Clara Nunes

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Clara Francisca Nunes Pinheiro (1943-1983) was a Brazilian samba musician who had worked in a factory in her teens. Her first album, in 1965, had a mix of boleros and sambas. In the 1970s she became known as a samba singer and in 1974 had a hit with the song Conto de Areia. Her rhythms were also inspired by her religion, Candomblé.^[1]

In 1975 she toured Europe and by the 1980s she was hailed as one of the top three "Samba Queens." She scored a hit in 1980 with Morena de Angola, which Chico Buarque wrote for her. In 1983 she died from a surgery to correct varicose veins, which led to mourning across Brazil.^[2]

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• 1966 A voz adorável de Clara Nunes
• 1968 Você passa eu acho graça
• 1969 A beleza que canta
• 1971 Clara Nunes
• 1972 Clara Clarice Clara
• 1973 Clara Nunes
• 1974 Brasileiro Profissão Esperança (with Paulo Gracindo)
• 1974 Alvorecer
• 1975 Claridade
• 1976 Canto das três raças
• 1977 Forças da natureza
• 1978 Guerreira
• 1979 Esperança
• 1980 Brasil Mestiço
• 1981 Clara
• 1982 Nação

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