Carlos Lyra
Brazilian singer and composer (1933–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lyra and the second or paternal family name is Barbosa.
Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa (11 May 1933 – 16 December 2023) was a Brazilian singer and composer of numerous bossa nova and Música popular brasileira classics. He and Antônio Carlos Jobim were the first two music composers, together with lyricists Vinicius de Moraes and Ronaldo Boscoli, to be recorded by João Gilberto on his first LP entitled Chega de Saudade (1959), which was called the first generation of Bossa Nova.[1]
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Born | (1933-05-11)11 May 1933 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Died | 16 December 2023(2023-12-16) (aged 90) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Genres | Bossa nova |
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Years active | 1954–2023 |
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