Mim (Ed Lincoln – Sylvio Cézar) from the album Amor Demais (1963)
3. Parti (Ed Lincoln – Sylvio Cézar) from the album O Sax de Ouro (1961) by Zito Righi
4. Samba do Carioca (Carlos Lyra – Vinícius de Moraes) from the album Só Tinha de Ser… com Sylvio César (1965)
5. O Que Eu Gosto de Você (Sylvio Cézar) from the album Amor Demais (1963)
6. Apelo (Baden Powell – Vinícius de Moraes) from the album Brazil, New Dimensions in Sound (1968) by Lyrio Panicali

The artwork for Amor Demais is by Joselito with photograph by Mafra.

The artwork for Miltinho is uncredited but the singer is featured in article → No. 23 — Pages 142-143.

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