Beth Carvalho
05/05/1946
She competed in newcomer talent shows from a tender age and had formal music training. Beth participated in bossa nova shows in the 60s, attracting attention when she sang "Andança" (Danilo Caymmi/ Edmundo Souto/ Paulinho Tapajós) in a 1968 festival. In 1971 she recorded the samba-enredo (a type of samba made specially for samba schools) "Rio Grande do Sul na Festa do Preto Forro", and managed to establish her name as a samba musician. Her readings of classic Cartola and Nelson Cavaquinho sambas became historic, and she was the first one to record a samba variation called pagode on the 1978 album "Beth Carvalho na Fonte", with songs like "Vou Festejar" (Jorge Aragão/ Dida/ Neoci), "Ô Isaura" and "Marcando Bobeira". She also hit the top of the charts with "Coisinha do Pai" (Jorge Aragão/ Almir/ Luís Carlos), from the 1979 LP "No Pagode".
Other hits followed, like "As Rosas Não Falam" (Cartola), in ‘76, A Chuva Cai" (Argemiro/ Casquinha), in ’80, and "Virada" (Noca da Portela/Gilpert), in ‘81. She introduced singer/songwriter Zeca Pagodinho in her 1983 album, "Suor No Rosto" with the samba "Camarão que Dorme a Onda Leva", three years before Zeca’s own rising to success within the pagode boom. In the 90s, regular radio stations wouldn’t air her sambas. In that period, she paid homage to São Paulo composers with "Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba de São Paulo" (92), and made a nice, uplifting samba record in 1998, "Pérolas do Pagode". Beth’s music found its way back to the radio waves only in 1999, with "Samba de Arerê" (Xande de Pilares/ Arlindo Cruz/ Mauro Jr.), from the live CD "Pagode na Mesa". Other Beth Carvalho hits are: "Folhas Secas" (Nelson Cavaquinho/ Guilherme de Brito), "1.800 Colinas" (Gracia do Salgueiro), "Saco de Feijão" (Francisco Santana), "Vou Festejar" (Jorge Aragão/ Dida/ Neoci), "Virada" (Noca da Portela/Gilpert), "Força da Imaginação" (Dona Ivone Lara/ Caetano Veloso), "Firme e Forte" (Efson/ Nei Lopes), "Malandro Sou Eu" (Arlindo Cruz/ Sombrinha/ Franco), "Fogo de Saudade", "O Show Tem que Continuar".
Other hits followed, like "As Rosas Não Falam" (Cartola), in ‘76, A Chuva Cai" (Argemiro/ Casquinha), in ’80, and "Virada" (Noca da Portela/Gilpert), in ‘81. She introduced singer/songwriter Zeca Pagodinho in her 1983 album, "Suor No Rosto" with the samba "Camarão que Dorme a Onda Leva", three years before Zeca’s own rising to success within the pagode boom. In the 90s, regular radio stations wouldn’t air her sambas. In that period, she paid homage to São Paulo composers with "Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba de São Paulo" (92), and made a nice, uplifting samba record in 1998, "Pérolas do Pagode". Beth’s music found its way back to the radio waves only in 1999, with "Samba de Arerê" (Xande de Pilares/ Arlindo Cruz/ Mauro Jr.), from the live CD "Pagode na Mesa". Other Beth Carvalho hits are: "Folhas Secas" (Nelson Cavaquinho/ Guilherme de Brito), "1.800 Colinas" (Gracia do Salgueiro), "Saco de Feijão" (Francisco Santana), "Vou Festejar" (Jorge Aragão/ Dida/ Neoci), "Virada" (Noca da Portela/Gilpert), "Força da Imaginação" (Dona Ivone Lara/ Caetano Veloso), "Firme e Forte" (Efson/ Nei Lopes), "Malandro Sou Eu" (Arlindo Cruz/ Sombrinha/ Franco), "Fogo de Saudade", "O Show Tem que Continuar".
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