Belchior (singer)
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Belchior performing in 2004 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Antônio Carlos Belchior[1] |
Born |
Sobral, Ceará, Brazil | October 26, 1946
Died |
April 30, 2017 70) Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | (aged
Genres | MPB, rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1965–2008 |
Belchior (Portuguese pronunciation: [bewkiˈɔɾ], born Antonio Carlos Belchior,[1] October 26, 1946 – April 30, 2017) was a Brazilian singer and composer.[2] He was one of the first MPB singers from the Brazilian northeast to reach mainstream success, in the early 1970s.
Biography
In 1972 Elis Regina recorded his composition Mucuripe (with Fagner), which was later recorded by Roberto Carlos.[3]
In August 2009, the Fantástico TV show reported that Belchior had not been seen since 2007, after leaving his car parked at the Congonhas Airport, in São Paulo. There were rumors that he had gone into hiding, engaged on the translation of Dante's Divine Comedy into Portuguese, a project on which he had been working for some time. According to the TV news, not even his family had heard from the singer or knew his whereabouts. On August 30, 2009, the same TV show discovered Belchior living with his second wife Edna in a small village in San Gregorio de Polanco, Uruguay. In this interview, he declared he was resting, composing and thinking about life.[4]
He died on April 30, 2017, at the age of 70.[2]
Discography
- 1971 - Na Hora do Almoço (Copacabana - Compacto)
- 1973 - Sorry, Baby (Copacabana - Compacto)
- 1974 - Mote e Glosa (Continental - LP)
- 1976 - Alucinação (Polygram - LP/CD/K7)
- 1977 - Coração Selvagem (Warner - LP/CD/K7)
- 1978 - Todos os Sentidos (Warner - LP/CD/K7)
- 1979 - Era uma Vez um Homem e Seu Tempo (Warner - LP/CD/K7)
- 1980 - Objeto Direto (Warner - LP)
- 1982 - Paraíso (Warner - LP)
- 1984 - Cenas do Próximo Capítulo (Paraíso/Odeon - LP)
- 1986 - Um Show: 10 Anos de Sucesso (Continental - LP)
- 1987 - Melodrama (Polygram - LP/K7)
- 1988 - Elogio da Loucura (Polygram - LP/K7)
- 1990 - Projeto Fanzine (Polygram - LP/K7)
- 1991 - Divina Comédia Humana (MoviePlay - CD)
- 1991 - Acústico (Arlequim Discos - CD)
- 1993 - Baihuno (MoviePlay - CD)
- 1995 - Um Concerto Bárbaro - Acústico Ao vivo (Universal Music - CD)
- 1996 - Vício Elegante (Paraíso/GPA/Velas - CD)
- 1999 - Autorretrato (BMG - CD)
- 1999 - Alucinação
- 2002 - Pessoal do Ceará (Continental / Warner - CD)
- 2008 - Sempre (Som Livre - CD)
References
- 1 2 Biografia do trovador, accessed on 8 May 2017
- 1 2 "Cantor Belchior morre aos 70 anos no Rio Grande do Sul". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ↑ Mucuripe
- ↑ "O DIA ONLINE - DIVERSĂO & TV - Belchior está no Uruguai com a esposa". 2009-09-04. Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2017-04-30.