Alcione
21/11/1947
Singer and trumpeter, she studied music with her father, a marching band maestro, in Maranhão (Norhteast). She headed to Rio de Janeiro at age 20, working briefly on the television. Alcione toured around Chile and Argentina, returning to Brazil and settling in São Paulo until going out on tour around Europe, where she remained for a couple of years. Back in Brazil in 1972, she got her first golden record three years later, with the LP "A Voz do Samba". Her mostly romantic sambas are very successful and she has, so far, amassed a great number of golden, platinum and double platinum records. Fan and supporter of samba school Mangueira since she arrived in Rio, Alcione was the subject (theme) of samba school Unidos da Ponted for the 1994 parade. Some of her greatest hits are: "Não Deixe o Samba Morrer" (Edson/ Aluísio), "Sufoco" (Chico da Silva/ Venâncio), "Gostoso Veneno" (Wilson Moreira/ Nei Lopes), "Rio Antigo" (Nonato Buzar/ Chico Anysio), "Nem Morta" (Michael Sullivan/ Paulo Massadas) and "Garoto Maroto" (Marcos Paiva/ Franco).
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